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[list][list][pre]WIRTSCHAFT: LUDWIG ERHARD, MINISTER FOR ECONOMICS, TO SPEARHEAD THE GERMAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]BERLIN (DZ) - The new federal government established, the focus of the nation and its official first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, now turns to the economy and the economic and financial rebirth of the German state. In a speech before the Bundestag this December, Chancellor Adenauer discussed the importance of 'getting Germany back on its feet economically and financially' and affirmed that his Government would be doing the 'very best' to achieve 'nothing short of rapid economic growth that will benefit not only all Germans regardless of where you are, who you are, or what your social status is, but also the entirety of Europe and the free world'. The new Bundesrepublik saw its first cabinet under the new Chancellor appointed earlier this year, immediately after the first federal election, with independent economist and subscriber to ordoliberalism Ludwig Erhard becoming Minister for Economics; thus the man who will steer the German economic vessels hopefully into calmer waters.[/sub]
[sub]Walter Eucken is key to the backstory of Ludwig Erhard and what the potential rise of the German economy could see in the future. His policies - which guide our new Minister for Economics as well as the economic policy to which the First Adenauer Government has subscribed to - are becoming increasingly prominent in German politics and economics as the new Federal Republic seeks a model to base its large and untapped economy upon for a period of growth, which the Minister for Economics declared in a November speech could be seen 'as early as 1952'. Eucken firmly backed ordoliberalism, the idea of free market capitalism with proper government regulation and intervention to ensure the system worked for as many people as possible. Regulations would be implemented to prevent cartels or monopolies, and a social welfare system would be established as a safety net for those at the bottom and struggling. A powerful central bank would moderate the economy using monetary policy, independent of the federal government. Erhard was a protege of Eucken and in the 1949 campaign put forward the ordoliberal model as a way to develop the German economy 'without surrendering to the axe of socialism'.[/sub]
[sub]And here, we stand now, in the waking days of 1950. Chancellor Adenauer signed a proclamation forming the Federal Committee for Economics. With the approval of several members of the Bundestag's Committee on Economics as well as from Federal President Theodor Heuss, Adenauer began laying down the framework to develop the German economy. The rapid growth and surge of production rates generated by the introduction of the Deutsche Mark was sought for replication in the 1950s, with the addition of further Marshall Plan aid from the United States as well as Western investments, which are expected to grow in the coming years as the Federal Republic establishes itself as a nation with endless opportunities and open to foreign investment.[/sub]
[sub]Already, the effects of Erhard at the helm of the German economy are being felt. It was he who as a leading finance expert for the Trizone administration who urged the introduction of the Deutsche Mark and the removal of price controls on the same day. These effects surged production as bartering was replaced by a stable currency that Germans and foreigners alike saw worth in. In an exclusive article, Erhard declared that this was his aim.[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]"To develop a German economy that is strong, that is resilient, that is profitable, that is stable, that is growth-centered, that creates jobs, that creates a new Germany that we can all be proud of, that is the goal. Like a phoenix, we will rise from the ashes and work together closely with other partners both foreign and domestic, we will create competition that will drive down prices, and we will build a German economy that is ready to withstand what may come. Of course, we will achieve this not only with the help of all hard-working Germans of all ages, genders, religions and races, but also with nations across the world who wish to invest, to support, to aid. This new world will be built together, not apart."
- LUDWIG ERHARD, Federal Minister for Economics[/pre][/list][/list]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list]JANUARY 1950
[sub]Religion and Politics[/sub][/list][/list]
[pre] S U N D A Y E V E N I N G [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
Its blood-red folds beneath.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
CALGARY, ALBERTA PROVINCE EVENING
[sub]THE DOMINION OF Canada Leaf[/sub]
| AS HE DOES EVERY SUNDAY EVENING, the Premier ERNEST CHARLES MANNING¹, in addition to being the head of Alberta, has taken on another position as head of the Prophetic Bible Institute. About 250 people turned out to hear a politician preach in a vibrant, compelling voice. Calgarys radio station broadcast this all over Alberta. |
[list]| ERNEST CHARLES MANNING, [sub]Alberta Government[/sub] | The world is finally at peace, the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.[/list]
| ERNEST MANNINGs idea of uniting politics and religion began 23 years ago. He was just a boy from Saskatchewan when he heard a radio broadcast from evangelist WILLIAM (Bible Bill) ABERHART². Two years later, he traveled to Calgary to enroll at the Aberharts Prophetic Bible Institute. Every night Bill Aberhart and the young farmer studied together, reading first the Scriptures, then other books. When the Great Depression was ruining all the economies of the world, they read MAURICE COLBOURNEs Unemployment and Depression, a book that talked about the Social Credit theory for the redistribution of wealth, originated by MAJOR CLIFFORD DOUGLAS. In mid-1934, the two evangelists attempted to show the Social Credit theory to the Alberta Government. When they were not taken seriously, they both established a party, campaigning across the province in political rallies that began with prayers and hymns. Alberta elected Social Creditors into office with 51 of the 57 seats. |
| After taking office, Social Creditors tried to implement its currency reform, aimed at paying $25 a month in government dividends to all adults. In 1937, the Dominion Government declared that a province should not change its banking system, and the payment of Social Credit never materialized as expected. After BILL ABERHARTs death in 1943, the partys membership dropped to 35. But Alberta and Social Credit began to see changes with Manning becoming Premier. Record harvests boost local agriculture. New industries supplied Alberta with coal. Premier Manning wasnt responsible for all the good things that happened to Alberta, but Albertans gave him credit for doing most of the work. In the 1944 election, Mannings party managed to regain its all-time record of 51 seats. When the war boom began to dry up, the new Leduc and Redwater oil fields were built. Manning won another victory in the 1948 election. |
| Social Credit theory took an impressive turn. After 10 years of default on Alberta bonds, Manning recovered $113 million in debt and issued new bonds. One of Mannings initiatives was the government's focus on the province's oil resources, based on his theory, Alberta should benefit from something that was given by nature. There were few private fortunes that profited from oil; the Alberta Government receives most of the oil profits. In 1949, the Alberta treasury collected about $13 million in sales and royalties, and the Government earmarked that money for road, school, and library expenses. |
[list]| ERNEST CHARLES MANNING, [sub]Alberta Government[/sub] | If one day our oil fields dry up, this benefit will remain.[/list]
| Albertas revenues for the last fiscal year ending March 31, 1949, reached a record $57.5 million, and the Government ended the year with a surplus of $7.5 million. Manning now estimates that Alberta will be debt-free in 30 years. In the two positions he occupies, Manning does not hide his preference. |
[list]| ERNEST CHARLES MANNING, [sub]Alberta Government[/sub] | I dont like the word politician. Im not here because I chose to. I prefer to focus on preaching the gospel.[/list]
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[sub]¹ ERNEST CHARLES MANNING, was Premier of Alberta in 1943 and a founding member of the Social Credit Party, his most popular initiative was his Governments focus on building oil wells to raise money for the provincial treasury.[/sub]
[sub]² WILLIAM ABERHART, was Premier of Alberta from 1935 until 1943, he and Manning were founding members of the Social Credit Party. Like Manning, Aberhart was also an evangelist, both met at the Prophetic Bible Institute. Aberhart died at age 43.[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]Čierna nad Tisou, Slovakia, Third Republic of Czechoslovakia
JANUARY 1950 - PROVOCATION HITS A BOILING POINT[/pre][/list]
[sub]~ Preparations for a Coup in Czechoslovakia ~[/sub]
[list]________________________________________________[/list][/list]
| The political happenings of the Republic of Czechoslovakia have become an almost physically tangible entity, with the ideological tension between the communist KSČ and the rest of the non-radically aligned socialist parties of the National Front. The primary point of contention has become control, power over the governmental organization. The communists have been desiring a new state and constitution, to solidify the "socialist occupation" of the will of the workers of the nation; reinforce their political power and put the domination of left-wing thought into writing. While contentious in politics, of course, the social will for a Revolution has been supportive of the communist cause in Czechoslovakia, for the last several post-war years. This political will in Czechoslovakia has been substaintial and has carried the current Czechoslovak government to be almost pluraly communist-dominated. But this energy has been fading, with expect conflicts to soviet-oriented communist policy, especially implemented through a liberal democracy. This failure to encourage more momentum particularly has been a point of contention for Czechoslovakia's current greatest ally, the mighty Osivoii. Contention has boiled over for the communist of Central Europe. |
| Rumored at the behest of Stalin himself, Czechoslovak KSČ leadership has been summoned to Eastern Slovakia, near the border of the Soviet Union. The party's general secretary, and second-in-command, Rudolf Slánský had gone to the nation's eastern borders to represent the communist leadership, and met with the Soviet's Czechoslovak representative Valerian Zorin. What the contents of this meeting had laid out were clear to Czechoslovak leadership: the KSČ should be accelerating its own efforts to take complete power. That notion would be reinforced with the KSČ's own plans to maintain the façade of working within the electoral political system, but was aware that a revolutionary coup would be unacceptable in a still-rebuilding nation. It desired to gain an absolute majority at elections scheduled for 1951, but the fracturing of the left-wing coalition made this unrealistic. This pushed the party into extra-parliamentary action, which would soon come at the behest of the party. Post-meeting with the Soviet representation in Čierna nad Tisou, Slánský called for organization of "spontaneous" demonstrations to "express the will of the people" and continuous visits to parliament by workers' delegations were meant to ensure "mobilization of the masses". |
[list]General Secretary Rudolf Slánský: [pre]"... as in the international field, we have gone on the offensive on the domestic front as well. We must act on the fruits of our labor now, politically, before they become rotten."[/pre][/list]
| In attendence of the meeting of KSČ leadership were Gottwald, Slánský, Haek, Zápotocký, and even representatives of the pro-communist factions in the Social Democratic Party, lead by Zdeněk Fierlinger. All present leadership included, voiced support for the initiation of communist action, and took their own required actions within their positions of power from the gathering. An action of primary importance to the Soviet-aligned communists were to purge those in positions of power by rifle that could derail the communist ascendency to power. Though the more-radical purges of Václav Nosek had brought the communist plans to a halt, Haek's legislative takeover of the Interior Ministry's control of the National Police force has allowed more centralized and secret purges to take place. At the behest of Haek's will, purges have been transformed into "reshuffling" of the security apparatuses and police, still transforming into instruments of the KSČ. Once these actions still become obvious knowledge to political opposition, the party's political dominos shall fall into place, and the communist's labor up until this point will come into fruition. An unknowing liberal government was ripe for the taking.|
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| BANZA MANSION, ZAIRE |
[sub]9th of January, 1950[/sub]
| Standing alone in the bathroom, Gloria would shut the door slowly. The candlelight would be beaming across the steamy bathroom, as the bath was filled with hot water. She would take her night robe off and looking straight into the mirror she would breathe slowly. Reaching into the cabinet, she would take her sleeping pills out and opening them with a slow precision she would pour some onto her hand. Placing the pills back into the cabinet, she would take the handful of pills and pushed them down with water before gazing up at herself. She would light herself a cigarette, and with a steady and controlled movement get herself into the bathroom. She would take a deep inhale of the smoke and plunge her head beneath the water as the windows steamed up. |
CUT TO
| NOVUE ZAIRE HOSPITAL, ZAIRE |
[sub]10th of January, 1950[/sub]
| Laying in the hospital bed, in guarded private room, Gloria would slowly wake up to people around her. Her husband Christian would be sitting opposite her. Her sister Helene would be smoking a cigarette by the window, pacing around. And Fabian Nigoye, the Head of the Finest Assembly would be sitting by her bed side before realising she woke up. Looking steadily towards him, she would gesture for a cigarette which he quickly lit up. Helene would turn around in rage towards her. |
[list][ HELENE ]: "You stupid girl! How could you be so idiotic to try and take your own life?!"[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "There's no need to shout it out."[/list]
[list][ HELENE ]: "Oh yeah? Well maybe you shall talk to her then. Absolutely astounding behaviour but very typical of her."[/list]
| Gloria would lay in her bed, slowly inhaling on the cigarette, with pain in her chest. Christian would look at her directly. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "What you did was very bad, Gloria. Especially a few weeks before your tour. We had to lie to the press as to why you ended up in the hospital. For medical check ups before the tour we said."[/list]
| Gloria would remain silent. |
[list][ HELENE ]: "Of course, she says nothing. She doesn't care how her actions affect others. She never has!"[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "You just won an election, this could of cost us the win...I don't want to be the negative one here---"[/list]
| Suddenly, from beneath the tall guards, MARIE IZURU emerged. The leader of the Left Wingers in the party, and the adviser to Gloria during her election campaign. Making her way in, she would take her sunglasses off. |
[list][ MARIE ]: "But like always you are negative, Fabian."[/list]
| All the gazes turned towards her as Gloria kept focused on the cigarette. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "Your purpose here is?"[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "To check up on her. Which is more than I can say for the lot of you."[/list]
[list][ HELENE ]: "I beg you pardon?"[/list]
[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "I think you need to watch who you are talking to."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "I'm not here to argue. I'm here to check upon her."[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "I'm sure we'll be absolutely fine without you. And so will she."[/list]
| Marie would turn her gaze towards Gloria who would look up at her before pulling the cigarette out of her mouth. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Everyone out..."[/list]
| They would all look at her. Helene would storm off. Christian would shake his head at her and remain seated. Fabian and Marie would make her way towards the door. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Except Marie..."[/list]
| Marie and Fabian would exchange gazes. Marie would slightly smirk at him. Enraged, Fabian would storm off. Gloria would turn her gaze towards Christian. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I said, get out..."[/list]
[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "I'm your husband."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "If you don't have enough respect for her as your wife, have some respect for her as the leader of this country. Beat it."[/list]
| Marie and Christian would exchange a harsh gaze. Christian would get up and leave. Marie would stand in front of Gloria. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I am fine."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "I don't think you are."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "With all due respect I do not care what you think."[/list]
| Gloria would light herself a cigarette. Marie would take a seat beside her. |
[list][ MARIE ]: "You're not here for check ups, Gloria. I'm not stupid. I know what you tried to do. My question is why?"[/list]
| Gloria would look into the distance for a moment before inhaling on her cigarette. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Are the tour dates ready?"[/list]
| Marie would look at her concerned. |
[list][ MARIE ]: "I cannot authorise you leaving the country in this state."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Well thank God you don't have any power."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "You said to me, that should I see the need I am to stop you from doing public appearances. I see such need now."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Marie, I appreciate your concern but I can walk, I can talk, I can smile. That's enough."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "Gloria---"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Enough! Don't you have an election to worry about? I am fine. Absolutely fine. Sane. If that's what you're scared of. I am not cancelling a tour over medical reasons. Let alone reasons of my own internal problem. I'm in politics for a decade now, and people do not care about who you are but what you represent to them. Do you know what I represent to the people? What I realised yesterday?"[/list]
| Marie would look at her. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I represent hope to them. I represent power to them. I represent beauty to them. I am nothing more than a breathing statue of everything they want to be. When I smile, they want that smile. When I talk, they want that power and attention. When they know from where I came from, they want that hope! So long I can walk, talk and smile...I am fine to do my job."[/list]
| With tears in her eyes she would inhale on her cigarette. |
[list][ MARIE ]: "What about yesterday?"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "A hiccup. They tried to drown the statue but it flown back up. Now all she needs is a slight re-paint, and she's ready to go. So please, fix the dates or get someone to do it. "[/list]
| Marie would look at her for a moment before nodding slowly whilst getting up. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Thank you."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "Africa. Africa is your first destiny. Azania, Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bemba. Are you ready for the gazes of the African men?"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "It's their women I worry more about."[/list]
| Gloria would laugh slightly as Marie chuckled. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Go now. I'll be fine. Honestly."[/list]
| Marie would nod before leaving off. Gloria would place her head against the wall for a moment, biting her lips as she held herself together. |
[spoiler="She's a broken human being, in every possible way...and yet when the cameras are on, when the people look at her she's the dazzling example of dignity, composure and grace." - Marie Izuru in a letter to her husband.]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Dispatch Work | International Order of Royal Armed Servicemen (IORAS)
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1784086
**Note**: All Monarchist nations are eligible for membership, those of which would like to be included among the founding nations, let me know! As well, I'd like to hold votes on which nation will host the IORAS' international headquarters, as well as voting on the first Grand Patriarch of the Order!
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[list][list]JANUARY 1945
[sub]Destiny At Stake[/sub][/list][/list]
[pre] B Y E L E C T I O N [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]This morning, the king, speaking
to his peoples at home and across
the seas, appealed to all, to make
their own, the cause of freedom
I appeal to my fellow Canadians to
unite in a national effort to save
from destruction all that makes
life itself worth living.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
GREY NORTH, ONTARIO PROVINCE MORNINGTIME
[sub]THE DOMINION OF Canada Leaf[/sub]
| A secondary election campaign began in Gray North, Ontario. An M.P. would be chosen in February. The political destiny of Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King could be at stake. The political usefulness of NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER ANDREW G.L. MCNAUGHTON, certainly was. After the parliamentary crisis that took place in November over conscription, GEN. MCNAUGHTON became the key man in the entire DOMINION GOVERNMENT. It was up to him to put the Governments new conscription system to work. But for that to happen, he needed a seat in the House of Commons. Gray North voters would now voice their views on the PRIME MINISTERs conscription policies. Tories were confident. W. GARFIELD CASE, Mayor of Owen Sound against McNaughton, they felt they could get enough dissenting liberal votes to win. But the situation suddenly changed. The Socialist CCFers chose their candidate: ALBERT EARL GODFREY, 54. |
| He was a smart choice to run against the General. Like McNaughton, he was also a soldier. He fought side by side with the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, won the Military Cross and the Air Force Cross. He switched to the R.C.A.F. when it was formed, he became an air vice marshal in World War II. Then he retired. CCfer Godfrey would hardly win in an electorate that has always voted for both Tories and Liberals. But this election was not normal. Post-war problems were part of the campaign, but the issue of conscription was the most debated. If Godfrey took enough votes away from McNaughton, Tory Candidate Case might win. But Tories predicted a split of the anti-Liberal vote. If McNaughton lost the election, the PRIME MINISTER would almost certainly have to appeal the verdict to the country. In Ottawa, Parliament would await the outcome of Grey Norths voting. |
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SIR STEWART GORE-BROWNE SET TO REMAINTHE ADOPTED BROTHER OF THE BEMBA
[list][sup]UNDER THE CITRUS BLOSSOMS
BEMBALANDFEBRUARY 1950[/sup][/list]
The cultivated gardens of Shiwa Ngandu were breathtaking. With soil too acidic for cash crops, the red-brick countryside estate of Sir Stewart Gore-Browne was a plantation of citrus blossoms and essential oils, exuding fragrances and resplendent colors that were held dearly by both Gore-Browne and the local Bemba populace, chiefly made up of lower-ranking members of the royal ngandu (crocodile) clan. Gore-Browne was a long-time resident of LuBembaland of the Bembaand had a deeply set respect for his aboriginal neighbors. His estate was named after the nearby Lake Ishiba Ngandu, where a medieval Chitimukulu had seen a dead crocodile and interpreted it as an omen for the settlement of AbaBemba in these lands. First tasked to survey the border regions between Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo in 1920, Gore-Browne first came as a colonial settler, but with time became a valued friend and supporter of the Bemba people; he advocated staunchly for Bemba welfare and was a chief voice in leveraging the recent independence of Bembaland. He spoke ChiBemba, much unlike his fellow Britons, and became a trusted advisor to several Chitimukulus for his connections and understanding of the world beyond LuBemba.
When independence came, the Britons packed their bags; virtually every colonial official or white settler hastily found their way on the road south to still-colonized Rhodesia. Sir Gore-Browne, howevercalled Chipembele, or rhino, by the locals after having shot oneattended the declaration of Chilyamafwa II at Kasama and was received as an honored guest. There, the Chitimukulu made an earnest request to Gore-Browne: to swear fealty to UluBemba, Kingdom of the Bemba, as a landowner and to aid Chilyamafwa in bringing the country to bear as a modern and defensible state. Systematic education, military organization, and vernacular infrastructure development were all priorities of the Chitimukulu, who was increasingly aware of his responsibility as the near-absolute sovereign of an internationally recognized polity. Chilyamafwa had been supplied with an impressive library of English-language texts by missionaries and colonial administrators alike; the Northern Rhodesian government had been aware of the Chitimukulus taste for books and gifted him at least one on each major occasion. His avid reading had been formative to his mindset as a modern statesman: groomed by the etiquette-driven culture of honor and respect born by the Bemba, his literacy only accented his refined drive to develop his state into one worthy of international respect and acknowledgment.
Gore-Browne accepted, and his fertile lands became part of the Kingdom. Throughout February, he found himself traveling often between Shiwa and Kasama; together with Chilyamafwa, he laid forth ambitious projects for the future of UluBemba. The educational facilities at the Lubwa Christian mission should receive the royal patronage of the Chitimukulu with the aim of reforming it into a public institution of higher learning; the agricultural landscape at Shiwa Ngandu should be expanded to employ hundreds of locals and form a small export business in essential oils; the Chitimukulu should send out a call for builders to assemble a great KuluBemba, or palace of the Bemba, in Kasama; and consultation should be had with village communities on pathing for railroads in the future. Indeed, a full survey of the thick, acidic shrublands of Bembaland would be a nigh-impossible challenge in the present, but preliminary work on potential railroad routes could prove fruitful. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the Chitimukulu was to sponsor a nationwide campaign on animal husbandry, diffusing the knowledge kept in his royal library on the keeping and breeding of cattle to communities that traditionally farmed manioc or sugar plum supplemented by chicken-keeping for subsistence. The beginnings of UluBemba would be humble, but they would be unprecedented; with the aid of Sir Stewart Gore-Browne, the burden may be made marginally easier.
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The New Delhi Tribune [sub]January 1950[/sub]
[sub]Volume 33, Issue 1 [/sub]
[sup]INDIA VOTES TO RESTRUCTURE THE CRPF !![/sup]
[sup]Members of Congress this morning after months of debating have approved a new measure which would not only rename the Crown Representative's Police, but would restructure it under the Central Reserve Police Force Act of 1949. Effectively renaming the organization under the said name, with plans on state reserve police battalions merging with the CRPF under the new regulations.[/sup]
[sup]After Independence, the force was renamed as Central Reserve Police Force by an Act of Parliament on 28 December 1949. This Act constituted CRPF as an armed force of the Union. Indian Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, had visualized a multi-dimensional role for it in tune with the changing needs of a newly independent nation.[/sup]
[sup]It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order. The restructuring now being composed of Central Reserve Police Force (Regular) and Central Reserve Police Force (Auxiliary). The CRPF ever since Sadar Patel has become Prime Minister has played an increasingly large role in India's general elections. This is especially true for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and in the North East, with the presence of unrest and often violent conflict. Which according to reports have decreased considerably with some critiquing the new regulations as a success, with Sardar Patel additionally pushing for additional funding to back other state and local law enforcement organizations across the country.[/sup]
[sup]SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FORMALLY ESTABLISHED!![/sup]
[sup]More news coming from New Delhi with Congress approving a new measure which would replace both the Federal Court of India and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, formally establishing the Supreme Court of India. With the first proceedings and inauguration of 8 Supreme Court Justices taking place at 9:45 am, on the 28th of January of 1950. The Supreme Court initially had its seat at the Chamber of Princes in the parliament building where the previous Federal Court of India sat from 1937 to 1950. With H.J Kania becoming the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India.[/sup]
[sup]DARWIN SINGH NEGI PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 68![/sup]
[sup]Reports coming in from Kafarteer, Chamoli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Where Darwan Singh Negi has passed away at the age of 68. Before his passing he was credited as one of the first Indian soldiers to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. When the First World War broke out in 1914, the regiment travelled to France as part of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the Indian Corps. Negi was a 33 year old naik (equivalent to corporal) in the 1st Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles, British Indian Army during the First World War when he performed the deed during the Defense of Festubert for which he was awarded the VC.[/sup]
[sup]He was rewarded the Victoria Cross according to the London Gazette, for great gallantry on the night of the 23rd24th November, near Festubert, France, when the regiment was engaged in retaking and clearing the enemy out of our trenches, and, although wounded in two places in the head, and also in the arm, being one of the first to push round each successive traverse, in the face of severe fire from bombs and rifles at the closest range. He was awarded the medal on the same day as Khudadad Khan VC; but Khan's VC action was of earlier date, so that he is regarded as the first Indian recipient.[/sup]
[sup]Negi retired with the rank of subedar, equivalent to a British captain. Both his son Balbir and Balbir's son Nitin served in the Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army; both achieved the rank of colonel. His Victoria Cross is held by his family.[/sup]
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― Jawaharlal Nehru]Adriatican Islands
The Former United States And The Enclave
Virnall[/spoiler]
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Thanks to the President Hayes, we exist!
Ranponian
[list][list]FEBRUARY 1950
[sub]Unfair Terms[/sub][/list][/list]
[pre] N E C E S S A R Y R E V I S I O N S [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
Its blood-red folds beneath.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
CANADIAN EMBASSY, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
[sub]WASHINGTON D.C., Paramountica MORNINGTIME[/sub]
| Negotiations took place between Ottawa and Washington over how Canadian forces should receive weapons from the U.S. under the Military Assistance Pact. Theres only one reason the U.S. has granted Canada special treatment: of all the MAP countries, only Canada is willing to pay cash. But the purchase of weapons was not a simple transaction of buying and selling. Until concessions on the American side allowed the way to reach an agreement, it looked like a dispute could erupt on both sides of the border. The terms initially imposed by the U.S. were not willingly accepted by Canada. Ottawa was asked to: |
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1) promise to provide military assistance to the U.S. and its allies if needed;
2) pay cash in advance;
3) promise that no U.S. military equipment will be shipped out of Canada without Washingtons direct permission.[/pre][/list][/list]
| The request for military assistance could subject all Canadian military assets to Washingtons orders. The cash advance proposal would limit Canadas scarce supply of U.S. dollars. The part that required approval of U.S. arms exports could not be fulfilled; Most of the weapons and military equipment that Canada manufactures have some parts made in the U.S. At the Canadian Embassy in the U.S., Ambassador HUME WRONG was preparing to take this matter to Secretary of State DEAN ACHESON. The U.S. State Department asked the Canadian ambassador to delay his visit by one day and presented him with new terms. The request for military assistance was filed. The demand for advance money has changed; Canada can now use letters of credit. The last stipulation that Canada not export U.S.-made weapons without permission has been softened, giving the U.S. only control over equipment containing more than half of U.S. parts. For Canada, the new terms were satisfactory. Now, Canada is ready to join the European Atlantic Pact to arm itself with modern American military equipment. |
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[list][list][list][pre]SCANDINAVIAN UNION
Skandinaviska Unionen[/pre][/list]
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SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REAFFIRM POLITICAL MAJORITY
[sub]EINAR GERHARDSEN ADMINISTRATION | GOTHENBURG, FEBRUARY 1950[/sub][/list]
[sub]| The first blizzard of the year brought a natural beauty and spectacle to the Union of Nordic Kingdoms, also known as the Scandinavian Union. The vast nation, primarily encompassing a history of maritime adventurers, Viking raiders and scavengers, polytheistic folklore, and prime mountain snipers and hunters, was also a quiet power. Having recently fought off the Volkists 5-7 years ago, the people of the Nordic Kingdoms made something clear about their future: it matters. A super majority of the population expressed a degree of support for the desires of socialism; however, simultaneously, the Nordic people did not express support for the implementation of socialist policies by Josef Stalin and the USSR. It is by the policies since Lenin and the personality cult of Stalin, the Nordic people broke away from the course of Communism as determined by Marx and Lenin to formulate their own destiny in the form of Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism. Since 1946, the embryonic politics of the Nordic Kingdom has been dominated by the Social Democratic Labor Party (combination of Social Democrats and Labour political parties among the Nordic Kingdoms) and the reaffirming of a unique constitutional monarchy to ensure a balance of power. The choice of Gothenburg to become the capital of this Nordic power gave sense of relief for many as no singular nation a part of the union would dominate nor heavily influence the course of political and national development.[/sub]
[sub]The consolidation of power in Gothenburg and the formulation of a centralized constitution for the Union of the Nordic Kingdoms is the best way to illustrate the first period of the new station (1945-1950). The five year period was ripe with near collapse of this special project, constant debates and parliamentary protests, riots, and genuine uncertainty. Even on the monarchical side of social governance, many members of the royal families spoke in confidence behind closed doors their fears of full collapse and open vulnerability to Stalinist influences or Volkist sympathy. Therefore, the only solution was endorsement and coordination with the Social Democrats to promote cross-class agreements for a society that promotes liberty, democracy, freedom, and dignity. The end result of the 5 year period known as "The Gray Unknown Era" was the culmination of a comprehensive new constitution heavily influenced by the Social Democratic Labor Party and particular concessions granted to minority parties and coalitions. The 1950 Gothenburg Consensus would be ratified and renamed to the Gothenburg Constitution by the Nordic Parliament and Supreme Court. The new declaration would be made official in January 1950 with the full endorsement and signatures from each royal family to ensure their compliance and loyalty to the new political order.[/sub]
[sub]The Gothenburg Constitution further gave way to a truly stable election with the result of Einar Gerhardsen as Prime Minister and the Social Democratic Labor Party securing their super majority, without needing a coalition to ensure power. Taking his oath of office, Einar Gerhardsen promised an initiative entitled "Nasjonal utvikling for nordisk fred og bærekraft" (National Development for Nordic Peace and Sustainment). The NDNSS was intended to begin the foundation of what the SDLP entitles "Den nordiske modellen" (The Nordic Model). What this includes, according to the Prime Minister is:[/sub]
[list]"A comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining based on the economic foundations of social corporatism, and a commitment to private ownership within a market-based mixed economy with partial exceptions allowed in particular industries where state-owned enterprises and state ownership in publicly listed firms are deemed appropriate, ethical, and productive."[/list]
[list]"En omfattende velferdsstat og kollektive forhandlinger på flere nivåer basert på det økonomiske grunnlaget for sosial korporatisme, og en forpliktelse til privat eierskap innenfor en markedsbasert blandingsøkonomi med delvise unntak tillatt i spesielle bransjer der statseide virksomheter og statlig eierskap er børsnoterte bedrifter anses som hensiktsmessige, etiske og produktive."[/list]
[sub]With his successful election win and a powerful party caucus and platform, Einar Gerhardsen, in February, traveled to the Royal Palace to meet with King Gustav IV Adolf and the Sovereign Council of the Nordic Royal Courts and the Supreme Court Justices with the final votes to be certified, notarized, and confirmed. This was also an opportunity for Einar Gerhardsen to inform the monarchs of his and the SDLP's vision for the Union of Nordic Kingdoms. In his first speech from the royal palace, which was broadcast on radio, Einar Gerhardsen would give the following words to a special live, selected audience in particular but the nation and world in general:[/sub]
[list]"The first traces of Scandinavia goes back approximately 12,000 years. Since the advent of modern times, our nation has experienced untold and unfathomable tribulations and great perils to the degree of total darkness, despair, chaos, and hopelessness. Countless people and generations with ideals found their inner strength and came together in unity during these dark peril times to bring us the collective resolve to reform our bonds to each other to rejuvenate this great nation that was once an unachievable thought...and admirable challenge never achieved until now. After the end of the war in 1945, we have come together once again under the banner of Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism to make the collective necessary sacrifices against all odds as we have managed to secure our domain together but now we must actively govern. We all have a duty to uphold and a calling to serve to transform these lands into an increasingly prosperous and strong nation...a bastion of liberal democracy in Northern Europe and a bastion of freedom, honor, and integrity on the border region of the Soviet Union. It has become clear over the past five years that now today in 1950 it is our responsibility to rally and lead the entirety of this country from the ground up to commit our lives to this task so that we may pursue complete rejuvenation of the Nordic people and strive to present great contributions to the freedom and prosperity of humanity...but before that we must ensure our uplifting. This 1950 election was a clear signal to the world that Scandinavia is taking on an important responsible for the survival, happiness, security, and future of our people. We possess a true, genuine love for life as we want a better education, more stable jobs, increased income, reliable social security, advanced medical and healthcare, modern housing, and sustainable environment. We must deliver these as they are not privileges to have but part of the natural rights of Man. Before we can truly open up to the world, we must reform and strengthen our socioeconomic core. This is what the next four years will entail and I have all the confidence in the Social Democratic Labor Party to deliver on the initiatives of the party platform so that we may all get one day closer to freedom, liberty, equality, and truth. Thank you."[/list]
[sub]After the ending of his speech, Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen would have dinner with the attending royal monarchs and then travel to the residency of the Prime Minister to begin the vetting process to establish his Cabinet of Ministers to begin work immediately.[/sub]
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[list][list]FEBRUARY 1950
[sub]The start of a new era[/sub][/list][/list]
[sub][pre]CONFERENCE OF COPENHAGEN
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POINTS OF DISCUSSION[/pre][/sub]
[pre] PRELIMINARY WORK [/pre]
HELSINKI, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
[sub]TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE UNION OF NORDIC KINGDOM, AND TO THE UNITED NATIONS BROADCAST SYSTEM[/sub]
|Whereas assembled at the United Nations Un we have solemnly signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the countries of Europe as a whole should provide themselves with their own instrument with true binding force and directly benefiting private individuals. Thus, all countries of Europe have been invited to a Conference in Copenhagen from May 7th to 19th June 1950. The Conference shall be organised as a Council of Europe with the following objectives|
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1) Establish a Council of Europe through the signature of a Convention in a city designated by the Intergovernmental Commission.
2) Establish a European Court of Human Rights;
3) Establish a European Convention of Human Rights[/pre][/list][/list]
|In order to achieve greater consensus, matters relating to National Defence do not fall within the scope of the Council of Europe.|
The Preparatory Commission based in Helsinki has already received confirmation of the presence of
[list][list]
Alzarikstan (Host)
Adriatican Islands[/list][/list]
and hopes that other countries of Europe will join the conference. It also thanks our Nordic partners for hosting the conference.
Signed
PRESIDENT OF FINLAND
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FINLAND
Toni Linnainmäki
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[list][list]FEBRUARY 1950
[sub]Exercise Sweetbriar[/sub][/list][/list]
[pre] J O I N T M I L I T A R Y T R A I N I N G [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
Its blood-red folds beneath.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
DONJEK RIVER, YUKON TERRITORY MORNINGTIME
[sub]THE DOMINION OF Canada Leaf[/sub]
| The shooting had already begun at Exercise Sweetbriar, with joint training between Canadian and American troops testing military defenses against a invasion from the Arctic. In the vicinity of the Donjek River, south of Dawson, troops fought a simulated invader moving from Alaska to Canada. Temperatures were 52° below zero. Soldiers wore heavy clothing and special equipment. Wherever they looked, they saw only pine forests and trailless mountains. Said a corporal: If someone wants to invade this place, he must be crazy. This comment was shared with 5,000 army and air force personnel and 22 newsmen who participated in the Exercise Sweetbriar. |
| In the Arctic, everything was difficult for the brave soldiers. Even breathing had to be careful; breathing deeply would not be good for the lungs. As for the food issue; for men to warm their bodies, an Arctic soldier had to eat a lot more than an ordinary soldier. The tallow candles that were taken to Canadian troops contained fortified food and could be consumed if the food took too long to reach its destination. The Exercise Sweetbriar was a test of whether men and machines could wage war in the Arctic. Canadian soldiers were sent north of Whitehorse in the Yukon. An aggressive force of American troops left Alaska and headed south. Afterwards, American soldiers from Colorado reinforced the Canadian defense. There were attacks, retreats and flanking movements, as well as operations with U.S. and Canadian aircraft. |
| Army experts have come to their own conclusions. The soldiers resistance was doing well in the icy region of the North. Some soldiers had the flu. But other soldiers remained to show that war was possible in the Arctic. While men could handle the Arctic, machines could not. The U.S. F-80s and Canadian Vampires were doing well, but it was being hampered by Arctics cold weather. The U.S. snow vehicle, the Weasel, was a complete disaster; of 100 Weasels, nearly half broke down in five days. Canadas snow vehicle, the Penguin, could handle the weather, but it was too big to dodge the pine trees. Observers recommended that U.S. and Canadian troops study the use of dogs, mules and horses for transport. |
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[list][pre]February, 1950 | Catholic Diocese of Rumbek On Main Street, Rumbek Township, Bahr Al-Ghazal Province, The British Imperial Crown Colony Of The Sudan[/pre]
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1950[/list]
[list] By the political solidity and will of the Sudanese people in their unbent desire towards the organization of a federation binding the fifteen Sudanese Provinces into the Commonwealth of Sudan, which shall continue to be well under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland whilst relishing the blessings of liberty for which the crown has bestowed, and to the best of its proficiency swear on God, King, and Country to uphold and safeguard the rights and unity of the Sudanese people within this Commonwealth
Excerpt Preamble of the Commonwealth Constitution Act of Sudan 1950[/list]
Momentarily after the Juba Agreement of December 1949 had reached the offices of his majesty the King and the Commonwealth government in London, the Empire had officially endorsed the petition presented by Governor Helm and the representatives of the Sudanese people present at Juba to officially abolish Sudans status within the Imperial realm as the Crown Colony of British Sudan, and to build up Sudan into the status of Domionship much like its imperial counterparts in South Africa, and Australia.
The official date for the establishment of the Commonwealth of Sudan had been organized for March 18th of 1950, just three months after the Juba Agreement had been finalized at the arc of the century. Without waste and delay, the Sudanese colonial government called upon a special convention of delegates, four consuls from each of the 15 provinces, making a body total of 60 appointed delegates by the individual provincial governments. They had been tasked with drafting and agreeing upon a newly inaugurated constitution for what would become the Commonwealth of Sudan on Dominion Day.
For the entirety of January and now February, the constitutional commission had worked tirelessly in anticipation of dominion day. They had picked the towns Catholic Diocese of Rumbek which was offered by the towns priest as a suitable place for the drafting of a constitution in the isolated town of Rumbek at the end of Sudans southwestern rail lines, its distance from the population centers and its mild climate in the winter was perfect for the body to convene and work on a constitution without pressure and or disturbances, for the document would eventually become the law of the land, only second to the law of his majesty and the imperial crown.
As typical of a dominions constitution, the founders as theyd come to be known would derive much of the inspiration behind the new constitution after that of the British constitution, commonwealth nations, and most important it would model itself after the Sudanese interpretation of the Universal Rights of Africans, given that countless members of this constitutional body and parliament have reaffirmed support for the declaration and shown intentions in adopting its ideals under a self-determined Sudan.
As citizens across the colony await news on the constitutional convention, the blooms movement continues its marches, with many saying the movement will not die down until liberty is officially guaranteed to the Sudanese people by a Sudanese government. Islamists, loyalists, communists, and liberals have all praised the constitutional convention seeing a new age of sovereignty and self-rule ushered into Sudan. Unionists have also praised the dawn of Sudans self-rule, seeing that an independent Sudan must be necessary to achieve equal union under Farouk. One group that remains rather upset with the commonwealth agreement are Mahjoubs nationalist. Despite the Nationalists and Confluence having lost the elections, the NCWP had maintained party unity despite the fractured that had begun to show between Mahjoub's rather moderate and peaceful stance, and his right-hand man, Ibrahim Abood who leads a militant faction amongst the Confluence, as they both seek a quick solution towards dissolving the imperial hold on Sudan once and for all.
[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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[list]January 1950 (1950 年1月)
[sub]New Year, New Traditions (新年、新しい伝統)[/sub][/list]
[pre]JAPAN CONTINUES TO ADOPT NEW TRADITIONS! NEW DECADE OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES![/pre]
[pre]日本は新しい伝統を採用し続けています! 新しい 10 年は新しい機会を提供します![/pre]
NATIONAL DIET BUILDING (国会議事堂)
[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon MORNING[/sub]
[sub]With Mount Fuji towering over the small towns and villages nearby, the soft white snow of the new year blanketed the streets of Tokyo. Called the Land of the Rising Sun, the orange rays of the sun began to peak behind the altitudinous mountain. Children dressed in bulky winter clothes would rush outside with smiles and laughter, as many would bring sleds or build snowmen or other figures with the snow. Inside, Japanese mothers would put on the kettle, brewing the freshest tea leaves they could get their hands on. Japanese fathers would sit outside with the children, chatting with the neighbors on a variety of subjects. Not only was this a new year for Japan, but it was the new decade of the 1950s in which Japan continued to be under American occupation, yet still transforming itself to a modern, western-style democracy like those in Europe and the Americas.[/sub]
[sub]Under Emperor Meiji the Meiji Restoration brought Japan into a new era of industrialization, straying away from isolationism and adopting western ideas, transforming Japan into a modern, regional power within the Pacific. With rapid economic and social changes to Japan in the late 19[sup]th[/sup] and early 20[sup]th[/sup] centuries, the modernization of the Japanese military, the creation of an elected parliament and a vast empire within the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese mainland would soon fuel Japanese ambition towards other areas within Asia and the Pacific.[/sub]
[sub]The end of the Second World War brought many opportunities to Japan escaping the clutches of authoritarian, totalitarian regimes in favor of adopting a more liberal, democratic society modeled by many Western powers. With the American Occupation still in affect, the people of Japan began to adopt many traditions from their occupiers such as moving away from the traditional age advancement on New Years Day* to the western tradition of age advancement. As more Japanese enjoy the freedoms and trends of the Americans (in terms of fashion, movies and other small practices), Prime Minister SHIGERU YOSHIDA would broadcast a special New Years message on national radio with the press also printing newspapers of the ministers speech.[/sub]
[list]SHIGERU YOSHIDA, 日本の首相: [sub]The year nineteen-fifty presents us with a new outlook for the future of Japan. A new decade with a path brimming with the brightest of lights. Like the delicate, yet mesmerizing beauty of the Cherry Blossom trees blooming in the Spring, Japan will soon begin its bloom for the world to witness and watch as our nation recovers from the tragedies of war. Like the mighty Mount Fuji that towers before us all, the strength of the mountain will support our ambitions for a better, prosperous Japan that all of our citizens deserve. Look up at the sky and you will see the bright light of our sun. The brightness of the sun symbolizes our bright future. It lights the path towards greatness. The sun itself is a symbol of our great nation. As the Land of the Rising Sun, our rays shine everywhere. Nowhere will there be darkness. And like the rays of the sun, they will touch everywhere. We still have a long ways to go before our nation becalmed the true Gem of the Orient.[/sub]
[sub]* Under the old system, someone born on November 1, for example, would turn one on January 1, two months later.[/sub][/list]
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Greece In the New Decade : A New Age for Greece - Elections and the European Council, January - February 1950
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Η Ελλάδα στη νέα δεκαετία : Μια νέα εποχή για την Ελλάδα - Εκλογές και Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο, Ιανουάριος - Φεβρουάριος 1950
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The Hellenic Kingdom and Her People! - Το Ελληνικό Βασίλειο και ο λαός του![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| ENTERING THE 50s, ATHENS, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΕΙΣΟΔΟΣ ΣΤΗ δεκαετία του '50, ΑΘΗΝΑ, ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, ΝΟΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΑΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| The 1940s was a tough decade for the Kingdom of Greece. The nation faced Axis threats, an Italian Invasion, Communist Revolts, and Uprisings, Political Instability, and other factors that made the country rather tough to live in. However, with these rather dreadful matters, there were also positively practical matters that citizens, foreign diplomats, and other groups enjoyed. Communism and Liberal Parties were at last legalized, Industrialization, Nation building, the signing of the Greco-Slovenian Pact, Friendship treaties, investments, deals, military buildup, humanitarian aid, and even - a new monarch. Greece some people would say was ready to face the challenges of the new decade, and the new decade would start with a bang. | [/list]
[list]| At Athens, political rivals and allies started their campaigns for this year's upcoming legislative elections, set for March 1950. Notable political parties and politicians who are expected and confirmed to run, are the current Prime Minister and leader of the People's Party, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Leader of the Liberal Party Sofoklis Venizelos, son of former Liberal leader and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, Leader of the National Progressive Center Union, Nikolaos Plastiras, Leader of the Georgios Papandreou Party, under well rather obviously under, Georgios Papandreou along with under notable parties such as the Democratic Alignment, Politically Independent Alignment, the National Reconstruction Party, and other various and minor parties. Massive rallies in the Athens square, or even on city streets could be seen, even as far as hosting rallies in bars and restaurants in the city. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"In this new decade that Greece enters in, she will continue to thrive and flourish as a solid nation, unbreakable, everlasting in the years to come."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Prime Minister of Greece, Konstantinos Tsaldaris[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, COPENHAGEN, UNION OF NORDIC KINGDOMS, SCANDINAVIA: | ΤΟ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΌ ΣΥΜΒΟΎΛΙΟ, ΚΟΠΕΓΧΆΓΗ, ΈΝΩΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΣΚΑΝΔΙΝΑΒΙΚΏΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΩΝ, ΣΚΑΝΔΙΝΑΒΊΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| As Greece establishes herself as a great nation in Europe, a recent agreement was made in Copenhagen, in the Union of Nordic Kingdoms (Alzarikstan), with other European powers. Along with Greece, nations were in attendance, such as the Republic of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Finland, and the host, the Union of Nordic Kingdoms. At the conference of Copenhagen, the following were agreed upon. First, establish a Council of Europe through the signature of a Convention in a city designated by the Intergovernmental Commission, second, establish a European Court of Human Rights, and third, establish a European Convention of Human Rights. It was noted however that military defense would NOT fall under the conference. With all of this said and done, it's clear that the Kingdom of Greece is indeed ready to face the challenges of the new decade, and it will do whatever it has to do to continue to thrive and prosper. | [/list]
[list][list][spoiler=Note: Just a short post for now, a little summary of Greek events, nothing much really ^>^]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list]ᴅɪᴇ ᴢᴇɪᴛ
// 10.8 ᴍᴀʀᴋ[/list][/list]
[list]___________________________________[/list]
[list][list][pre]GERMANY IN EUROPE: THE QUESTION OF INTEGRATION OR ISOLATION FACES POSTWAR EUROPE[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]BERLIN (DZ) - Nearly five years has already passed since the treacherous Volkist government was put down by the Allied Forces. At the Potsdam Conference, it was decided that Germany would be divided and cut apart like a birthday cake, potentially permanently. Three years later, the Western Allies decided that Germany would be re-united. Today here we stand on the verge of a new decade - thankfully, the first decade since the 1920s that we may properly call 'peaceful'. While the ideological extremes of Washington and the Soviet Union are eyeing each other suspiciously, circling one around the other, the nations of Western Europe have assembled this spring in Copenhagen for a historic conference on the future of Europe - and the future of Germany in Europe, as well.[/sub]
[sub]By default, it would be well known that German participation in the future machineries - may it be political, diplomatic, military or economic - would be looked upon with skepticism. After all, this was the country who had attempted to put down millions of Europeans less than half a decade ago. The skepticism around integrating West Germany into the Western sphere (considering the solidifying divisions between West and East make unification or Eastern integration close to if not already impossible) remains as the spectre of Volkism and De-Volkization hang over the continent and especially over German politicians. It is only justified that Western nations - France in particular - hold a form of suspicion when it comes to the matter of German integration into Europe. A former Volkist state, it was. While the Federal Republic is by all definitions a free and fair democracy, a skeptic could argue that the late Weimar Republic was one, too. Some on the more skeptical side argue that perhaps Germany should be excluded, or at the very least be closely monitored outside the machineries of Europe until it can be proven that the new Bundesrepublik is not just a second Weimar, waiting for another radical - and potentially Red - leader to take over and destabilize Europe once more.[/sub]
[sub]Domestically, the question of integration in Europe - specifically with the West - has been met by fierce support from the center-right government and opposition from the center-left opposition. Prior to the founding of the Federal Republic, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his CDU/CSU party had been strongly in favor of Western integration, cooperation with the United States and other Western nations, as well as the forming of a unified Western front against 'the Red threat'. In the halls of the Bundestag in Bonn, however, strong opposition remained. The SPD - the chief opposition party led by social democrat Kurt Schumacher - strongly opposed Western integration. During the 1949 election campaign, Schumacher had described Adenauer as 'the pet of the West' multiple times during campaign speeches and radio statements. The Social Democrats would be sure to affirm that they opposed Soviet influence and Bolshevik communism, calling it a 'crude and disappointing representation of what true socialism is'. The SPD was particularly bitter over the illegal merger of SPD and KPD elements in East Germany, and thus strongly criticized the existence of the GDR.[/sub]
[sub]Internationally, however, the results remained to be seen. As the German delegation led by Adenauer himself - who also serves as the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs - heads off to Copenhagen to meet with other European leaders to discuss the 'future of Europe', how the community intends to treat Germany remains to be seen. Despite the skepticism, however, Germany is indeed already on the road to recovery. So regardless, the new Federal Republic walks into the 1950s with an uncertain future, but with indications of a bright one.[/sub][/list]
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list][pre]LABAN PILIPINAS!
FIGHT, PHILIPPINES![/pre][/list][/list]
[pre]| THE END OF AN ERA: MANUEL L. QUEZON RULES OUT FOURTH TERM AS PRESIDENT, SERGIO OSMENA TO STAND FOR THE NACIONALISTA PARTY[/pre]
[sub]MANILA - An end to an era it is, indeed. In a radio speech today, incumbent President Manuel L. Quezon, who has served as the commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1941, then again from 1944 to the present, announced his intention to not seek a fourth term as president of the Republic of the Philippines. In the radio address, President Quezon cited his ailing health, advanced age, 'and the need for a new postwar generation of leaders to take over and take the country forward'. It was noted by many that the President's voice was significantly more coarse and weak compared to previous speeches, raising rumors regarding the status of his health. The President announced that in time for the May 1950 national elections, Sergio Osmena - his loyal vice president who has served as Quezon's deputy since 1935 as well - will stand for the Nacionalista Party as its presidential candidate against presumptive Liberal Party candidate Manuel Roxas. In a speech to the media outside the Manila Post Office, part-time a post office and part-time an administrative building, Osmena affirmed that the President would be able to sufficiently carry out his duties as commander-in-chief until the end of his term in June of this year. 'Nonetheless, I am proud to be able to represent my party in this election,' Osmena stated.[/sub]
[sub]Elected to the Commonwealth presidency in 1935 with a landslide 66% of the popular vote, Quezon rose from the Senate Presidency into the position of the first Filipino to sit in Malacanang Palace since Emilio Aguinaldo at the turn of the century. He was a staunch moderate on the issue of independence, and staunchly defended the American presence and the American governance of the country. In 1941, he was re-elected with 81% of the vote in what has in the country's short history been the largest electoral victory for a national-level candidate. His second term as president was cut short by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines less than a month later, and until 1944 he served as the President of the Philippine Government-in-Exile, along with his deputy, Vice President Sergio Osmena, by his side. While in exile, Quezon fought with tuberculosis in 1944 and 1945 before recovering albeit barely thanks to the application of emergency medications. In 1946, in the first postwar election, Quezon ran for re-election to a third term and won with 54.5% of the popular vote, defeating Liberal candidate Manuel Roxas by 12.5%, an unexpected margin.[/sub]
[sub]Quezon's postwar administration is widely considered to be lackluster, but fairly stabilizing for the nation. While significant growth promised in the 1946 elections was not achieved on such a significant level, stability and tranquility was restored to the country as it began the process of re-building. Ties with Washington in the post-independence world was secured, and the Philippines under Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay began rebuilding its military and solidifying its defense capabilities. Most prominent among Quezon's achievements was the development and further urbanization of the Manila province - the capital region - and the strengthening of the healthcare system with the construction of new hospitals and clinics in Visayas and Mindanao regions.[/sub]
[sub]Quezon is slated to retire with a generally positive outlook. An overwhelming majority of Filipinos believe the 2nd President left behind a historic legacy of fighting for independence and working to protect his country in its darkest time. It is clear that Osmena will have a massive legacy to catch up to in the 1950 elections, and will likely be fighting an uphill battle against Manuel Roxas and the Liberal Party, whose liberal policies are starting to gain popularity among the Filipino public especially as calls for the establishment of a welfare system to protect the most unfortunate is called for in increasing frequency.[/sub]
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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(CCP) Peoples Republic of China / (CCP) 中华人民共和国
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THE TIANANMEN PROCLAMATION! THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC IS BORN!
天安门宣言! 人民共和国诞生了!
[sub]October 1949 | 1949年10月
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TIANANMEN SQUARE, BEIJING | 北京天安门广场,北京[/sub]
[sub]To the hung heads of the Nationalist traitors, the flag of the peasant class rises above the lands of China, unified under one! The cries of the Communist Party of China (CCP) were echoed throughout the city of Beiping, renamed to its original name of Beijing by the Communist forces, as the new Peoples Republic of China was proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square. Workers and peasants and farmers of China across rejoiced, and supporters of the Communist regime moreso, however many Chinese looked onwards with uncertainty for what this new regime would bring. Indeed, stability was now on the horizon for China after the great nation dissolved into warring factions with the end of the final royalist dynasty of China, the Qing, but whether or not this was the form of stability the people of China wished for, it would remain to be seen.[/sub]
[sub]Prior to this proclamation by Chairman Mao, the Communist forces had been organized as the Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR) from 1931 before its abolishment in 1937. The CSR and later the CCP took discontiguous territories not occupied or held by Nationalist forces. The outbreak of the Chinese Civil War between the two factions in postwar China saw the Nationalists gain an early upper hand, before allowing corruption, indecency and military failure after military failure to chew into the Nationalist morale and allow the Communists to finally gain the upper hand. By October, the Communists were marching south, and the Nationalists were essentially in a massive retreat. The CCP forces now vastly outnumbered those of the Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-shek, and it would only be a matter of time before the KMT was forced to surrender or complete and utter destruction at the hands of CCP forces.[/sub]
[sub]In the spirit and fervor of the victory, Chairman Mao Zedong organized for a massive ceremony and a military parade before the great Tiananmen Square in Beiping, which had been renamed under Communist supervision to Beijing. At precisely 3:00pm Beijing time on the First of October, 1949, Chairman and Comrade Mao pronounced to the peoples of China, from atop the Gate of Tiananmen;[/sub]
[list][pre]Tóngbāo mén, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Zhōngyāng Rénmín Zhèngfǔ jīntiān chénglì le![/pre]
[pre]Dear comrades! Today, I hereby declare the formal establishment of the People's Republic of China and its Central People's Government![/pre][/list]
[sub]With the proclamation of the new Peoples Republic and the playing of the national anthem of the new Communist state, the March of the Volunteers, Chairman Mao declared complete victory over the reactionary forces of the Kuomintang under General Chiang Kai-shek, who he declared had backed imperialists, betrayed the fatherland, and instigated the counter-revolutionary war. The bureaucracy of the new Communist state had also been established in the same proclamation.[/sub]
[list][sub]The Central Peoples Government of the Peoples Republic of China
- Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference
- Central Peoples Government Council
- Government Administration Council of the Central Peoples Government
- Peoples Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central Peoples Government
- Supreme Peoples Court of the Central Peoples Government
- Supreme Peoples Procuratorate of the Central Peoples Government[/sub][/list]
[sub]The first ever military parade in celebration of the Peoples Republics official proclamation and founding would take place over the next few days, by decree of the new Central Peoples Government. The parade would be the first modern and large-scale military parade in the countrys history, having been organized in June of 1949 as the first public review of military forces under the Peoples Liberation Army, the fighting forces of the new Peoples Republic - born out of the ashes like a phoenix.[/sub]
[sub]The question of whether or not the Peoples Republic will succeed remains up to the future policy and government of the new Peoples Republic.[/sub]
[sub]对国民党卖国贼悬空的头颅,农民阶级的旗帜在中国的土地上升起,统一在一个人之下!"。当毛泽东主席在天安门广场宣布新的中华人民共和国成立时,中国共产党(CCP)的呐喊声响彻整个北平市,被共产党军队改名为北京的原名。中国各地的工人、农民欢欣鼓舞,共产党政权的支持者更是如此,但许多中国人对这个新政权将带来什么感到不确定。事实上,随着中国最后一个保皇朝代--清朝的结束,这个伟大的国家解体为交战的派别,现在中国的稳定即将到来,但这是否是中国人民所希望的稳定形式,还有待观察。[/sub]
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
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[list][list][list][pre]SCANDINAVIAN UNION
Skandinaviska Unionen[/pre][/list]
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NORDEN ALTHING PASSES NEW MEASUURES FOR EDUCATION & WELFARE EXPANSION
[sub]EINAR GERHARDSEN ADMINISTRATION | GOTHENBURG, FEBRUARY 1950[/sub][/list]
[sub]| High confidence is the best way to illustrate the commitment and passion for the next five years as the Social Democratic Labor Party. Voter confidence in the direction of the Norden Althing was approximately 48% immediately after the 1950 parliament elections; therefore, there was a need to prove the stability of this new massive nation of 14.7 million people. It was a spectacle for the Social Democratic Labor Party to come to realization they are the dominant party; however, General-Secretary of the Social Democratic Labor Party and now Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen made it clear that power and greed shall not corrupt the halls of the Norden Althing as it is the "Hall of the Great Northern People" and the "Bastion of Democratic Liberalism". It is because of the fear of corruption, the SDLP passed a series of proper protocols and decorum agreements to ensure full political professionalism, accountability, and responsibility to the Norden people and democratic institutions. Ensuring compliance, penalties and participatory requirements became very clear even for opposition parties and coalitions. Upon setting the high standards for the rules of the Norden Althing, the unicameral government began work for the expansion of education and welfare across Norden.[/sub]
[sub]The first initiative was the agreement toward the formation of the Ministry of Education & Research in addition to the National Agency for Education and the Norden Schools Inspectorate. The purpose of the Norden Schools Inspectorate is to contribute to school improvement and development. The overall goal is a school system where all children have equal rights to a good education and knowledge in a secure environment. The agency has two types of assignments. One of them is to conduct regular supervisory audits, and the other one is to conduct quality control. Regular supervision is conducted in every school by three-year intervals, while quality control is conducted randomly or at the request of someone, often parents. The agency has the opportunity to decide on complaints, orders or injunctions with a penalty to get school boards to implement necessary measures. As a last resort, the authority may withdraw the authorization for independent schools, adopt measures on the municipal local principal's expense, or to close a school. Several other missions, such as auditing of grants for schools and reviews of test results, is also conducted by the agency.[/sub]
[sub]The National Agency for Education has been created to provide services for students and educators such as Development and Service Training, National Certification for Teachers, and a Reference Center for Vocational Education. The national agency for education will prepare not only the knowledge requirements for schools, but also regulations, general recommendations and national tests. This agency is responsible for official statistics in the area of education. They will conduct national follow-ups and evaluations for Norden. The Agency will also manage the participation in international educational. Within the Ministry of Education & Research includes the following Departments:[/sub]
[list]Department of Integration
Department of Schools and Kindergartens
Department of Education, Training and Skills Policy
Department of Administration and Strategic Priorities
Department of Legal Affairs
Department of Governance of Higher Education and Research Institutions
Department of Higher Education, Research and International Affairs[/list]
[sub]The consolidation of universities, academic institutions, and education systems of the individual Scandinavian nations coming together to formulate Norden has prompted an interesting relief as the expertise and specializations of each nation come together to establish a framework for a truly modern, inclusive education system intended to provide a sound, prestigious education to all Norden citizens regardless of socioeconomic status; however, higher emphasis has been determined to be directed toward those impoverished or cannot afford a professional education. Additionally, in agreements with coalition parties, the SDLP has agreed to allow for the establishment of private education institutions, academies, and even non-profit think tank organizations to fully encompass educational development opportunities; however, private education institutions will have to still comply with state regulations on quality and grade standardization.[/sub]
[sub]In addition to education, the SDLP has begun drafting new legislation regarding the construction of a universal welfare system, including employment schemes in heavy industry, environmental sustainability and agriculture, and shipbuilding industries. Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen stated while Parliament was in session that:[/sub]
[list]"The providing of welfare is not a privilege that only certain Norden citizens should have access to. It is a right that all people of this nation should and will have access to. Part of our developing program will deliver just that. This is a comprehensive bill that I am looking forward to the SDLP delivering to the people. This bill is being referred to as the National Insurance Initiative and it intends to do what it is named to do: to provide compulsory national insurance to all people. Similar to education, this is not to say the state is forbidding private insurance. Private insurance will be available to those who seek it; however, for the general populace, from cradle to grave, this nation will provide not adequate but modern, advanced healthcare and general welfare to the public. That is not up for discussion or debate if it is right or a privilege. I am saying that it is part of the natural rights of Man to be protected and happy so we must do our job to provide that safety net and investment."[/list]
[sub]With his comments, Prime Minister Gerhardsen and the SDLP have published in newsletters that universal social welfare bills are being drafted and will be brought to the Parliamentary floor for deliberation, feedback, edits, and final votes in due time.[/sub]
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| BANZA'S WORLD TOUR ( AFRICA ) |
[sub]February, 1950[/sub]
| First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, has headed out onto her world tour which is aimed at raising Zaire's status but also at creating new opportunities and deals with countries around the world, that will either tighten relations or symbolise a new start for involved states. The tour has been highly publicised in Zaire, as it's the first time since 1939 that the Zairean leader shall visit foreign states to such a degree.
Mrs Banza tour started in AZANIA, where she made her way to on the 3rd of February. Mrs Banza appeared in the Cape Town, capital of Azania that day to be welcomed by crowds of those that wanted to meet her. Wearing a beautiful wavy dark green dress, with her hair done up, and white high heels Mrs Banza sparkled in her fashion. Mrs Banza met with the Prime Minister of Azania, Prime Minister Zwane and his cabinet members to discuss matters relating to the future of Africa, and the future of Zairean-Azanian relations. That same day, Mrs Banza attended a banquet held in her name to which prominent members of the Azanian elites were invited and Mrs Banza had the chance to meet. On the 4th of February, Mrs Banza traveled to Durban to meet with the local people, the ordinary people of Azania. Mrs Banza was met with warm welcomes and excited looks. Wearing a white wavy dress, with white high heels and a white hat, Mrs Banza resembled a white angle as one of the people interviewed noted. Mrs Banza had the chance to stroll through the city and chat with the people, with dozens of handshakes and flowers being given. When the press asked her about the Azanian people, standing proudly amidst a group of youth, Mrs Banza responded with;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...incredible, truly. Proud and rich cultured people who are ready to take on the hardship of creating a new world for themselves, a world of fairness and beauty...Azanians are people of many beliefs, ethnics and tribes but what unites them together is the honest belief in a world of freedom and equality..."[/list]
Mrs Banza was photographed with the Azanian youth especially. On 6th of February, Mrs Banza left Azania and left off for the Bemba Kingdom. Her stamp in Azania has been made, and the people of Azania have seemed to take a true liking to her and her being.
On 8th of February, Mrs Banza officially arrived in the BEMBA KINGDOM. Mrs Banza arrived in the capital, Kasama and was instantly greeted with high honours and respect. The press quickly captured her warm and respectful meeting with the monarch of Bemba, Chitimukulu the II, who honoured Mrs Banza highly and quickly. Mrs Banza presented herself in a dignified blue wavy dress, with white high heels and her hair beautifully done up. Mrs Banza met with the elites of Kemba the same day at the a dinner hosted in her name, where further discussions have been made upon deals that are now to be finalised by the Zairean government that are aimed to aid the Bemba Kingdom and bring in Zairean state companies into the state. On the 9th of February, Mrs Banza left to Mungwi, where Mrs Banza wore a wavy red dress, with her hair flowing in the dry air. Mrs Banza met with the spear-wielding warriors of the dog clan. Taken in highly and respectfully, Mrs Banza also had a chance to meet the ordinary people of the Kingdom. Mrs Banza was captured playing with the children of the Kingdom by the press, and when asked by the press about her opinion on the future of the Bemba Kingdom she stated;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...bright and prosperous. We have worked out a couple of solid deals with His Majesty, and I have no doubt that the Zairean government will implement it. We will aid our brothers and sisters in their hopes and dreams...we are so close, we are united and we are wanting to help because the people of the Bemba Kingdom are a proud people, and for that they must be recongised and for that they must be aided...we have a new friend in our neighbourhood, a close friend..."[/list]
Mrs Banza left the Bemba Kingdom on the 10th of February for Sudan leaving a mark in the Bemba Kingdom and a promise of help.
On the 12th of February, Mrs Banza arrived in SUDAN. Arriving in Khartoum, Mrs Banza would be wearing a tight rather long golden dress, with white high heels, golden jewellery that would be slithering through her body and hair. Greeted by swarms of press and people, Mrs Banza would be captured waving and sending kisses as she was handed flowers. On her first day of the visit, Mrs Banza met with the elites of Sudan, where it has been officially claimed that Mrs Banza has pledge her support for a more free and open Sudan. The meeting was followed by a banquet in which Mrs Banza had the chance to speak more closely with the Governor General Abdullah Khalil, to which she had congratulated him on his determination and conviction on fighting for Sudan. On the 13th of February, Mrs Banza left to Juba where she has spent the day touring the city and meeting with the local people who began to find a fondness to her and what she represents. Mrs Banza has been captured on film speaking with the hardworking men of Sudan, whom she was captured to say to;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...you are the people of hard work, you work for what belongs to you and what you deserve. It is notable to say that the Sudanese people have endured hardship after hardship, yet you stand up and move forward sure in the knowledge that you are going to be victorious. You are an inspiration for Africa, and you must know that you have my full support, you have the support of Zaire as we look upon you with inspiration and will to go further."[/list]
Mrs Banza has found herself at ease in Sudan, with a growing popularity amongst the people of Sudan. However, on the 14th of February, Mrs Banza has left Sudan for Ethiopia, leaving behind a growing popularity.
On 16th of February, Mrs Banza arrived in ETHIOPIA. Mrs Banza arrived in Addis Ababa in a beautiful short wavy silver dress designed by Coco Channel personally for her. Wearing white high heels and her hair beautifully done up with silver sparkles in it, Mrs Banza dazzled in Ethiopia from the very start. With a beaming smile, she welcomed the warm welcome of the press and the elites of the country. That same day, Mrs Banza attended a large ball hosted by His Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie who Mrs Banza recorded to be, and we quote, quite the charmer. Mrs Banza also had the chance to meet with other cultural, political and social elite members of the country including Imru Haile Selassie. On 17th of February, Mrs Banza made her way to Mogadishu to meet with the ordinary people of the country. With suspicion being cast upon her as she dazzled in rich and opulent clothing, Mrs Banza tried her best to bond with the people of Ethiopia, with the cameras being able to capture her chats with the mothers of the country as she played with their children. When asked by the Ethiopian press what she thought of the state of the country, Mrs Banza responded;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...cultured, modern, open...that is how I would describe the state of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is what Africa needs, and I have no doubt about that. You're an integral part of the well-being system of this continent and of the world at large with your history, rich culture and want to achieve greatness beyond your current state. I think the world deserves to know what Ethiopia really is, and what you're about to become. I have no doubts about that."[/list]
Mrs Banza has left Ethiopia on the 17th of February, but despite initial suspicions, Mrs Banza might of left a growing root of fondness and trust.
On 19th of February, Mrs Banza arrived in EGYPT. Arriving in a longer more static coloured dress, with white high heels and her hair done up simply, Mrs Banza arrived in Cairo to be greeted by a swarm of press and some supporters. Mrs Banza managed to meet with the elites of Egypt, especially with King Farouk with who Mrs Banza has built a rather warm relation. However, it was due to His Majesty's orders, that the nobles of Egypt even met with Mrs Banza to such a degree. The banquet in Cairo, however, has been noted to be one of the most opulent Mrs Banza attended so far, it was at this event like the ones in Ethiopia and Sudan, the Mrs Banza talked about future relations and deals which are to be finalised by both governments. On the 20th of February, Mrs Banza traveled to Tripoli to meet with the ordinary people of the country. Even though she had been met with initial coldness, Mrs Banza managed to still garner large amounts of attention as she met with the women of the country, especially young women. When one of the Egyptian reporters asked what she thinks about Egypt's future, Mrs Banza responded with;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...whatever that future may be, it will be surprising to us all, in a positive manner of course. Egypt is a land of absolute culture and history, and I think you may learn a lot from your own history. You're the link between Africa, Europe and the Middle East, a link no other state in the world hold. It's what makes Egypt and Egyptians so special, you're after all the melting pot of our continent."[/list]
Mrs Banza is set to remain in Egypt until the 23rd of February when she'll take off by ship to Europe. Mrs Banza is bound to leave Egypt with a sense of realism and understanding that she may not be viewed as warm as she would hope for. Mrs Banza is now set on her cruise to Europe, where is she bound to dock to in Greece, France, Spain, Britain, West Germany, the Nordic Union and Finland. There are still talks about whether Mrs Banza will make her way to the Eastern bloc states such as Czechoslovakia and whether she will go to Slovenia, with the Zairean government worrying that should she do it, the Eastern Bloc won't let her. |
[spoiler="...Africa is my home and a place I know through and through...but Europe...Europe fascinates me." - Gloria Banza]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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THE KULUBEMBA TESTIFIES TO BEMBA UNITY AS THE CLANS RALLY BEHIND CHILYAMAFWA II
[list][sup]GREATEST OF CHITIMUKULUS
BEMBALANDMARCH 1950[/sup][/list]
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Any Sub-Saharan African nation to achieve independence after years of subjugation faced a number of existential hurdles. A generation that grew up seeing their forefathers servile to foreign powers was guaranteed to carry with it bitterness, pain and envy. Chitimukulu Chilyamafwa II perceived this deeply. In all respects, the Chitimukulu was truly destined for rule: elected by his peers after the death of his father, he was known for his wisdom, his firm but managed temperament, and his drive to see LuBemba united as one. Well-rounded, educated, moralistic and shrewd, he rested at the perfect historical intersection; Chilyamafwa was, in truth, deeply needed and imbued with all of the virtues of a balanced and respected ruler. The mbwa (dog) clan of time-honored hereditary warriors was steadfastly at his back and his own ngandu (crocodile) clan stood proudly around him. The local leaders of the relatively decentralized government of clan-states worked willingly with the Chilyamafwa, and a new spirit of goodwill and nsansa (gaiety) altogether permeated AbaBemba. It was a once-in-a-century moment for changeand the paramount chief of the Bemba was aware of it. With the call for builders advised by Sir Stewart Gordon-Browne now answered and hundreds of able men at the ready in Kasama, work now began on the KuluBemba: the palace of the Bemba and the ornate native gardens and cultivated forests to surround it.
The KuluBemba would serve two purposes. Austere walls collectively built by members of all clans would be a physical reminder of the unity of the Bemba people, and inscriptions in ChiBemba would testify to their unifying language. A large council room, however, would soon serve a purpose Chilyamafwa would seek in years to come: limited but egalitarian democratization. The Bembaa people who had only ever followed the rigid strata of a social hierarchy crowned by chiefs and the Chitimukuluwould now be invited to speak their minds before an equitable assembly of the paramount chief, the clan leaders, and hereditary advisors called bakabilo. It was a move that would certainly endear the Chitimukulu to the people; the clan chiefs, too, would be placated by respect for their ancient rights. The building of the KuluBemba was ultimately a unifying spectacle, and for the first time in recent memory, all clans visibly and earnestly worked together towards a common goal. If there was any tension, it was quickly and expertly quelled by the Chitimukulu and his advisors. Indeed, all of AbaBemba came to a standstill to watch the symbolically magnificent building take shape. The family of the workers brought gifts of food and drink, and the children of the Bemba played games around the construction site. The building was constructed with great care and precision, and the Chitimukulu ensured that all clans were represented by the builders. The bricks were made by the mbwa clan and the ngandu clan, while the mfula (rain) clan prepared the roof and the kani (grass) clan wove decorative thatch mats for the brick floors of the itafwali (brick) clan. The ngoma (tree) clan carved the great wooden doors, and the mbulo (iron) clan crafted the door hinges. All clans worked together to create a building that would be a physical manifestation of Bemba unity.
Though the construction would have ordinarily been delayed for the rainy reason, the insistence of the Chitimukulu on a quick completion led the clans to find workarounds to the pouring rains: the mfula and kani clans built temporary thatch structures over the construction site to protect it from the rain and work hours were doubled on dry days. The site resembled a beehive with its busied, earnest workers, and the location was even visited by Gloria Banza in February. Altogether, The KuluBembaadmittedly modest in comparison to the lavish palaces of other nationswas completed in a month. Its inauguration in March was a grand affair: the Chitimukulu, resplendent in traditional garb, was carried by his mbwa clan warriors on a great wooden palanquin to the front doors of the new palace. There, he was greeted by the clan leaders, who each presented him with a gift: a spear from the mbwa clan, a pattern-inlaid painted shield from the ngandu clan, a ceremonial drum from the mfula clan, a handmade grass tapestry from the kani clan, a carved wooden bowl from the ngoma clan, a set of iron bracelets from the mbulo clan, and countless further artifacts from the dozens of clans in attendance. The Chitimukulu, in turn, presented each of the great clan leaders with a finely crafted mwele (knife) in a sheath of animal hide. The lesser clan leaders were recipients of other items of interest: beaded necklaces, carved wooden statuettes, and the like. The Chitimukulu spoke to the clan leaders in ChiBemba and appealed to them to continue working together for the good of the Bemba. He then invited all in attendance to enter the KuluBemba, where refreshments were served and a small orchestra of traditional instruments played. Sir Stewart Gordon-Browne oversaw a team of photographers who would document the ceremony for the world abroad, ensuring that it knew of the newly sprung unity of the Bemba people.
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[list]February 1950 (1950 年2月)
[sub]New Schools (新しい学校)[/sub][/list]
[pre]JAPAN BEGINS SEEING THE RISE OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS! SHINTO AND BUDDHIST SCHOOLS TO BE PRIVATE![/pre]
[pre] 日本で宗教学校の台頭が見られるようになる! 神道と仏教の学校は私立に![/pre]
TOKYO SHINTO INSTITUTE OF KNOWLEDGE (東京神道知識学院)
[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon MORNING[/sub]
[sub]It was no surprise that the majority of the Japanese population practiced SHINTOISM, a polytheistic religion dating back to the Yayoi period of early Japanese history. Although the context of religion differed between the Japanese and the western world the majority of the population of Japan identified as both Shinto and Buddhist, while very few identified as Christian or any other religion. As Japan was continuing its rebuilding efforts, a main policy of Prime Minister SHIGERU YOSHIDA was to reform Japans education system to ensure the future generations of Japanese children have quality education in a post-war world.[/sub]
[sub]Like their American counterparts, a variety of public and private schools would be built for the next school year throughout Japan. Within the United States, Catholic or other religious schools were present (often private or having special status) and Japan would follow suit as dozens of new schools would be built around Shinto and/or Buddhist teachings while following national education standards. Although the Japanese government has announced that it would not fund the construction of these schools, several private businesses and charities have donated to fund the costs of building and maintenance of the schools.[/sub]
[sub]Built in the traditional Japanese architecture style (Wayo architecture), the buildings would have one main building, a shrine and a courtyard. Although there are no priests in the Shinto tradition, the school would be headed by a Head Practitioner in charge of teaching the students the Shinto religion and rituals while a Buddhist priest (Bhikkhu) would be in charge of Buddhist religious matters. It was announced that some schools would be constructed by the next school year where parents would pay yearly tuition fees for their children to attend classes (and also admission would be competitive). It would also be noted that several foreign student of Burma would be attending the classes in the next school year.[/sub]
[list]SHODA MICHI、 ヘッドプラクティショナー: [sub]The construction of these schools is fundamental for the growth of future Japanese students. Not only are we striving for the top quality standards of education, but also mix the teachings of Shintoism and Buddhism so students can have valuable life lessons. Unlike the previous generations which grew up under the Imperial regimes State Shintoism our schools focus away from mixing religion and politics. Which is why we are privately funded by charities and other donors, as well as having affordable tuition fees to maintain our schools. By April of 1951, we will open our first schools and hold competitive tests for our upper class students*. While our main focus is higher education to prepare students for universities we are also looking into constructing elementary schools which will also have tuition fees, yet not as expensive as upperclassmen tuition. We hope every parent considers sending their children to one of our schools, which will open in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe for now with future schools opening in all of Japans cities and towns.[/sub]
[sub]* students from grades 9-12[/sub][/list]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
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February 15-16,1950
MASSACRE IN KAMPUNG HUTAN TERSEMBUNYI
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Yesterday night,February 15th multiple Chinese were shot dead,by soldiers from the army who were stationed in Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi as part of the process of clearing out weapons and munition.The death count was totalled to 44 people.Reportedly this event happened at night in the kampung and multiple families had been dragged out of their homes to be gunned down.Due to this event,the people in the kampung have begun protesting against the soldiers being active around there,as prior to this.The people of the kampung were already feeling uneasy with the army being active in the area and now with the soldiers shooting down 44 people of the kampung.This had cause the people to demand the soldiers be brought out of the kampung.Words of the now what's called the "Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi Massacre" spread far,through the nation.When it reached the government.Prime minister,Aisy Rayyan had to intervene,to prevent the Chinese people from getting any ideas that the Malay,nationalist government is incredibly flawed.Aisy Rayyan would decide to stop the press from writing and publishing the story.
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][sub]19.𝙸𝚅.1948[/sub]
[sub]LE ELEZIONI DEL '48 E LA SCOMPARSA DEI COMUNISTI[/sub]
THE '48 ELECTIONS AND THE COMMUNISTS' DEMISE
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ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| During the tense months leading up to April 18, many had begun to imagine drastic changes for Italy. Some expected a revolution, while others had booked train tickets and readied their suitcase for a timely exit. In the country's second and harshest to date general election, taking place two years after the no-less divisive '46 poll, Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi's Democrazia Cristiana would make a surprise showing effectively winning the day, with close to 50% of the votes, a record for the the party. Previously widely expected to be neck-and-neck with the Fronte Democratico Popolare, the Communist-Socialist coalition headed by the red maverick Palmiro Togliatti that only ravished 30%, it would in effect be able to form a government of its own, without needing coalition partners. On the right, a sigh of relief; on the left, indignation, for many suspect foul play in the DC's close links with American sponsors. And indeed, CIA money, as well as a barrage of anti-communist propaganda, appears to have turned the tides just a few weeks before the decisive vote. For all its energetic campaigning and rigorous organization, the PCI had not succeeded in shedding its image of a Moscow-affiliated party, a fact that consistently dragged it down. Nor could the blowback of their loss in '46 against the Monarchy or the failure from the DC to solve the Istrian Question make enough motivation for Italians to rally around "Party of Garibaldi", as the Fronte Popolare was informally known among its militants, following rebranding efforts. For Togliatti, it was no doubt a failed gambit. |
| For Alcide De Gasperi, it would be a crisis averted. Behind closed doors, the gigantic electoral machine of the DC had borne its fruits, and it appeared that a last-moment "reactionary vote" had convinced many right-wingers to mobilize. With Togliatti admitting defeat, while denouncing supposed foreign foul play, De Gasperi could expect a re-appointment as Prime Minister by His Majesty King Umberto II. With such public confidence, he seems to be the man destined to lead post-war Italy, promising to fully rebuild the country and extract it from its current slump. Rising prices and increasing social demands, rallying around the powerful PCI, remain pressing issues. Around De Gasperi, there is talk that the very mild leader may opt to bring more partners within his coalition, although a renewed alliance with the left seems definitely off the table. With the last votes being counted, but total victory now assured, De Gasperi can plan with newfound confidence the Italy of tomorrow. |
[list]𝑬𝑳𝑬𝒁𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑰 𝑷𝑶𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑯𝑬
GENERAL ELECTION
[sub]Chamber of Deputies (574 seats) Senate (237 seats)[/sub]
[sub]APRIL 1948
[*] Christian Democracy, DC : 305 (CoD) 131 (S)
[*] Popular Democratic Front, FDP : 183 72
[*] Socialist Unity, US : 33 10
[*] National Bloc, BN : 19 7
[*] Italian Republican Party, PRI : 14 3
[*] Monarchist National Party, PNM : 9 4
[*] Other Parties : 11 10
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Turnout : 92.2%[/sub][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]
[nation]Alaroth[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Astarina[/nation]
[nation]Bayside[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]Finlandee[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Irelaand[/nation]
[nation]Islahh[/nation]
[nation]Philanialle[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Somerania[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]
[nation]Tallahan[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]
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NEW PREGELJ FACILITIES BREAK GROUND AS INVESTMENT POURS IN
[list][sup]THE CLIMBING CHEMICAL CZAR
SLOVENIAMARCH 1950[/sup][/list]
Now the beneficiary of great foreign investment, growing chemical giant Pregelj has become increasingly emboldened. In March 1950, it broke ground on a major petrochemical complex in the town of Litija meant to utilize the hydrogenation of coal in making various synthetic gasses and fuels. The new facility, set to open in 1951, is being built with foreign investments totaling $4.8 million (1950). Pregelj was already the only company in Slovenia, and perhaps the world, with the technical capacity to produce all of the main synthetic gassesincluding hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxideand the new Litija complex would expand that capacity into synthetic fuels. Touted as the future of Slovene industry, Pregelj made headlines for its booming success throughout 1949 and 1950. The company has experienced rapid growth since its inception in 1946 and has rapidly expanded its workforce and factory production. With the recent news of the Litija complex, and the company's recent announcement of a proposed $10.2 million (1950) factory in the town of Maribor, Pregelj once again caught the attention of the nation.
The Slovene chemical industry is supported by a robust academic and research apparatus; the Joef Stefan Institute, formed by the Slovene government in 1949 for atomic and chemical research in partnership with several state-endorsed corporations, has worked devoutly on several necessary research and development projects in the chemical field. Armed with a staff of 350 researchers and students and a yearly budget of just over $1 million (1950), the institute summarily focuses on nuclear physics, electrochemistry, and chemical engineering and has been instrumental in the development of the Slovenian chemical industry. As a result, the country has made significant strides in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, a cutting-edge technology that allows for the identification of various chemical compounds. The technology is critical in the analysis of various industrial and pharmaceutical chemicals and numbers among Slovenias array of recent chemical advancements. It is no surprise, then, that the institute was named for accomplished Carinthian Slovene chemist Joef Stefan (18351893).
Indeed, the companys success has not been without its critics. Some worry that the companys rapid growth may be unsustainable and that the company may be putting too much emphasis on foreign investment. Others worry about the environmental impact of the companys factories. Pregelj has been accused of contributing to air pollution in the capital, though its dumping practices are already under strict watch by the government; no matter how much the Furlan-Krek government might seek the expansion of the chemical industry, they were well aware that any transgression against the Slovenian culture of environmentalism, forestry and mountaineering would be political suicide. Either way, most of the country is deeply supportive of Pregeljs growth. The company has brought much-needed jobs and investment to the country and has helped to build up the country's manufacturing sector; ultimately, it is increasingly a prominent contributor to the Slovene economy, and its success has helped to offset the countrys trade deficit.
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[list]1950년 03월 | 1950 March
[list][sup]Korea | 한국[/sup][list]
[sup]All Quiet on the Northern Front[/sup][/list]
| [sub]The clashes of the past few years had all but subsided along the 38th Parallel; but concerns still would not die down amongst some of the population on the peninsula. However, for the government of the south; concerns had largely been put to bed after UN PeaceKeepers concluded that the likelihood for all out war on the peninsula was next to none, but further inspections throughout the year would take place. For President Rhee this was the perfect chance to bolster South Koreas forces and train them in direct combat rather than in defending against guerilla attacks, working in conjunction with the US Korean Military Advisory Group.[/sub] |
| [sub]The intelligence reports had become like gospel for some in the South Korean government and held aloft like predictions rather than likelihoods, while north-south activity had been concentrated on the Ongjin Peninsula the reports did not entirely dismiss an all out war across the border. The fluid situation had largely been caused by the norths total unpredictability and the Chinese Communist Partys all out victory in the Civil War. The fear of Sino-Soviet support for a northern invasion had been weighing heavily on some, while others blindly dismissed such a scenario.[/sub] |
| [sub]Meanwhile in the upper echelons of government President Rhee had gathered his advisors in the newly constructed Blue House, which would be home to executive branch of government away from the day to day arguments of the National Assembly, discussions had largely been focused on when not if the north attacks.[/sub] |[list]
[sub]President Rhee: A war starting on Ongjin and then spreading southward would give us little time to call up the troops and begin a pushback. The time for preparedness is now if we are stop a northern invasion.[/sub]
[sub]Shin Song-mo: Efforts to train troops in effective combat skills are being doubled with the assistance of the KMAP; all reports suggest that even if we begin our state of readiness now there could be initial gains by the north all the way to the outskirts of Seoul, from there we would be in a position to push back to Ongjin in a few months then onto Pyongyang by ten months mark.[/sub]
[sub]President Rhee: What about an attack across the entire length of the border?[/sub]
[sub]Bak Jin-Ho: An unlikely scenario according to the intelligence supports; given the norths concentration of troops in and around Ongjin; but we believe we could still sustain an attack along the whole border and still push back within five to six months; northern troops would likely make it as far as the outskirts of Seoul or possibly into the city itself, but by that point with theoretical US reinforcements we would soon have the upperhand.[/sub]
[sub]General William L. Roberts: I have utmost faith in the abilities of the Republic's forces and a northern invasion would merely provide South Korean troops with target practice. The training programme has proved more successful than we would have hoped.[/sub]
[sub]President Rhee: How long do you believe it would take for us to be in a state of readiness to invade the north?[/sub]
[sub]Shin Song-mo: Six months to a year if the training programme continues at its current pace; along with the pledges from the United States.[/sub][/list]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list]March 1950
[sub]The Land to the West[/sub][/list]
[list][list][sub][pre]O my country, o my country,
With my struggle and gladiatorial patience,
Drive off all enemies' plots and mishaps
Be saved, be saved, be saved
Be saved all the way
We are your sacrifices
Libya, Libya, Libya!
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ROYAL ASSEMBLY, CAIRO, (Kotakuan Ii) MIDDAY
[sub]The Floor[/sub]
| Standing on the floor in front of the royal assembly stood the Emir of Cyrenaica, EDRIS, brandishing a page of lined paper on which he had written a speech which was about to rock his colleagues. The Royal Assembly was in a sense a "House of Nobles" within the Kingdom of Egypt ... the King held ultimate power but to maintain the peace and quell unrest he would deliberate with his fellow nobles on matters considered of national importance. The former Italian Libya had now been assimilated into Egypt since 1947, giving three years to His Majesty Farouk's government to provide a seamless transition from an Italian colony to an integral part of the Egyptian state. What had actually occurred was nothing less than a shambles, the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 had practically been used as an excuse for inaction in regard to the proper funding of Libyan schools, hospitals and infrastructure. As the symbolic face of the nobility within Libya and having been allowed to maintain his royal title of Emir of Cyrenaica, the Libyan people took the issue up with EDRIS himself rather than the government in Cairo. For just under three years, the Cyrenaican Emir had to bear the brunt of the abuse of the negligence ... but in the Royal Assembly in Cairo he was not to hold back. Instead, he would expose the shambolic neglect of His Majesty FAROUK - but in doing so would embolden those in both Egypt and Libya against the monarchy effectively tarnishing EDRIS' legitimacy in the process. |
[list]| EDRIS, [sub]Emir of Cyrenacia[/sub] | As-salamu Alaykum, Mr. Speaker, by long-established custom it is the privilege of His Majesty's nobility to pay their respects to the King whilst in the Royal Assembly. Whilst I do so, it must be noted that the nobility within Libya does not retain the same privilege from His Majesty. Consistently, for three years, the concerns of my people have been ignored and shunned with the excuse of the war to liberate the Palestinian people commonplace. My fellow members of the assembly, the war is long gone. Can we not see the neglect we are exemplifying by not properly funding Cyrenacian education and healthcare - instead focusing only on Cairo and how such investments will boost the international perception of the Kingdom. By doing so, the government is not only emboldening those who seek an end to his rule but also the ordinary people of Libya who were welcomed with open arms into the Kingdom only to be pushed away for no reason other than Cairo-centrism. I only can offer a stark warning to the government in that it must change its course, undo the neglect of the last three years and provide proactivity and warmth to the Libyan people ... [/list]
| Within the Royal Assembly, transcribers were working tirelessly to make sure every word was written. In the lobby above the assembly, reporters and the public watched in astonishment at the open critique of the King and his government. In the lobby, Colonel FAHEEM SROUR sat intently listening. Libyan Military Officers were growing increasingly discontent with the neglect of Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica by His Majesty FAROUK. Therefore, this intervention by EDRIS was most welcomed and was to be reported back to a small group of Libyan military officers named the LIBYAN FREE OFFICERS who were a subgroup of their Egyptian counterparts aptly also named the FREE OFFICERS. |
[list][list][sub]The Free Officers Movement, both in Libya and Egypt, was not openly against the monarchy but was established as a forum for like-minded officers to deliberate and discuss. Following the defeat of Egypt against Israel, many officers felt that the political leadership of the country was completely out of touch and out of depth with the gravity of the situation and had witnessed firsthand the rife corruption within the government. The FREE OFFICERS MOVEMENT was headed by GAMAL ABDEL NASSER - an Egyptian war hero who had served in the North African Campaign and the Liberation of Greece during World War Two. Initially, the group had been formed with the creation of a coordinating committee in 1949. Nasser became the head of the committee in January, owing to his growing reputation and his modest background. The hard-working middle class, who comprised of the majority of the grouping, was represented most by Nasser - who were extremely disapproving of the nobility's control over the country. [/sub][/list][/list]
| Colonel FAHREEM SROUR took one last look over his shoulder before he departed the assembly, dispersing in the chaos of Edris speech. The assembly lay in complete hysteria with Libyan nobility openly shouting and gestating toward their Egyptian counterparts. Edris had kickstarted something which many Libyan nobles were too afraid to do, but once the match had been lit there was nothing that could be done to extinguish the flame ... something had to change ... |
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][pre]March 18th, 1950 | Al-Qasr Avenue, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
DOMINION DAY, FREE AND UNITED BEFORE GOD, KING, AND COUNTRY[/list]
It has been precisely three months since 175 representatives from across the Sudanese north and south as well as representatives of the British Crown had assembled at Juba to dictate the destiny of the colony. Together the Juba Agreement as it would be learned had determined to join forces and to found Sudan as a single and unified state, they had all come to terms that the nation which would eventually attain self-rule and self-determination would and must be united as one before her God, King, and importantly before the Sudanese people and constitution.
With the Constitution having been Drafted from Rumbek on the first of March and passed through Parliament by the 10th, it had only taken a full week for the Colonial Administrations of each of the provinces; Halfa, Dongola, Red Sea, Berber, Kassala, Khartoum, El-Funj, Gezira, White Nile, Nuba Mountains, Kordofan, Darfur, Bahr El-Ghazel, Upper Nile, and Equatoria, to officially and ultimately ratify the 1950 Commonwealth Constitution Act, officially proclaiming the Constitution in effect starting March 18th, 1950, a day that shall become an official holiday known as Dominion Day.
Along with the official passing of the Constitution, Governor-General Knox Helm, whose powers will now be modified to becoming a representative of his majesty King George the Sixth to the Commonwealth of Sudan, had announced on behalf of the government in Khartoum that the Imperial colony of British Sudan has now been officially abolished, along with the limited powers and abilities that the colonial government had been restricted to. Abdallah Khalil who has now been appointed as the official Prime Minister of the Sudanese Commonwealth would officially declare the establishment of self-rule in Sudan under the safeguard of the British monarchy and the Commonwealth Constitution, to which he has pledged his allegiance to both while vowing on the Holy Quran.
Festivities would commence instantly in Khartoum as the city streets were decorated with portraits of King George, union jacks, and most importantly a heavy use of the Rhino Flag, which was a popular term took up referring to the colonial flag with the Union Jack at the upper hoist section of the flag and an emblem of a white rhino above the words Sudan. This was the flag of the colonial government that had been used since 1930 and had gained traction amongst loyalist movements as the flag became a mark of equivalency between Sudan and the other nations of the British domain once it has been solely raised above the government house or the Khartoum Palace as it was more commonly known.
[list]PM Abdallah Khalil :| There have not been celebrations like this since the Italian were defeated at Asmara.[/list]
As crowds gathered in Khartoum waving the commonwealth flags, a parade would take place consisting of several units of the Sudanese Defense Force marching up Al-Qasr Avenue towards the presidential palace then pivoting right onto Gamma Avenue, just before the platform constructed for Governor Helm and Prime Minister Khalil along with other members of government who would salute and review the troops as they marched off. Much like Khartoum, many cities across Sudan would spurt into celebrations, primarily in the provincial capitals. Port Sudan has had a boat parade celebrating the establishment of the Commonwealth, Nyala, and El-Obied has had a caravan of nomads riding on top of camels striding around the cities, as the entire country would be out in celebrations at the dawn of a new nation, the dawn of the Sudanese nation upon the very soil they have worked, lived, and died for.
While Sudan stays under the official rule of the British Crown, Khartoum would now become the official center of government elected by and for the Sudanese people, and most importantly it would be a much stronger government that is near to the soul of the Sudanese people, a country now ruled by and for its people. The Khalil administration seeks to establish diplomatic relations first as a part of his primary task in the office of Prime Minister. Along with the desire to establish a diplomatic office well before Sudan would attend its first United Nations meeting this September, Khalil had expressed desires to install a substantial bureaucratic foundation for the Sudanese state to guard the very ideals of the constitution and the blossom movement.
The institution of the Commonwealth is seen by some in Sudan as the same old colonial imperialist dogma retaining a now tighter grip on Sudan. To the Nationalists, Self-determination wasnt enough, the monarch must be removed and Sudan declared a nation under no one but its God and people. But let it not be mistaken, Sudan is independent in all aspects except for its sovereign the King of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and all his realms, territories, and commonwealths for which Sudan is now a component, but the power shall now unequivocally belong in the hands of the Sudanese people. Despite the occupation now ending, the British military will continue to be stationed in Sudan to assure the young nations territorial integrity alongside the Sudanese Defense Force.
Primarily given the claim the Egyptian monarchy still has on Sudan, alongside its territorial disputes with neighboring Egypt and Ethiopia, not including the ticking time bomb of the Eritrean occupation entered almost a decade long. Sudan now enters the field of democratic thinking with its enormous religious, ethnic, and racial diversity. With global tensions showing now downward trend as the superpower of Washington and Moscow battle for their economic and political dominance, Sudan shall now pick the path for which it shall March on, free of control yet united in brotherhood.
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[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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PERÓNS NEW 5 YEAR PLAN : ECONOMICS
March 5th 1950
Monetary - As the first act of his new Plan to tackle the growing dangers within the Nation President Peron has announced multiple different initiatives to attempt to nip dangerous precedents in the bud. Inflation, a growing menace which was quickly growing out of control. Then a plan, the United States itself while having a gold backed currency still issued more bills based on the stockpile and value of said gold. La Plata itself had stockpiles too low to do so domestically and thus Peron had decided that as of June 1950 the La Platan Peso would be pegged to the dollar on a basis of 10 pesos per 1 dollar (the current IC market exchange rate is 9.84 per dollar thus is a rounded proposal by the President). The Central Bank of La Plata would be obliged and tasked with periodically increasing or decreasing the money supply to maintain the valuation between the two and maintain the exchange rate, however with America itself increasing its own money supply it would in the long term allow for sufficient increases in the supply of the Peso. This has been done to multiple other currencies in the past, however primarily for La Plata is immensely beneficial as it makes it easier and more predictable for individuals in both Countries to invest in the other, especially relevant given America's growing role in the La Platan Economy which is quickly superseding the role of Britain in the first half of the Century.
In order to better achieve this ratio with the American Government and not breach the US's own policy of not allowing the private sale of gold, La Plata shall sell Gold at the same rate as dictated by the American Government and use the funds raised by those sales to purchase either Peso or Dollar depending on the needs of its monetary policy (as in a pegged currency sometimes its necessary to purchase the "parent" currency. Peron coined it "Outsourcing the Policies and Measures of combatting Inflation to the Americans" and rightfully so, by pegging it to the Dollar and requiring only to maintain the exchange rate, the Dollar would thus dictate inflation.
Petroleum - In order to better facilitate growth Peron has sought to outsource expansion and exploration to the United States, and rather than paying for these advancements he has chosen to sell 50% of the ownership of YPF (state Petroleum Conglomerate) to the United States Government (which can either maintain ownership or delegate to private firms later) in order to provide a more educated outside source of impetus for growth. Peron has sought to link the price of oil drilled in La Plata to a point where it can legally be no more expensive than that drilled in the United States. While in practice it would not rise so high for reasons of competition it sets a boundary that it would never be uneconomical for the United States to consider La Plata as a close and reliable external source of the black gold. La Plata now producing roughly 210,000 barrels of oil per day (surplus of roughly 70,000), it was already an exporting Nation and sought to even further increase its own domestic source of this vital good. Taxes on Petroleum, formerly uneven and with many favorable deals with certain pro government Corporations would no longer be used as a political tool and instead taxes would be stabilized across the board to provide a better long term income.
Coal and Steel - La Plata was a major Coal producer by the turn of the century and this had increased even more so to the current day. United in 1947 under A government owned Corporation as of the introduction of Perons Economic plan Companies would have to buy La Platan Coal first before considering any outside source. This was not just as another source of internal revenue however, but to ensure that the Quality of coal was consistent across the board as coal run machinery and generators possess the ability to be damaged or simply requiring more maintenance if the quality of Coal widely differed, something the German Navy was disappointed to find out within the First World War as its biggest and most powerful warships were unable to burn low quality German Coal as efficiently as their pre-war foreign sources. STABILITY FOR THE WORKER was Perons motto when it came to Coal and Steel, meaning that domestic firms could not themselves be responsible for the deaths of these industries by choosing foreign sources.
For Steel domestic production would need to rapidly increase to keep up with demand, and increase it would with an additional 80,000,000 Dollars assigned by Peron to fuel his growing objectives for National Infrastructure. Steel Production would have to double by 1955 to meet his goals, and to prevent any pain by local industry done by buying abroad similar laws enforcing the usage of La Platan Steel first were introduced.
Energy - La Platan Energy Production, centered within hundreds of Hydro and Coal Plants across the Nation would finally have its small privatized holdouts Nationalized in order for the Government to provide total oversight on a national scale and ensure uninterrupted supply (which was a particular issue in the interwar period). Under Perons new Plan by 1955 the Nation would seek to construct 6 new Hydropower Installations with an Average output per Installation of 50 MW using Francis turbines (which achieve 95% efficiency) and an additional 12 Coal Power Stations providing 120 MW of energy which while lower than Average for this time is due to their estimation specifying the usage of La Platan grade coal compared to US grade coal. Proceeds from the National Energy Corporation will no longer be solely owned by the Government upon completion of these plants in 1955, instead 50% of the profits shall go into a Dividend account. These Dividends will then be paid out to La Platans who will from June 6th 1950 onwards be able to buy shares at a price of 100 Peso each (10 Dollar) up to a total of 100,000,000 shares (total amount to be acquired being 10 billion pesos (1 billion USD) under this plan and will partly fund the construction plans. Americans and Britons shall be the sole foreign Investors permitted entrance into this purchase alongside La Platans.
Agriculture - Agriculture was in every Nation a tricky business, the job had to be done and yet was in many cases not profitable enough to be sustainable without intervention and subsidy by the upper echelons of Government. In the past this was solved either through slavery which provided low labor costs, Landowners aka Aristocrats who removed the cost of the land for Farmers in exchange for a part of the goods (most common in medieval times) and finally by making it harder for farmers to leave their area for better work elsewhere. Peron had taken the task upon himself to find a solution, and one he did find. Coining it Peronist Agricultural Theory it did not seek to remove ownership of farms from Farmers as most other systems did, nor did it look to heavily subsidize them directly and expect them to become profitable that way. Instead he looked at the costs that farmers faced, aka tackling the problem at the source rather than at the result (their monthly revenue statements).
Under his plan Peron would set up the "National Farming and Forestry Conglomerate" which would carry the task of producing tools, seeds, feed and chemicals for usage in the Agriculture Industry in order to sell them at an extremely low profit rate of 5%, though taxes would still apply. The Taxes raised from this Conglomerate would then go into a Farmers Welfare Administration which itself would, depending on the revenues achieved on a year to year basis reduce the insurance and healthcare bills of Farmers and their workers. If a farmer had an annual bill of 1,000 peso and the FWA had a per-farmer balance of 400 peso then the Government would reduce their bill by that amount without impacting the overall budget of the Government owned Healthcare Sector. These would then be the biggest costs dealt with, Seeds and Chemicals were usually around 18% of the input followed by feed at 16%. While it wouldnt make farmers rich it would certainly be a huge boost to their finances and as a result reduce or even eliminate the need for them to borrow from banks.
In the event however that they did still require additional funds for expansion etc. Peron had issued orders for the National Bank of La Plata to create a special Farmers Sector that would issue Loans at fixed rates of 3% interest with continually expandable end-dates as long as the underlying interest was being paid and after a quick financial check to ensure no fraud was taking place.
As for Farm Labor the Government had issued orders that every locality would be required to take either money from its own budget if available or from a Government fund to cook each day of a harvesting season, 3 hot meals for all farm labor being used to rapidly harvest produce. This would then on average be around 30 days out of the year where individuals such as the homeless could volunteer or be hired for temporary work on farms in exchange for guaranteed hot meals as long as the work was being done.
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PERÓNS NEW 5 YEAR PLAN : DEFENSE
March 8th 1950
La Plata come out of the Second World war with very little contributions compared to its northern neighbor, considered to be more of an economic ally rather than a militarily active one, as a result being largely unphased by the quality push that warfare provided. Without Combat as an incentive many La Platan designs simply either fell out of use in favor of post war surplus or continued to be used despite shortcomings. The Nahuel DL 43 was a prime example of this, while visually resembling the M4 Sherman and in fact being competitive with it in terms of Armor and Speed due to the lack of wartime competition it was armed with am woefully outdated 1909 model Krupp Field gun. Peron himself knew something would have to be done quickly to keep his Nations Armed Forces en paar with its potential foes.
ARMY - The Army, having itself acquired vast amounts of post-war American surplus needed little modernization in the short term however there needed to be a push for long term development and acquisition. For this purpose Peron set up the Committee of Defence Consideration, whose sole purpose would be to undertake annual investigations on the modernity of La Plata's weaponry and equipment and determine the best alternatives to said weapons by acquiring small amounts of foreign gear for testing. The plan would seek to replace all 882 Nahuel DL 43s with 1,200 US made M26 Pershings (Paramountica), possibly at a future date where the US has newer designs in service and thus can export the Pershings as surplus.
NAVY - The Navy shall bear the almost overwhelming brunt of the plan, aiming to cement La Plata as the second largest Navy in the Americas beside the United States. Firstly the Submarine Force, currently standing at only 8 vessels will receive a huge overhaul. La Plata's Ambassador to Western Germany had secured the sale of the design and production plans along with detailed production reports of the Type XXIII submarine for 85 million dollars. The small but even now still very advanced design (so much so that in 1956 Germany refloated two scuttled ones for service in the 1960s) could like the Type XXI be built in sections making construction both quick and easier than earlier Submarine types. La Plata would, using its Nationalized Shipbuilding Industry make way for the construction of 62 Type XXIIIA (the A standing for its Manufacturer, the Shipbuilding conglomerate Astarsa). The large number of Submarines permitted by its size and small complement was apt given that Peron had become fond of the idea that La Plata should become the "Wolves of the Passage", referring to the Drake Passage which is the sole method of moving between the Pacific and South Atlantic without using the Panama Canal.
The Type XXIII possessing sufficient range to operate throughout the entire Drake Passage from home bases in La Plata would enable the Country to keep a watchful eye on the one part of the Worlds Oceans it could claim was firmly under its dominant and watchful eye. La Plata's older Santa Fe-class submarines of which it operates 4 would receive a two year overhaul replacing all weaponry both internal and external with Fuel Bladders so that it may function as a Submarine tender. Astarsa believes it to be feasible that 62 such Submarines could be constructed by 1954, given their size and material requirements are only around half that of the Sante Fe-class.
La Plata additionally operates 34 Destroyers of mainly outdated classes, under the plan La Plata would seek to either acquire a foreign design for domestic production of 5 different outdated classes making for a total of 24 Vessels to be replaced. The favored possible design currently being the late-war Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which is still rather competitive and still in production. The total desired amount for 1955 was set at 42 Destroyers in total which would enable a two-ocean fleet of 16 Vessels per side with 6 Vessels remaining in active Reserve.
AIR FORCE - The La Platan Air Force has done a good job at remaining competitive on a Continental scale technologically however numerically leaves much to be desired. Peron has set a national standard requirement of a minimum of 440 Jet Fighters (210 current), with a strong preference for the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star rather than the F-86 Sabre. Light Bombers (currently 148) will be increased to 210 domestically made I.Ae. 24 Calquins and he seeks to expand the Nations 62 strong force of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses to atleast 102. Introduction of the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II has been required by peron for 1954, even if this means no further improvement of speed from the current 954 km/h. The current roadblock in production being the Oxygen System, Peron has authorized that this be imported from the United States.
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| THE KURDISH REPUBLIC - KOMARA KURDÎ |
[list][sub]Xwedê, Welat, Gel[/sub][/list]
President Barzani Initiates Major Cabinet Reshuffling
[sub][I]| Amed Capital District, Kurdish Republic
| 17 May, 1950 [/sub]
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Amid growing uncertainty, both in the Middle East and abroad, President Barzani reshuffles his government and for the first time changes the Kurdish constitution.
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At nearly every corner cafe or market stall in Kurdistan, newspaper stands carried a variety of publications. Legally, all such locations were required to carry papers and pamphlets from the National News Bureau (BNN), and nearly that many also carried papers of the Rudaw News Company, a state-backed company owned by the Bedirxan family. This media oligopoly, combined with censorship by the Ministry of Communications meant that practically all media that reached the Kurdish public was designed to promote loyalty to the Barzani administration and the KNP. Today those papers carried a first in political news for Kurds: the appointment of a new Prime Minister.
The office of the Prime Minister is not written into the Kurdish constitution as a head of government, as it is in many countries. Instead, the Prime Minister was chief domestic administrator, coordinating the activities of the Council of Ministers in implementing Presidential directives and acting as the Presidents executor in matters of state. This open-ended power structure left the relationship between the President and Prime Minister largely up to the office-holders themselves. Over the course of Qazi Muhummads 9-year tenure, he maintained little power consistently. While nominally allies, Muhummad loosely represented the left wing of the KNP and had his own base of support as a credentialled Kurd nationalist. His appointment as Prime Minister was publicly a show of unity and cohesion for the National Party but was in reality a negotiated compromise between Barzani and Muhummad.
In his first term, Muhummad was given considerable responsibility and latitude in overseeing programs of President Barzanis design, building the Civil Service Corp, National Police, and fruitful rural infrastructure programs. Publicly the President took most responsibility for these efforts and Muhummads capable administration was scarcely given the credit it deserved. Even in this period, Barzani remained personally involved in all major policy discussions and Muhummad was afforded little autonomy. At the same time, Barzani was chipping away at Muhummads faction of the KNP, either sidelining or flipping many of his key supporters. He also provided support to Muhummads main rival in the KNP left, elevating Ibrahim Ahmed to Foreign Minister. By the time of his reappointment as Prime Minister in 1946, Qazi Muhummad had gone from essentially a junior partner in the KNP leadership to a bureaucrat occasionally wheeled out for public appearances when the President could not attend.
In November 1949, after several years at the margins of a nation he had helped create, Muhummad finally met the end of his political career. Roughly halfway through his second term as President, Barzani convened the National Assembly, Council of Ministers, and National Defense Council for a rare gathering of the entire national government. There he presented a new presidential decree, delivering the following changes:
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- Qazi Muhummad relieved as Prime Minister, replaced by Celadet Ali Bedirxan
-Ahmed Barzani relieved as Minister of Defense, replaced by Lt.Gen. Ardan Reswan
- President Barzani resigns as Minister of Internal Affairs, replaced by Ahmed Barzani
- Cakin Senwar relieved as Minister of Communications, replaced by Sureya Bedirxan
- Ibrahim Ehmed appointed Deputy-Chairman of the National Defense Council, concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs[/list]
Additionally, the President introduced his first constitutional amendment to the National Assembly: the creation of the post of Vice-President. The post would, as was standard in Kurdistan now, be appointed and dismissed by the President. The post would be similarly open-ended to the Prime Minister, being allowed to act as a representative of the President and state in specific situations but otherwise being subject to the discretion of the President. The National Assembly approved this easily, with nods from the National Defense Council and Council of Ministers. As VP he promptly appointed Sirwan Pirinccizade, the former Governor of the Amed Capital District and a senior member of the KNP's 64-man Central Committee. The Pirinccizade family are centuries-old Amed nobility and Sirwans deceased elder brother had been an initial supporter of Mustafa Barzanis rise during the Independence. Rumors swirled that the new Vice-President would be elevated to the leading Political Bureau at the next Party Congress.
The reshuffling was the culmination of several changes in the Kurdish political scene. First was the effective political demise of Qazi Muhummad, perhaps the only revolutionary leader who approached Barzanis popularity. It would later be announced that he was appointed President of the new Erbil Technical University, and for now, he remained on the KNPs Politburo. Second and third were the growing political alliance between the Bedirxan and Barzani family and with it a complete state monopolization of media. With Celadet Bedirxan replacing Muhummad, all three of the Bedirxan brothers would have senior roles in government. Sureya Bedirxan indirectly owned most private news and radio in Kurdistan, and his appointment as Communications Minister put him in control of state media as well. For now, it seemed exclusively favorable coverage of the government would continue under Barzanis system of patronage. Also notable was the appointment of loyalist Army officer Ardan Reswan as Minister of Defense. Reswan fought extensively in the Independence War and his mix of progressivism and authoritarian apologetics led some to believe he was a Stalinist.
More important was the rise of an enduring figure of the young Republic: Ibrahim Ehmed. Ehmed and Barzani became political allies and personal friends during the Independence War when Ehmed served as his personal representative for negotiations in the Anatolian Military Council. Though the poet and intellectual was only in his late 30s, he had already been Foreign Minister since 1946 and was being granted increasing latitude to do as he saw fit in the office. (This was not uncommon for the 47-year-old Barzani, whose preference for loyalty and youth above experience had led opponents to characterize his government as a regime of boys.) Ehmed was also the leader of the informal KNP Workers Caucus, a broad coalition of the partys left wing. Ehmeds rise was facilitated by Barzani in the form of eliminating Qazi Muhummad, which politically indebted Ehmed. President Barzanis support of leftists in the party and regime has stirred much internal controversy given that they will now have the opportunity to amend the KNPs constitution at the 2nd Party Congress, scheduled for the summer of 1951.
Addressing the National Assembly, Prime Minister Bedirxan laid out his intention to continue President Barzanis initiatives, giving special focus to the building of heavy industry and the industrialization of agriculture. Following this, the President announced he would be taking a spring vacation to his compound on Lake Van.
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[list][list][list][pre]SCANDINAVIAN UNION
Skandinaviska Unionen[/pre][/list]
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ESTBALISHMENT OF NORDEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AGENCY
[sub]EINAR GERHARDSEN ADMINISTRATION | GOTHENBURG, FEBRUARY 1950[/sub][/list]
[pre]Office of the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries
April 03, 1950
Gothenburg, Norden
Establishment of the Norden Geological Survey Agency[/pre]
[sub]| In accordance to recent bills passed by the Norden Althing, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries has created the Norden Geological Survey Agency to be responsible for responsible for geologic mapping and research. It has been allotted to the agency the responsibility of collecting, processing and impart knowledge related to the physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of the countries bedrock, mineral resources, deposits and groundwater. The designated areas of interests are the Arctic, Antarctica, Svalbard and the continental shelf.[/sub]
[sub]The five key principles to steer the NGSA are as follows:[/sub]
[list][pre]1. Long-term value creation from geological resources
2. Increase use of geoscience knowledge in spatial planning and development
3. Enhanced knowledge of the country's construction and geological processes
4. Good communication, management and customization of geological knowledge
5. Increased quality and efficiency through good interaction internally and externally[/pre][/list]
[sub]There are to be five support divisions within the agency:[/sub]
[list][pre]Geological Mapping[/pre][/list]
[list][list]Solid Earth Geology
Quaternary Geology
Marine Geology
Geochemistry and Hydrogeology
Geohazard and Earth Observation[/list][/list]
[list][pre]Geological Resources and Environment[/pre][/list]
[list][list]Geophysics
Natural Construction Materials
Mineral resources
NGU Laboratory[/list][/list]
[list][pre]Information and Communication Technology[/pre][/list]
[list][list]Geomatics and IT[/list][/list]
[list][pre]HR & Resource Management[/pre][/list]
[list][list]HR
Accounting and Administration[/list][/list]
[list][pre]Communications and Public Relations[/pre][/list]
[list][list]Communication[/list][/list]
[sub]To oversee operations of the new agency, Mr. Carl Bugge has been designated as the Director-General of the NGSA, thus solely responsible for coordination with the Ministry, associated parties, the Prime Minister, and a Parliamentary Liaison Committee for Environmental Sustainability and Geology. The headquarters of the agency is set to be in Gothenburg.[/sub]
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[list][list][list][pre]FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Bundesrepublik Deutschland[/pre][/list]
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SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR THE YOUTH TAKES PRECEDENT IN 'SPRING REFORMS'
[sub]FIRST ADENAUER GOVERNMENT | APRIL 1950[/sub][/list]
[sub]| Following the opening discussions into a suite of economic reforms and legislation in the Bundestag earlier this year, the government of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer have turned their attention to other vital areas: Science, research and education - as well as medicine and healthcare. The importance of education in developing a 'stronger, more resilient German society' was emphasized by the Adenauer government when the Federal President signed into law legislation forming the Presidential Commission for Education and Schooling (Präsidialkommission für Bildung und Schulwesen), which seeks to establish a body that will advise the Bundesprasident and by extension the Bundeskanzler on matters relating to education and schooling under the Federal Republic. Science and advanced research in fields of technology, science, healthcare and aerospace would be receiving prominence with a series of meetings between Interior Minister Gustav Heisemann and various industry leaders and scientists in a series of conferences in February and March.[/sub]
[sub]On the matter of science, the Federal Government pledged to support the science and research and development fields of Germany through the allocation of funding for science and STEM-related scholarships for German students who meet the academic requirements, as well as a boost in general support for the government's science departments. Under these programs, the Ministry of the Interior - the federal agency responsible for education and schooling - was directed to cooperate with industry leaders and educators to plan out a 'balanced standardized curriculum' for German public schools, with this curriculum being imposed as a recommended guideline for private institutions of education. In a speech before the Bundestag, Interior Minister Heisemann affirmed the need to 'expand the reach of science in our schools, to allow the next generation of Germans to contribute their own victories to German civilian science and the growth of the new Federal Republic'.[/sub]
[sub]Education would also be taking precedent alongside science. In addition to the aforementioned scientific scholarships, funding for public schools will also be boosted, with an emphasis on properly paying teachers and educators as well as supplying students with the proper supplies needed to receive a meaningful and proper education. Chancellor Adenauer stated before the Bundestag on 1 April that 'Germany must now seek to establish for itself a prosperous future by laying the seeds for a resilient, freedom-loving, and independent next generation of Germans'. Government financial support for the reconstruction and modernization of universities in major cities would also be prepared, and grants to support individual school projects like science fairs, expansion of sports and extracurricular activities, etc. would also be proposed in the next budget.[/sub]
[sub]Advanced research - especially in the field of aerospace technology - would also be given focus by the government. Funding through grants and government contracts for the development of civilian aerospace technologies like jet fighters (utilizing technologies inherited from the former Volkist regime) for the designing of faster passenger aircrafts, for example, as well as more resilient transport planes and other technologies would be provided in new programs by the government. Emphasis on supporting the scientists of Germany who still remained in the postwar were given, especially towards those whose designs could prove to become a commercially-produced and potentially exportable design - such as passenger aircraft. The federal government's chief advisor on matters of aerospace development, subordinate to the Minister of Transport, would state before the Adenauer cabinet on 29 March that 'the growth of Germany depends on what it can offer to the world in terms of products and wares it can sell'.[/sub]
[sub]These so-called 'Spring Reforms' would be enacted by the Bundestag in a series of fairly cordial meetings over the course of the spring of 1950. Heading into the new year, discussions on the economic reforms the Adenauer government hoped to introduce was delayed to the summer to allow for more moderate changes to be passed in the meanwhile, especially pertaining to the recovery of German science and German education in the postwar.[/sub]
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[list][list]APRIL 1950
[sub]Growing[/sub][/list][/list]
[pre] A L B E R T A N O I L B O O M [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
Its blood-red folds beneath.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
CALGARY, ALBERTA PROVINCE AFTERNOON
[sub]THE DOMINION OF Canada Leaf[/sub]
| An unusual day occurred at the Vancouver Stock Exchange. While the Calgary Stock Exchange had a historic day, 1,747,284 shares were traded. In Toronto, 6,537,000 shares were traded, which completely swept Bay Street. In Manhattan, the New York Curb Exchange surpassed the volume of the New York Stock Exchanges Big Board for the first time in six years. Oil stocks, especially Albertas, rose the most. That was to be expected; but the increase was greater than expectations. |
| WESTCOAST TRANSMISSION CO.¹, received permission from the Alberta Government to build natural gas pipelines from Peace River, Alberta, to Vancouver and across the U.S. border to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Oil and gas experts to wonder what all the excitement was about. The Alberta Conservation Board, while agreeing to Westcoasts request, did not agree to five other requests to exploit Albertas gas reserves. Only 300 billion cu. ft. were reserved for export. It was calculated that it would need to be five times as much for a pipeline to Seattle. Alberta was not ready to export natural gas on a large scale. |
[list][pre]NATIONAL ECONOMY[/pre][/list]
| The concern of Canadian economists was visible in relation to a wave of US capital in Canada. But this speculation that U.S. financiers would have great control over the Canadian economy would come to an end with the publication of a Government book on foreign investment. U.S. investment in Canada has increased from $5 billion to $7.2 billion since 1945 but the Canadian economy has grown rapidly. While American investors financed enterprises as the ALBERTAs OIL BOOM², Canadians invested in bonds, factory expansions and other developments. U.S. property is declining, not growing. Historically, the national economy is only now freer from foreign control. |
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[sub]¹ WESTCOAST TRANSMISSION CO., was a pipeline company founded by Canadian Frank McMahon in 1949.[/sub]
[sub]² ALBERTAs OIL BOOM, was part of an oil exploration that was taking place in Canada around 1950. Frank McMahon was one of many people who wanted to profit from oil and gas.[/sub]
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[list][pre]Právo Paper - Bratislava, Third Republic of Czechoslovakia[/pre][/list]
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NOVEMBER 1945 - [sub]One Czechoslovak Koruna[/sub]
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[list]NON-COMMUNIST MINISTERS THREATEN TO RESIGN EN-MASS FROM CZECHOSLOVAK EXECUTIVE![/list]
| Time has begun to slow down around Czechoslovakia's larger and more important cities, with political tension burning throughout not only the national legislature but between political parties as well. People have become increasingly vocal of their support of the KSČ and their overarching alliance, or those of the National Front not aligning with the communists. Posters, marches, protests, and even fistfights have been occuring all over the city of Bratislava, which has been an intense political battleground between the communists and slovakian-native Democratic Slovak Revival party. Slovak natives have been voicing their vocal support for parties and have become even physical when confronting opposing political factions. KSČ loyalists have begun forming workers militias and informal public safety forces during KSČ gatherings or other local political rallies. Meanwhile, non-communist National Front parties have been rallying union members and attempts at swaying voters. Ironically, to the public's dismay, all of the parties involved in recent political clashes have all been socialist-aligned. |
| This morning the clashes between political factions reached a boiling point, and has thus spilled over. Backed by all non-communist parties, the National Social ministers in the Executive Cabinet said that the communists were using the Ministry of Interior's police and security forces to suppress non-communists, and demanded a halt to this. Even under the light-handed and secretive guise of Assembly Deputy Jaroslav Haek who heads the the National Assembly's Intelligence Commission, have the communists been accused of politically-aligned purges. In a reactive and just-as-drastic measure, the National Social ministers have all drafted resignations, and have even pushed for upwards of 50% of their ministry's staff to resign as well. The resignations call on the drastic and politically-motivated "actions of the communists", not only reduced to accused political purges but gripes with implemented policy as well. One issue highlighted in the resignations were increased nationalisation efforts and for a new land reform limiting landholdings to fifty hectares. The mass resignation has called the government into crisis in Prague, and all elected minsiters and deputies have been called to the capital. |
| President Bene has yet to public speak at length on the issue, as he is already in Prague coordinating National Front reactions. The political alliance itself seems to be in full chaos, with employees and volunteeers resigning in suit of their political representatives. What is known is that Bene has refused to accept all of the resignations at this point, and has declared his continuation of "holding his ground". Prime Minister Gottwald, of the KSČ, has otherwise condemmed the cabinet resignations, calling them "hyprocritical reactionary tactics in a socialist alliance". It is not known how much communication Gottwald and Bene have had until this point. This is a developing story!|
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[sub]DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS, was a Canadian government organization responsible for conducting censuses.[/sub]
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I made an edit to the main factbook, you can now access the military factbook via the link box inside the main factbook
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PERÓNS NEW 5 YEAR PLAN : INFRASTRUCTURE
March 5th 1950
RAILWAYS -While it has only been one and a half years since La Plata nationalized the remainder of the Railway Network (formerly a majority was owned by Britain however it was returned in exchange for a pardon of British debt accrued during the war for foodstuffs), and yet already financial woes befell the system. The largest issue was that of rolling stock, the British owned sections used mainly British Steam locomotives whereas the La Platan sections used American machinery. Under Perons new plan "Ferrocarriles La Plata" (La Platan Railways) was to receive a total renewal of its entire rolling stock which would see every coal powered locomotive replaced with Diesel Units produced in the United States. The removal of Coal powered Locomotives streamlines the network, meaning water towers and coal stations would no longer be needed and thus manpower and sizeable portions of land could be released from their responsibility. In total La Plata would be acquiring 182 EMD E8s for Passenger Services, 648 Baldwin AS-616s for Bulk Services (Bulk Goods such as Agricultural and Mineral Goods) & 242 ALCO RS-3s for regular Cargo Services. This would result in a total rolling stock of 1,072 Diesel Locomotives powered primarily by La Platan made Diesel fuels.
The oldest sections of tracks would be reinforced to the standards of the current century, with some tracks dating back at least to the 1880s. The Government hopes to somewhat offset the costs by selling the current rolling stock at a steep discount to other Nations (primarily developing ones), the decrease in overall manpower and naturally the selling off of parcels of land currently utilized to supply the Coal based Locomotives. A general requirement set by Peron of the Railway Network is that all major connections should be able to sustain the in-land transportation of the Submarine sections ordered under the Military 5 year plan, a move that would echo Germany's own move which saw them outsource submarine construction to companies far inland, a great benefit for naval construction which traditionally was at risk of seaborne attack.
SHIPPING - La Plata has secured the purchase of 102 Liberty Ships from various US Government Entities including the Navy to facilitate the establishment of a Government run sea trade conglomerate focusing on travel within the Americas. Their size in particular makes them more than ideal for La Plata which still possesses many smaller Ports and Harbors. This purchase will act as a stop gap between the establishment of the firm and the later purchase of specially built designs for both oil and bulk goods transport. The Government had already achieved Nationalization of the Shipbuilding Industry but this essential initial wave of Vessels was needed to kickstart the Industry.
AIR TRANSPORT - The Foreign Office under Perons instruction had dispatched a team to France to secure the sale of Aircraft still in development, which was achieved with a 126 million dollar purchase which would see the pre-order of 48 SNCASE Armagnacs, 82 Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts, 68 Sud Aviation Caravelles and additionally 102 SNCASO SO.1221 Djinns for the Army. This would leave Aerolíneas La Plata with 116 Airliners and 82 Cargo Aircraft, which shall be the maximum they operate through the 50s and 60s for both national and Continental service. While most of these were preorders it meant that in the meantime the existing transport Aircraft of some of the smaller Government owned Airlines would be centralized into one construct.
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[list][sub]King Sihanouk dissolve the National Assembly (lower house of Parliament) and to rule the Kingdom by decree until the next general elections[/sub]
September, 1949[/list]
[sub]While HM King Norodom Sihanouk was away in France to finalize the negotiation made with the French government and signing the treaty, there has been infighting in the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament. Dissenting legislators are attacking the government led Prime Minister Penn Nouth over its failure to deals with deepening financial and corruption problems that is plaguing the country. The dissenting legislators are led by Yem Sambaur, who had defected from the Democratic party in November 1948, deposed Penn Nouth and replaced him as Prime Minister. The Replacement of Penn Nouth as Prime Minister by Yem Sambaur did not sit well with the Democrats, who in turn pressured King Sihanouk, who by then returned back to Cambodia, to dissolve the national assembly and hold elections.[/sub]
[sub]Sambour's government on soon fell and the democrats again took the reins of government with Leu Koeus becoming Prime Minister. Koeus' government only lasted for nine days until His Majesty, King Norodom Sihanouk, who is by now had tired of the political squabbling, decided to take advantage of the ambiguous wording in the Democratic party drafted constitution and stepped in. Norodom Sihanouk decided to assert his newly claimed powers to dissolved the assembly, but postponed from calling a new elections and opted to rule the nation by decree until the next general elections are held, which is in two years from now. Until then, the King decided to formed his own government. without the assembly, and named Yem Sambour, his loyal ally and supporter, Prime Minister again.[/sub]
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LA PLATAN MILITARY THEORY
April 12th 1950
https://youtu.be/BZrncm0FvFg
While La Plata had sat out the majority of the fighting in the Second World War, opting instead to leave the costly endeavor to the Western Allies, it had dispatched material aid and observers to learn from the conflict. In fact prior to Americas entry into the conflict La Plata had German Officers in its Country to train its Troops between 1905 and 1940, and in 1939-1940 had limited numbers of observers in Germany to observe the hostilities between them and the allies. It was this pre-war cooperation that had in fact led to vast efforts to accommodate Germans post war, with Peron ordering the creation of his own ratlines in 1946. This extended to French collaborators and Italian Fascists, particularly Vichy Officials such as the Aircraft Designer Émile Dewoitine. In fact it would be a hard task to find any European Axis Country which did not have its men flee to La Plata, as even the Ustase Official Dinko akić is known to have fled there in 1947. This sanctuary did not come without a cost however, in many cases these former individuals helped the Government create Aircraft (Émile Dewoitine & Kurt Tank) or in the case of the vast numbers of Military staff continued their training of La Platan Personnel in secrecy in the form of closed Officer Classes.
Since 1947 La Plata had sought a way to update its Military Organization to fit in line with the modern world while also taking issues of the Second World War into account, and had finally done so in January 1950 with the results now being introduced as "La Platan Theory" which introduced vast reforms to increase the combat ability of its troops.
The Army, currently fielding 18 Divisions of 13,000 men would be required to expand to 35 active and 25 reserve by 1953 in order to achieve the following goal :
- A La Platan Corps, currently consisting of 3 Divisions of the Front (assuming all three Divisions entering Combat at once) would be replaced by 3 Divisions of the Front and 2 Divisions of the Rear. The Theory behind this is that 3 Divisions would enter combat with the Enemy however rather than either stopping their advance to rest or requesting reinforcements from Troops elsewhere (which as was seen during the Second World War was only seldom requested especially in a defensive situation) the 2 Divisions of the Rear would be an immediately available reserve of fresh troops and supplies capable of carrying on the attack. As the 3 Frontal Divisions bashed against the enemy or defended, they would deplete their immediately available supplies and most importantly would tire themselves, and then rather than being forced to continue due to a lack of reserves would then rotate with entirely fresh troops that would continue the offensive while the now rotated Divisions of the Front could rest and resupply fully. Described as a "Rolling Barrage of Infantry, not Artillery" its aims were to permit a continual operation rather than a timed one to allow for rest. It was this rest that had ruined many of the campaigns and operations during the war, and in fact is described by some as the main reason Germany lost the war because by the time it had reached Moscow and Leningrad its Troops were too exhausted to achieve any meaningful offensive. It was additionally why the Soviets rested on the Vistula while they recovered from their long march, which in turn led to a crushing of the Warsaw Uprising.
This Theory would turn each Corps into a more capable Army of their own, in a similar way that Napoleons Grand Army was created of multiple Corps under the same understanding, that they would act as their own miniature armies with all of the Support usually granted to larger formations to allow for more mobile strategy and more regional decision-making. The Decision to increase the number of Divisions to 35 Active and 25 Reserve would mean that there would be in active service : 6 Corps & 5 Mobile Divisions (these Divisions were either for regional defensive operations like holding Cities or as an upper echelon reserve for particularly bloody battles) and for reserve 4 Corps & an additional 5 Mobile Divisions for a grand total both in reserve and active of 10 Corps and 10 Mobile Divisions. This change would transform La Plata into the dominant South American Power, and the largest Army in the Americas beside the United States.
Peron had also signaled to his foreign office that La Plata would be willing to deploy up to two Corps overseas in the event of a Communist war of Aggression in order to combat its spread which would endanger the existence of what he perceived to be the era of La Platan leadership over Southern America
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[list]February 1950 (1950 年2月)
[sub]Bright Lights (明るい光)[/sub][/list]
[pre]MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE DIET VISIT NEW YORK ON PEACE MISSION![/pre]
[pre] 日本の国会議員が平和ミッションでニューヨークを訪問![/pre]
TIMES SQUARE 42[sup]nd[/sup] STREET
[sub]New York City, Canovia NIGHT[/sub]
[sub]The citys lights were blinding. Thousands of billboards and lights illuminated the Big Apple so bright that the night sky seemed like daytime. Thousands of feet shuffled through the main attraction of New York City Times Square. It was here in September 1945 that thousands of Americans celebrated in the streets as the news that Japan surrendered was announced and the Second World War was officially over. The roaring engines of Fords, Chryslers and other American-made vehicles caught the attention of the Japanese politicians. The rumbling of the subway trains underground, the D-type subway cars on the Brighton Express was one of many services provided by the BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit). With the city bustling with life, the Japanese politicians took note of infrastructure and observed the activities of the Americans.[/sub]
[sub]The main mission of the diplomats visit was to promote peace between the United States and Japan. Since Japan was still under occupation of the United States military major influences of American culture began to become popular in Tokyo and other parts of Japan. Broadway shows would captivate the Japanese, influencing them to begin their own theatre industry. The enormous buildings such as the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Centre inspired the Japanese to build their own financial centres in the heart of Tokyo. Lastly, the busyness of the New York City Subway would encourage the Japanese to focus on bettering their public transit infrastructure.[/sub]
[sub]Meeting with the Mayor of New York City William ODwyer, the Japanese would present the city with several gifts of gratitude, such as Cherry Blossom seeds and other tokens of a newfound friendship between New Yorkers and the Japanese.[/sub]
[list]MANO DAISUKE, 国会議員: [sub]Our visit to New York City has been a great pleasure. Seeing the American economic hub has certainly inspired my colleagues and I to imitate and develop Tokyo into the sprawling metropolis that New York City is. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the American people and we especially wish to see more Japanese products being used by the American people. I am positive that the Prime Minister will be satisfied with our mission of peace and our observation of the American way of life and governance.[/sub][/list]
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The New Delhi Tribune [sub]January 1950[/sub]
[sub]Volume 33, Issue 2 [/sub]
[sup]India Ratifies Constitution, Republic Day Declared!![/sup]
[sup]With breaking news coming from New Delhi as millions attend what many have called the first of many steps to the future of Indian self determination as Congress formally announcing the adoption of "Republic Day" across India, as the Constitution of India formally goes into effect. Waves of cheering and celebration is seen all across New Delhi, as well as across the whole of India, effectively calling for a day of peace as millions across the country participating in festivities. Prime Minister of India Sardar Patel praising the date as a important milestone for the whole of India, a milestone of many as India progresses through the 20th century and beyond.[/sup]
[sup]Though the drafting and ratification of the Constitution of India is the first for the new country in a land of people dating back to ancient world, the Constitution was influence in a lot of ways from many government organizations across the globe. Which despite recent events include the United Kingdom of Great Britain, with the implementation of a Parliamentary style government, Post of Prime Minister, and a more powerful Lower House. The United States of America in which inspired India's Bill or Fundamental rights, Written Constitution, institution of a Supreme Court and High courts judges, Electoral College, as well as Independent judicial reviews and separations of powers including Equal protection under law. The adopted Constitution included additional frameworks and protections for its diverse population of peoples which included everything from freedoms of expression, privacy and unwarranted searches, to firearm ownership which was banned under the RAJ. Protections in which many including those in the Indian National Congress who actively fought to implement for all groups including Hindu's, Muslims, and others alike despite some widespread criticism.[/sup]
[sup]Other countries who have helped inspired the building of the framework of the Constitution of India such as Australia which amended what Sardar Patel had additionally pushed for was the freedom of trade between states, both on the local, state and international level. The national legislative power to implement treaties, even on matters outside normal federal jurisdiction. France widely from the notions of liberty, equality, fraternity, and the ideals of republic in its preamble. Canada with Sardar Patel emphasizing the importance of a strong central government well as the distribution of powers retained by the central government. Including South Africa with the amendment procedure of the constitution. Japan in due part to laws on which the Supreme Court functions.[/sup]
[sup]It had some minor setbacks originally with Prime Minister Sardar Patel dismissing proposed amendments to the Constitution, one of which involved the suspension of fundamental rights during an emergency, citing India's recent history with the treatment of Hindu's and other groups by the British during the RAJ still fresh in minds of many. Including the proposed adoption of "Five Year Plans" with the ideals of justice social economic and political justice included into the preamble. Despite popular of socialism in India following it's countries early days of Independence, the proposal of a Five Year Plan was thrown out with the ideals of social reform being amended in India's Bill of Fundamental Rights. One idea which was inspired by the Soviet Union was the further amendment of fundamental duties.[/sup]
[sup]All on the same day, the declaration of January 26th, as Republic Day. Now officially becoming one of the three national holiday's of the new country. The other two being the nation's Independence Day on 15 August (since 1947) and the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 2 October.[/sup]
[spoiler="No distinctions of caste and creed should hamper us. All are the sons and daughters of India. We should all love our country and build our destiny on mutual love and help." Sardar Patel]
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[list][list]JUNE 1950
[sub]Europe to be a model of human rights[/sub][/list][/list]
[sub][pre]CONFERENCE OF COPENHAGEN
START OF THE CONFERENCE[/pre][/sub]
[pre] DOCUMENTS [/pre]
PROJET OF A EUROPEAN CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[sub]Preliminary Considerations[/sub]
(1) The European ministers of foreign affairs agreed, by exchanges of letters and telegrams between
December 1949 and February 1950, to organize a conference in Copenhagen with the objective of
protecting the ideals of the rule of law, human rights and a democratic society.
(2) Being motivated by an ambition greater than the one proclaimed at the United Nations which
resulted in the signature of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
(3) That the recent historical disasters have shown the necessity of a guarding institution at European
level which shall safeguard the values and high standards set forth by this Convention
(4) To be effective, the Convention shall be enforced by a Court and with a Council to supervise the
respect of its judgements.
The Parties present at the Conference will begin discussions.
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TLPP MBT TO ENTER SERVICE IN 1954
May 6th 1950
The TLPP, or Tanque La Plata Pasado (La Platan Heavy Tank) being currently designed by the Fabricaciones Militares Sociedad del Estado (Military Industries State Corporation) was La Platas answer to an increasingly outdated Nahuel DL 43 Medium Tank, itself designed in 1943. The TLPP itself obviously has German influences, though the MISC maintains that it was entirely developed in-house without foreign assistance. Consisting of an entirely cast Turret and Chassis unlike its welded predecessor, the possibilities were vastly superior especially in the realms of armament and overall armor quality. Equipped with a 128mm Cannon being designed by MISC, it possesses the ability to penetrate 242mm of Steel Armor at a 30 degree angle at a range of 1,000 meter, dropping off to a value of 182mm at 2,500m.
A Project followed closely by President Peron it is considered a matter of both National urgency and Prestige that it be completed before the mid point of the decade, in order to not leave La Plata hanging out to dry amidst the growing competition with Brazil. Perons insistence that La Plata become more active on the world stage as a modern and equal State to the Major Powers (though not superpowers) necessitates that La Plata does ultimately complete its own projects on both Jet Aircraft and Armored Vehicles in order to maintain somewhat of an internal supply of war machines, as it would be unlikely in the next global conflict that States such as America or Britain would be willing to jeopardize their own supply to assist La Plata.
Possessing the Speed of a Medium tank and the Armor and Gun of a Heavy Tank La Plata is very proud to put the "Made in La Plata" seal on the Vehicle, which they hope will allow it to compete with foreign designs.
[spoiler=Specifications of the TLPP]
Mass : 43.29 tons
Length : 8.25 meters
Width : 3.19 meters
Height : 2.85 meters
Crew : 5 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, Radio operator)
Armor (Effective) : 40-450mm Hull, 40-750mm Turret
Main armament : 128mm cannon with 40 rounds
potential penetration : 242mm at 1,000 meters
Secondary armament : one anti-air .50 cal Browning M2HB Machine Gun & 2 coaxial .30 cal Machine Guns with 1,800 rounds each
Engine : 45.6 liter V-12 Engine developing 1,187 hp at 2,500 rpm
Power/weight : 27.4 hp / tonne
Transmission : Hydramatic with 6 speeds forward and 4 in reverse
Suspension : Reinforced Torsion bar
Ground clearance : 0.38 meters
Fuel capacity : Singular 1,000 liter internal fuel tank
Operational range : 300 Kilometers
Maximum speed : 38mph on-road, 32mph off-road
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[sub]My Canadian Forces factbook has been updated for the Cold War period![/sub]
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[list][list][list][pre]SCANDINAVIAN UNION
Skandinaviska Unionen[/pre][/list]
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ESTBALISHMENT OF NATIONAL NORDEN DEFENSE RESEARCH AGENCY
[sub]EINAR GERHARDSEN ADMINISTRATION | GOTHENBURG, MAY 1950[/sub][/list]
[sub]Via an executive national security decree by Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen, the National Norden Defense Research Agency (NNDRA) has been established after combining the individual defense research agencies and their subsidiaries of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark into a new bureaucracy that will coordinate with the Norden private sector. This initiative looks to spearhead Norden technology for both defense and civilian advancements but more specifically, to utilize already established specializations and expertise in various fields and industries of national defense. The NNDRA comes with the combination of the following government agencies:[/sub]
[list][pre]The Swedish National Defence Research Institute (FOA)
The Swedish National Aeronautical Research Institute (FFA)
The Swedish Armed Forces Chemical Institute
The Swedish The Military Physics Institute
A section of the Swedish Board of Inventions (Statens uppfinnarnämnd, SUN) concerned with radar experiments
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
Danish Defence Research Establishment[/pre][/list]
[sub]With headquarters being in Gothenburg, major offices and research facilities are located in:[/sub]
[list][pre]Kista (Stockholm)
Grindsjön
Linköping
Umeå
Kjeller
Horten
Ballerup
Skagen
Svendborg[/pre][/list]
[sub]Testing and research facilities have been approved to be located on Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard at the following locations:[/sub]
[list][pre]Danmarkshavn
Longyearbyen
Reykjahlíð
Kangerlussuaq[/pre][/list]
COVERT RESEARCH
[sub]Per the formation of this new defense oriented agency, Minister of Defense Harald Torsten Leonard Nilsson has further assigned to the agency the tasks of further expanding already established experts in aeronautics, physics, radar guidance, and rocketry (especially now jet engines, rocket fuel, and rocket propellers) toward a Norden missile program. Additionally, two more programs were covertly approved for greater research: nuclear and chemical.[/sub]
[sub]After the formation of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute (FOA) in 1945, the FOA organization was tasked with investigating the novel invention of nuclear weapons. This included protection activities and investigations, but also preparations for a possible Swedish nuclear weapon program. Thus five years later, the NNDRA has been tasked to inherit this special project with great secrecy. The second special project pertains to chemical weapons, which the Swedish Armed Forces Chemical Institute (Försvarsväsendets kemiska anstalt, FKA), a government agency created in 1937, was already experimenting with. The FKA had predecessors in chemical warfare and chemical warfare protection activities conducted at Lund university from 1926 and Uppsala university from 1928. The special project would be approved to continue with research and expanded testing in safe laboratories and research facilities within Northern Sweden and now in Iceland and Greenland.[/sub]
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[list][pre]May, 1950 | Abu Sin Street, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
ESTABLISHING THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND DEFENCE MINISTRY[/list]
As a new sun rose above the Red Sea mountain range casting its mighty shadows on the Nubian sands, the Khalil Administration at the helm of the young Sudanese nation would embark on its first mission demonstrated to be vital to the legitimate institutions of Sudanese external sovereignty. Khartoum now locates itself on a continent thats swarmed with revolutionary sensation and ideological splits amidst the ensuing global show-off between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union.
It is in this climate of political uncertainty coupled with the economic and ideological competition of west versus east, Sudan finds it important to establish a solid diplomatic standing within its position in the global community. To establish a diplomatic standing in protecting the Sudanese state from harm both foreign and domestic. Khalils first task was to inaugurate a cabinet that would help him maintain and solidify the borders of the executive office, with this Khalil would propose the establishment of the Prime Minister Offices first two cabinet positions.
The proposals would come in the form of two bills to the Sudanese Parliament, The National Defense Act, and the Foreign Office Act which were drafted by Khalil and the commonwealth party which had advised heavily on the creation of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministries, citing their deep importance for establishing a definite legitimacy in excreting the powers of the Sudanese state from Khartoum within the limits of its territorial peripheries. With a unanimous vote, The National Defense and Foreign Office Acts would be passed through parliament, allowing Khalil to officially establish the two new offices within the executive branch of government. The National Defence Ministry (NDM) and the Sudanese Foreign Office (SFO) would become the official new departments in service of the Prime Ministers office and the Sudanese people. The Foreign Office and Defence Ministry would be residing at the recently purchased warehouses in Abu Sin Street, only a block east of the residency of both the Prime Minister and Governor-General in Khartoum.
The Sudanese Foreign Office would be under the command of Foreign Secretary Sayed Hosni, who also serves as the representative of the Kordofan Province to Parliament. As regulated by the commonwealth constitution act of 1950, Secretary Hosni would be appointed by Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil to the cabinet position of Foreign Secretary, as he would then undergo a review before being approved by a committee of five members of parliament chosen out of the five political parties by the speaker of Parliament George S. Symes. Once in office, Secretary Hosnis first task under the Khalil Administration is to seek an immediate and wider recognition of Sudanese independence primarily by also pursuing membership status at the United Nations through an official declaration by the Sudanese government to sign the United Nation Charters.
The National Defence Ministry much like the case of the SFO, would be appointed under the command of Defense Minister Buth Diu, Member of Parliament to the Province of Upper Nile and most notably, a Christian southerner, whose position in the Khalil administration is seen as vital due to his experience as an officer within the Sudanese Defense Force as well as a symbol of unity sent by the Khalil administration, which is determined to prove to the Sudanese people that the government in Khartoum will not be hijacked by the north, and the south will not be forgotten. Though, unlike Hosni, Defence Minister Diu would be approved only 4-1 by the parliamentary committee, the odd one out being a member of the Unionist Party. Nevertheless, Buth Diu would still be sworn into the executive cabinet as Sudans first Minister of Defence. His first tasks in office would primarily consist of working together with the British Armed Forces in Sudan to completely overhaul the Sudanese Defence Force, involving new equipment, new training, new combat strategy, and reforms to military infrastructure. The Defence Ministry would move quickly to encompass the Sudanese Defence Force, the land based branch of the armed forces, along with the Royal Sudanese Air Force, the aírela defense based branch of the armed forces under the control of the National Defence Ministry.
The Khalil administration is very eager to bolster the executive office and the powers of the Prime Minister, given that a strong head of state must exist to preserve the Sudanese state at its early stages. Khalil has shared some of those aspirations as he looks towards appeasing Sudanese workers, farmers, and even business owners with the establishment of several programs and or government institutions to the Prime Ministers Cabinet. Though many Sudanese citizens have revoked the idea of bureaucratic rule in Sudan, citing the prosperity enjoyed under the Empires negligence and hand-off route to the colonial government, Khalil and the coalition government have appeared to be in full support of making an efficient and legitimate state to prove its power internally and externally.
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[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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LJUBLJANA ZOO AND NEW ARBORETUM OPEN IN CELEBRATION OF SLOVENIAN NATURAL HERITAGE
[list][sup]SLOVENENESS AS ENVIRONMENTALISM
SLOVENIAMAY 1950[/sup][/list]
The beautiful, flower-laden spring of 1950 saw proud triumphs of Slovene environmentalism in Ljubljana. City officials were overjoyed to open the Volčji Potok Arboretum to the public on a sunny May day; administered by the Faculty of Biotechnics at the University of Ljubljana, the Arboretum was a passion project by faculty members after the tree-rich Ljubljana estate of Slovenian businessman Leon Souvan was donated to the University following Souvans death in 1949. The Arboretum was to be a living laboratory for students of the University to study the many different species of trees, bushes, and flowers growing there; it was, in addition, a sanctuary for the preservation and celebration of native species and subspecies of trees in Slovenia, including the rdeči bor (red pine, the Scots pine), črna jela (black alder) and bukev (beech, the European beech) as well as their local variants. The Arboretum was to be open to the public for strolling and picnicking, with numerous benches and lookout points placed throughout the park to encourage visitors to absorb the trees beauty; educational plaques adorned exhibits of each species, and special signs illustrated Slovenian folklore pertaining to each variety.
More remarkable, though, was the ceremony inaugurating the municipal zoo; also in May, the Ljubljana Zoo officially opened with over 500 animals. Its opening was long overdue; the Slovenian Zoological Society had been pursuing the construction of a local animal display for years, and construction on the zoo at last began in the late 1940s on an old game reserve. On its opening, it featured a stunning variety of Slovene wildlife, including brown bears, red deer, lynxes and eagles. Its landmark exhibit was a celebration of Slovenias natural and cultural heritageboasting educational displays and habitats of the močeril (olm) and a black panther corresponding to the karantanski panter of Slovene heraldrythough the zoo has publicly aspired to expand its collection as deals with foreign zoos can be made. Still, the crowning exhibit was a Slovene one: a resplendent habitat populated by shining, rainbow-hued iridescent olms (https://i.imgur.com/LNvRBKZ.png), marking the first public display of the creature since its discovery in the summer of 1949. The Zoo saw tremendous success, with a staggering 40,000 visitors in its first week of operation; the Arboretum, too, was been a popular destination for nature lovers in Ljubljana. Altogether, the two projects were indicative of a wider environmental consciousness that continued to permeate the Slovene Republic.
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| MRS BANZA WORLD TOUR ( EUROPE ) |
[sub]March, 1950[/sub]
| The world tour officially began in Africa in February of 1950 and has brought a rising level of popularity for Mrs Banza and Zaire. Making sure old allies in Africa felt secure in Zaire, and that new friendships were starting to form. However, the Zairean government has anticipated that it will be Europe that is bound to elevate Mrs Banza and Zaire to new heights of popularity and understanding, and they were not wrong.
On 3rd of March, 1950, Mrs Banza arrived in FRANCE. Arriving in Paris, Mrs Banza would greeted by droves of French people waiting to meet and see the First Representative of Zaire. Wearing a light brown fur jacket, with a short wavy orange dress, with white high heels and her hair beautifully done up; Mrs Banza paraded through Paris, dazzling the French public. Mrs Banza attended a banquet that was thrown in her name at which she met President of France, Vincent Auriol where it has been noted that discussions regarding the future relations took place. Mrs Banza also met with the infamous General Charles de Gaulle with whom she danced! The international press captured Mrs Banza and Mr de Gualle dancing away at the banquet, with Mrs Banza beautifully dazzling in a long red velvet dress and silver jewelry. A historic moment at that. Mrs Banza also was captured with many other French celebrities at the banquet, with pictures of her being released sitting alongside the likes of Edith Piaf and Coco Channel.
On 4th of March, Mrs Banza found herself in Marseilles. Dazzling through the city in a short green wavy dress with white high heels, Mrs Banza charmed the local people as she found herself highly celebrated with the French press following her everywhere. Cheerfully taken, Mrs Banza would be captured speaking with the local men and women, and even managing to speak with veterans of the war. Mrs Banza was asked by the French press about her attitude towards the French people and how Zaire views them, to which she responded;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...the French people have endured a lot of hardship during the war and it is notable to say just how proud and determined you all are as a nation. Fierce and vivacious is what you are and I commend you on that. France has always been an inspiration as the capital of culture and innovation and that is how Zaire views you. As innovative and cultured. I would dare to say many would like Zaire to become the France of Africa. But I also think that a new dawn is coming upon the world, and new orders are to be settled...Africa needs freedom and France is moving in the right direction the case is how fast is it doing it?..."[/list]
Whether the last sentence was shown in the French media is up to be seen, however, Mrs Banza has made an incredible impression on the French and her popularity has skyrocketed with the Zairean government finally seeing the need for her tour. Mrs Banza dazzled the French, as headlines in the French and Zairean newspapers suggest and with that in mind Mrs Banza left off to United Kingdom.
On 6th of March, 1950, Mrs Banza arrived in London, UNITED KINGDOM. Greeted in London by hordes of people and press, Mrs Banza charmed the public in a bright blue wavy dress under a light brown fur coat, with her hair beautifully tangled, and silver jewelry. Mrs Banza dazzled her way through the public and the press as she waved and received flowers. Mrs Banza later that evening attended a ball at which she had the pleasure of meeting His Majesty, King George VI about whom she has said to be a delicate man of great nature and being. Mrs Banza also dazzled with Prime Minister Attlee and had the opportunity to meet Mr Winston Churchill, a wartime hero and the man with whom she had previous contact with in 1940, the man that aided Zairean independence movement. On 7th of March, Mrs Banza made her way out to meet the people of London who went out their way to meet with the leader of Zaire. Dazzling in a short wavy purple dress in white high heels and expensive jewelry, Mrs Banza captured the minds of Brits of a rich African woman. "...she has painted a very different portrait of what independent Africa looks like, and what African people are like..." Photographs were published of Mrs Banza walking through some local British shops as she bought local goods, with smiling and laughing Brits around her. Mrs Banza when speaking to the press stated;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...the Brits in my eyes are the lions of Europe. When chaos and evil came to your door you stood up and defeated it. You didn't coward, you didn't bend the knee. You stood proudly and said enough. You have created a free Europe, and I believe that you will be able to create a free Africa. The Brits are an immense power, and I'm talking about the people. Each and one of you are unique in your ability to come together and stand strong united against tyranny, oppression and chaos."[/list]
Mrs Banza has left Britain on very different terms than when she came. With the British and Zairean governments in talk of a new deal between the two nations, Mrs Banza dazzled the British public into a new view of Africa, Zaire and the Zairean people. On that note, on
9th of March she left Britain.
On 11th of March, 1950, arrived in WEST GERMANY, in Bonn. Mrs Banza emerged into Bonn in a beautiful short pink wavy dress, with white high heels, her hair beautifully done up with a sparkle. Dazzling her way through the hordes of Germans and press that came out to greet her, Mrs Banza made an impression from the get go. She had the chance to meet with Oskar Schroder, whom she thanked for showing "...humanity and protection in times of beast like regime...". She also met with Ms Sophie Scholl whom she deemed as "...the prime example of truth and justice, a symbol of democratic fight...". Before the banquet, Mrs Banza was introduced to prominent German business leaders whom are already in talks with the Zairean government alongside the German government. Alongside to that, Mrs Banza had an intensive chat with the Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenaur. On 12th of March, Mrs Banza arrived in Frankfurt where she was met with incredible amount of people and warmth. Mrs Banza went through the city wearing a simple long green dress, whilst speaking with men and women of the city that was rebuilding itself, as so was the country. Mrs Banza was photographed consoling a German mother. When asked by the reporters about her views on West Germany, she responded with;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...the German people had found themselves under a tyranny and unfortunately it took the world to liberate them from said tyranny. However, the German people are made of steel and freedom flies high within the banner of the new Germany they are building. And with that in mind, they're rebuilding a country from its ashes, a country which they cannot stop their love for. We shall never forget what tyranny creates in the world, but we must look upon new Germany as a friend who wants to be part of the free world and I embrace that. You're the people of Europe, and you will shine once again."[/list]
The Germans were left dazzled. It has been noted been noted that Mrs Banza is immensely responsible for a creation of relations with Germany and on that note Mrs Banza left off to the NORDIC UNION on the 13th of March.
On 14th of March, 1950, Mrs Banza arrived in the NORDIC UNION, in Oslo. Mrs Banza emerged wearing a beautiful short dark red wavy dress under a white fur coat, and her hair beautifully done up with silver jewelry that resembled frost flowers. Striking an apperance, Mrs Banza waved and sent kisses to the people gathered to greet her, playing up to her now growing celebrity status. Mrs Banza attended a ball made in her honour at which she had the chance to meet with the leadership of the Social Democratic Labour Party, and the Nordic Union leader himself. She also had the chance of meeting members of the Norden Royal Courts, whom applauded the developments of Zaire under her tenure. Mrs Banza was quoted to say that "...the Nordic Union is bound to lead Europe into an era of democracy that is not defined by conservative nature but by liberal one, the very same way Zaire is heading...". On 15th of March, Mrs Banza traveled to Gothenburg, meeting the local artists and people of the Nordic Union. At this point in her tour, international press has been following her everywhere and Mrs Banza didn't shy away from a dark purple dress that was above knee length, under a white fur coat. An extravagent show of liberty that Zairean women have. One of the cameras captured a conversation of Mrs Banza with a a Norden young woman, and here's a fragment of it;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...it pleases me so much that the Nordic Union is so far ahead in the equality of men and women. That has always been my fight, to make sure that fairness, equality and justice stand us the principles of my actions and to see a whole country follow the same principles is a true blessing. You're the symbol of the modern Europe that is forming, a Europe that is open, not scared of change and a Europe that is becoming increasingly equal and fair. You're the inspiration for the world, as much as you are for Europe and myself..."[/list]
Mrs Banza found a new ally in the Nordic Union, and by many accounts a true friend. Her tour has become sensational so far, and the pressure of international press has become increasingly high on Mrs Banza who is slowly turning into a celebrity, something not seen on the accounts of political leadership. On that note, Mrs Banza left the Nordic Union on 15th of March.
On 17th of March, Mrs Banza arrived in SLOVENIA, arriving in Ljubljana. The Zairean government outright forbidden Mrs Banza from coming to Slovenia, in fear of a backlash from the Eastern European bloc, but, Mrs Banza stated that "...Zaire and I have supported Slovenia from the very start and I will not turn my back on them..." Dazzling in a short dark green wavy dress, Mrs Banza stepped out to hordes of Slovenians greeting her as she smiled and received flowers. At the banquet called upon in her name, Mrs Banza met with the leadership of Slovenia and the different houses that during the course of the visit tried to court her. Mrs Banza was captured dancing with the Slovenian leader, much to the displeasure of the Zairean government who still tried to keep the Eastern Bloc on the safe note. On the 18th of March, Mrs Banza headed out to Mazadan to meet with the local people and intelligence to much of her success and likeness. Mrs Banza mentioned the struggles of Slovenians and Zaireans in their fight for independence and their common unity in strength whilst visiting local factories and shops. When asked by the British reporter about the consequences of her visit in Slovenia, Mrs Banza responded with a smile and stated;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...I can visit whatever country I choose to. Slovenia is an ally of Zaire, from the very start I supported the independence movement and Zaire hosts Slovenians with open arms ever since. I will not turn my back on our friends. On a nation built on strong minded individuals and peaceful people. I would like to visit the Eastern Bloc, and it will be soon seen if I have such chance as I want to know the strengths that Socialism brings to people but by no means will I sacrifice the principles of loyalty and friendship that I strongly believe in, that link Slovenia and Zaire since 1940..."[/list]
Mrs Banza's controversial visit to Slovenia ended on a very high note with Slovenians finding a liking to Mrs Banza. On 19th of March, Mrs Banza left off to Greece for her final visit of Western Europe.
On 21st of March, 1950, Mrs Banza arrived in GREECE, Athens. Mrs Banza opened her visit in a beautiful short golden dress, with white high heels, and her hair having golden jewelry struck throughout it symbolising different flowers. Mrs Banza was greeted by around ten-thousands Greeks that went out to meet and see the leader of Zaire, the face of Africa. With cheers and flowers thrown, Mrs Banza was captured laughing and waving by the cameras. That was followed by her attendance at a state dinner where she met Prime Minister Plastiras, His Majesty the King Pavlos the I and the Defence Minister Panagiotis. Alongside to them, Mrs Banza met with a delegation of businessmen and diplomats whom she linked the Zairean government with for further talks about future deals between the two states. On 22nd of March, Mrs Banza toured the city of Athens with banners of Zairean flags flying everywhere and banners with her face on it around. Meeting with the locals was an upmost pleasure as was visiting the beautiful architecture, with thousands of Greeks trying to get a glimpse of Mrs Banza. Asked by a Greek reporter about what she made of Greece, Mrs Banza responded with;
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "...a nation of fighters. True fighters to the bitter end. When the Volkists came, when the Fascist came, you did not back down by any mean. You stood your ground and fought bitterly to save and liberate your country, the birthplace of democracy from tyranny and chaos. It is a true inspiration to stand here and say this. Greece has a beautiful history that should be teaching Europe and the world a lesson about what democracy is, about what freedom is and about what true fighting spirit is. If the Brits are the lions, you're the tigers of Europe..."[/list]
Mrs Banza managed to create a new picture of Zaire and Africa in the minds of Greece. Mrs Banza left to Malta on the 23rd of March for a temporary rest before her tour continues. However, her European leg of the tour turned out to be a major success with the international press following Mrs Banza everywhere and Mrs Banza dazzling the people of Europe with her charm and stability. Whether Mrs Banza will have the chance to visit Eastern Europe is yet to be discovered, but many speculate that due to her Slovenian visit she will simply leave off for Asia. Mrs Banza is building a name for Zaire, and it seems for Africa too. |
[spoiler="...Europe has made many many mistakes over the past years, but I think Europe in its fever of rebuilding is starting to realise just how important peace, liberty and most importantly freedom is. Freedom that is so vital for Africa as well."]Adriatican Islands
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[list][list][pre]LABAN PILIPINAS!
FIGHT, PHILIPPINES![/pre][/list][/list]
[pre]| 1950 NATIONAL ELECTION: NACIONALISTA PARTY SHOWS INTERNAL STRIFE AS THE LIBERAL PARTY WINS LANDSLIDE VICTORY[/pre]
[sub]MANILA - Commentators described the 1950 elections as the 'most divisive and polarized election yet'. Analysts and experts remarked that the election would decide what course the country would take moving into the 50s - a new decade for a new Philippines. Recovery from the Second World War had been proceeding nominally, but the various candidates standing for election - which, prominently, did not include incumbent president Manuel Quezon - pledged different programs and policies to continue and accelerate this recovery. On one side, Nacionalista Party candidate and incumbent vice president Sergio Osmena campaigned on stronger Western ties while balancing 'local priorities'. His primary opponent and the poll leader, Liberal Party candidate and senator Manuel Roxas, decried Osmena and the Nacionalista Party for being too isolationist 'in this time of needed unity'. Roxas campaigned on much closer ties with the United States, and while in the Senate was key in the passage of legislation guaranteeing parity rights for American citizens in the country and establishing stronger trade relations with Washington.[/sub]
[sub]The party strife of the NP was also showing as the liberal faction - led by Senate President Jose Avelino - and the establishment faction - led by vice president Osmena - fought to represent the party in the coming election. President Quezon's refusal to stand brought about a heavily polarized and contested primary within the party base that saw bitter disputes between Avelino and Osmena. The vice president criticized Avelino for being a 'pawn to the Liberal Party and a pawn to the wealthy' while Avelino lamented the sluggish pace of recovery that Quezon and Osmena as leaders of the incumbent administration chose to undertake. Eventually, the primary saw Osmena win 74% of votes, against 26% for Avelino and his liberal wing. Despite Osmena describing the results as 'legitimate proof' that the Nacionalista Party remained united, Avelino disproved this when he departed the NP and resigned his Senate presidency, instead choosing to jump to the newly established Liberal Democratic Party, which had been formed with the collapse of the Modernist Party of Hilario C. Moncado, a staunch isolationist. The new LDP would absorb Avelino as its party candidate, and many supporters of the NP's liberal wing would also switch parties.[/sub]
[sub]Luis Taruc, a former communist guerilla leader turned left-wing House representative for the controversial Philippine Progressive Party (PPP, or Triple P), also stood in the presidential election as his party's candidate, despite opposition from his party's sole representative in the Senate, former NP member and nationalist Carlos P. Garcia. In the 1946 elections, Taruc won only 0.3% of the vote, or just over 7,000 votes nationally, against the 1.3 million won by Quezon that year. No poll gave Taruc any more than 2% of the share of projected votes, despite anticipated support for him among rural and agricultural voters.[/sub]
[sub]In the final weeks before the election, Roxas and the Liberal Party were polling strongly. In generic party polling, an overwhelming 56% of voters preferred the Liberal Party in power to only 41% who preferred the Nacionalista Party. Obviously, polls did not accurately and firmly predict the outcome of the election itself, but it confirmed the atmosphere that voters preferred the LP over the NP. Nonetheless, the collapse of the Modernist Party and the rise of Avelino and the Liberal Democrats in its place also pulled support from the NP. According to the primary vote, about 26% of NP members supported the liberal wing Avelino over the establishment vice president Sergio Osmena. Clearly, the Nacionalista Party was poised to lose the election, or at the very least win with a plurality but not a majority.[/sub]
[sub]The elections would finally be held on 8 May 1950, Monday, across the country. Polling stations counted the votes from all 81 provinces of the Third Republic, and days later, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced the official 1950 election results:[/sub]
[list][pre]FOR PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES; Declared
ROXAS, MANUEL A. (Liberal) - 1,932,170 votes (54.55%)
Osmena, Sergio (Nacionalista) - 1,063,313 votes (30.20%)
Avelino, Jose (Liberal Democratic) - 507,571 votes (14.33%)
Luis Taruc (Philippine Progressive) - 38,962 votes (1.1%)[/pre][/list]
[sub]The composition of the Second House of Representatives and the Second Senate of the Philippines would also be announced.[/sub]
[list][pre]HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNMENT (58)
58 seats - Liberal Party (+29)
OPPOSITION (40)
25 seats - Nacionalista Party (-30)
12 seats - Liberal Democratic Party (+9)
3 seats - Philippine Progressive Party (-8)
SENATE
GOVERNMENT (15)
15 seats - Liberal Party (+6)
OPPOSITION (9)
6 seats - Nacionalista Party (-6)
2 seats - Liberal Democratic Party (-)
1 seat - Philippine Progressive Party (-)[/pre][/list]
[sub]By the official results and the new composition of the House and Senate, the Liberal Party would be able to govern with strong majorities in both houses, and a president with an overwhelming mandate from the people by the popular vote. In the House, the Liberals now possess a 9 seat majority, while in the Senate, a 3 seat majority was possessed.[/sub]
[sub]The first transfer of power in the country's independent history, President Manuel Quezon made sure to establish precedent by immediately congratulating president-elect Manuel Roxas on his electoral victory, and subsequently inviting him to Malacanang Palace to begin the transition to the Roxas Administration at the soonest possible time. Sergio Osmena furthermore congratulated Roxas on his 'groundbreaking' victory during the second Malacanang meeting, which took place in late May.[/sub]
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[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
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[B]ဂဠုန်နှင့်မြွေဘုရင် THE GALON AND THE NAGA
[sub]1st Waning of Natdaw12th Waxing of Pyatho 1310 ME | Pyinmana Township, Mandalay Division, Royal Federation of the Burma Union[/sub]
With the Communist rebellion allowed to fester in the countrysides of Pyinmana, the locale of impoverished peasantry took well to the unique ideals of the Red and White flag Communist Parties, swelling their core base from just under 1,000 militants upon arrival, to it's current strength placed at 4,000, organized into what's called the People's Volunteer Organization, or 'PVO'. Despite it's growth in manpower, however, the PVO remains disparately starved for materials, with only 800 properly equipped and combat vetted to face the might of the Tatmadaw, with the bulk rebel force consistent of farmers armed with a variety of traditional hand weapons and ornate, antiquated flintlock long-muskets.
Nonetheless, the rebel expansion did little to stave the worries of the rest of the country, as newspaper headlines rolled through every major city claiming armed domestic insurrections were actively burning across Burma, though most of it had surely yet to even begin in the field of combat. Further in this regard, the PVO refused to directly engage the Royal Army all together, instead opting toward targeted, clandestine attacks on local Union Police precincts intending to raid the armories and stockpile the necessary materials to wage their rebellion, operating out of Pyinmana and surrounding villages. With direct local support, the town was fortified with imposing timber ramparts and roofed battlements encasing it's main square against the sand banks of the Sittang River to the east, producing a natural moat along that section. Housing some 10,000 within it's walls, the Pyinmana fortified town ruled the rest of the Township seemingly like a seperated state. From the smaller villages surrounding the town of Pyinmana, the music of Nat Pwe[/I] could be heard weekly, drawing crowds to the stronghold city which glistened and gleamed of lights in the night skies above the rural expanse, Hsaing Waing instrumental ensembles drove the festivities, designed to invoke spirits, or Nat, appealing to them with offerings of food, money, tobacco, alcohol, and revelry, transferred through a Nat Kadaw, or Spirit Wife, acting as conduits of these venerated spirit entities. Festivals, or [I]Pwe, of this nature are held to receive good fortune, good health, end a drought, or even for victory in battles to come, by appealing directly to the supernatural on Thaukkya Ne (Friday) of each week to Min Kyawzwa Nat, the guardian of drunkards, gamblers, and warriors, granting either immeasurable wealth or incredible fighting strength to his most loyal and favored devotees.
As the wet season gradually concluded between late Tazaungmon (October-Novemeber) and early Natdaw (November-December) of 1310, Pyinmana became vulnerable to the possibility of the Royal Army's advance, situated just under 200 miles south of Mandalay, fear of this threat was justified. Under the supervision of top Red Flag commandants, Thakin Soe and Yèbaw Ba Tin, an additional 2,000 civilians were levied into a partisan dedicated solely towards the stronghold's defense. Contrarily, leaders of the White Flags, including Aung San's cousin, Thakin Than Tun, and Thakin Thein Pe, began seeking support of mutual allies against the Union government, even if non-Communist, beginning a correspondence with rebel leaders in Arakan State, the monk U Seinda and the Rohingya Mujahid, Mir Kassem, in attempt to expand potential operational areas. This did little to appease the more hardline Red Flags, which refused all cooperation with non-ideologically aligned parties, serving only to deepen the divide between the factions. Heated disagreements mounted and by late-month Natdaw, around 1 December, the White Flags and it's Thun-Thein leadership relocated from the Pyinmana stronghold to Thayetmyo, lying some 180 miles west, and then to Pyay further south, eventually crossing into Arakan State almost a week later in the first week of Pyathoe, around 10 December and made contact with Rakhine seperatist forces loyal to U Seinda outside the seaside town of Thandwe, using the coastline's abundant hidden alcoves to travel discreetly across coastal Arakan under the nose of Union government forces.
Meanwhile, with portions of three Royal Army Divisions having been activated in Mandalay, Pegu, and Ann, the Tatmadaw's inevitable offensive began as some 21,000 Royal Burmese troops loomed upon the rebel outfits in Arakan State and Pyinmana Township.
[List][B]ပြင်မနား မဲဆွယ်ပွဲ PYINMANA CAMPAIGN[/list]
Among the state forces dedicated, headquartered 100 miles due north of Pyinmana in Meiktila, the 4th Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles, an independent regimental unit of assault pioneers, were activated and began their southward advance to the Pyinmana stronghold several days ahead of the battalions attached to the 33rd Royal Infantry Division. Along the way, makeshift crossings were rapidly constructed across streams and creeks which threatened to halt the advancing bulk Royal Army force in trail. The 4th Battalion, comprised of two Bamar Companies, a Shan Company, a Chin Company, a Karen Company, and a Kachin Company, trekking well over 150 klicks, managed to reach the outskirts of Pyinmana by 16 December, awarded with a generous view of the rebel stockade.
As night fell, the countryside morphed into a pitch darkness, advantageously utilized by three K'nyaw sappers to get a close-in position along the ramparts, stuffing high-explosive pole charges into the sandbanks at the foot of the walls, keeping their positions there until the following morning, that of 17 December. At dawn's first light, elements of the 4th Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles began to surround Pyinmana, opening up coordinated and concise fire from varying positions within the brush. Armed with Lee-Enfield SMLE No.4 Mkl*(T) snipers, fire delivered by the 4th Battalion's gifted Chin marksmen devastated rebel lines along their battlements. Equally, the PVO partisans utilized rampart artillery to antagonizing display, capable of exceeding unexpected ranges for the antiquity of design. Several Burma Riflemen were claimed by these peculiar heavy muskets nanran saynaat (နံရံသေနတ်) using locally-produced large calibre black powder ordnances. The PVO defenders also employed donepyaan lhaee (ဒုံးပျံလှည်း), homemade rocket artillery carts and donepyaan myahar (ဒုံးပျံမြှား) iron-cased rocket arrows on volley racks requiring manual ignition, akin to the historical accounts of the besieged defenders of the late-15th century city of Pyay, then known as Prome.
As the pole charges eventually detonated, the blast sent a portion of the eastern-most ramparts, specifically flanking the Sittang River, collapsing in on itself as the explosions sank the foundation and ruptured a section of the fortified wall open to an effortless incursion. As the smoke cleared, the Red Flag's leadership alongside an outfit of some 500 loyal partisans had already fled toward Thayetmyo, leaving the local defenders behind while they made out. Whether this amounted to a preemptive coordinated movement or cowardice is unknown. Nonetheless, PVO morale significantly declined and the remaining partisans lost the stomach for battle less than an hour after the wall's breach, most fleeing into the surrounding wilderness to avoid capture, abandoning the town back to what's left of it's remaining civilian inhabitants, some 6,000. As swiftly as the stockade was built and as proudly as it stood, it was just as swiftly felled due in part to the sheer experience of these assault pioneers. Within the fortified town's armory, 3 Bren guns, 1 Type 99 LMG, 8 Lee-Enfield rifles, at least 20 Arisaka rifles, 11 Webley revolvers, a handful variety of Japanese and British hand grenades, and ammo boxes with less than 300 rounds total, mismatched across several various calibers, rendering the menial stockpile almost useless.
In the aftermath of mop-up, the 4th Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles inherited 218 POW's and decidedly left a Bamar Company behind in Pyinmana as it's keepers until auspices of the 33rd Royal Infantry Division could arrive and more effectively hold the Township. The rest of the 4th Battalion companies made the hike to Thayetmyo during the waning night hours, traveling 320 klicks across rugged terrain, reaching Thayet by the early morning of 20 December, almost three full days later. Along the way, civilians and other residents of small villages between Pyinmana and Thayet Township, when questioned, reported a small column of militants traveling southwest toward the city of Pyay, across the Magway and Mandalay Division borderlines, situated about 100 klicks further south in northern Pegu Division.
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[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation]
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[list][list][list][sup]EVENTS[/sup] 1 9 5 0
[sub]VOLTAR AO CATETE/RETURN TO CATETE[/sub][/list][/list][/list]
[list]VARGAS RETORNA AO ESCRITÓRIO PÚBLICO
[sub]HALF A DECADE ADRIFT NOMORE[/sub][/list]
[sub]The Postwar Years in Brazil, 1946 to 1951.[/sub]
[sub]In December 1946, Getlio Vargas publicly dissociated himself from President Dutra. He had gone into virtual seclusion at his So Borja property after retiring from public view. His popularity, however, remained unshaken as he continued to devote his life to politics. During the 1946 election, he received a historic number of votes and was elected not only as a deputy but also as a senator. It made no difference to his prestige or ability to mobilize the workers to support his new presidential campaign that he had purposefully kept his distance from the Congress and the work of the Constituent Assembly. He didn't even go to Rio de Janeiro to sign the final draft of the new constitution. His political views, however, have evolved significantly. Former president Getlio Vargas is now a member of the political opposition. For his future policy to succeed, which included expanding government involvement in industrialisation, ensuring full employment, and fighting poverty "without sacrificing economic growth" he had to mend fences with President Dutra and the liberals of the National Democratic Union (UDN).[/sub]
[sub]For the presidential election in 1950, Getlio Vargas was prepared and ready to run when the nomination process began in 1949. By this stage, he had already adjusted the core principles of his old nationalist vision to meet the needs of the world as it stood. His new initiative was focused on two things: progress and social good. One of the most important goals for the Brazilian people, especially during the Cold War, was economic autonomy for the country. Further, by making combating inflation and rising costs of living a central plank of his campaign, he aligned himself with the groups that have been hardest hit by President Dutra's economic policies. He also secured the backing of the business community for his industrialization program, which placed a premium on expanding the country's manufacturing capacity. Getlio Vargas, who was sixty-seven at the time, was in a rush. He planned on returning to the Catete, the residence of the president, 'in the arms of the people' when he had been duly elected in a democratic process.[/sub][/list]
[list][list]The campaign's catchphrase, "He will return!", was an inspiring piece of political rhetoric. His campaign kicked off with a parade in an open automobile through Rua da Praia, Porto Alegre's ritziest commercial strip and a frequent site of political demonstrations. Getlio Vargas spent the next two months traveling around the country, stopping in every state capital and major city. He also formed some truly incredible relationships and deals. To win over voters in the north and northeast, for instance, he picked a lawyer named Café Filho who had been an active participant in the National Freedom Alliance and was a passionate opponent of the Estado Novo to be his vice president.[/list][/list]
[list][sub]Getlio Vargas cared more about getting things done than joining any one political party. He allied with the National Democratic Union in Pernambuco. He collaborated with Ademar de Barros, the governor of So Paulo and a former political opponent of his, throughout his time there. Ademar de Barros was an ambitious politician with a knack for mass communication who also helmed a relatively small but highly effective political party called the Social Progress Party (PSP) that had strong internal support in the state's interior.[/sub][/list]
[list][list]The goal of Getlio Vargas's strategy of alliances was short-term success, but it was dangerous and he paid a heavy price for it in the long run. Short-term success can be attributed to the fact that his campaign was not associated with any particular political party, that it united both new and veteran politicians, that it enjoyed the backing of business leaders who saw the potential in industrialization, and that it benefited from the votes of both the working class and the new lower middle class that was beginning to form in the country's major cities.[/list][/list]
[list][sub]His opponents were also weak and easily defeated. Despite "being beaten by General Dutra," the National Democratic Union once again chose Eduardo Gomes as their candidate. The Brigadier, though, was beyond redemption. Once again, his hopes of victory were eliminated with a single declaration. He spoke out against the minimum wage and in favor of employee autonomy at a political rally in June. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) meanwhile nominated the Mineiro Cristiano Machado, who they quickly realized had no shot at winning. Their response was standard: they kept him as their official candidate while campaigning for Getlio Vargas, effectively abandoning Cristiano Machado, who had neither much support nor many votes. Although his fellow National Democratic Union members were dismayed, Carlos Lacerda was furious.[/sub][/list]
[list][list]"Mr. Getlio Vargas is a senator! That rules him out as a presidential hopeful. We strongly advise against voting for him as a candidate. He must not assume his office after being elected. When he gets into power, we'll have to start a revolution so he can't rule.
Carlos Lacerda, of the National Democratic Union de Brazil[/list][/list]
[list][sub]Mr. Lacerda meant what he stated; he continued his tirades against the Vargas government through his daily, the Tribuna da Imprensa, for the ensuing years. However, the win of Getlio Vargas could not be refuted. Nearly four million people voted for him, or 48.7 percent of the total, beating out Eduardo Gomes (29.7 percent) and Cristiano Machado (21.5 percent). Getlio Vargas was sworn in as Brazil's first democratically elected leader on January 31, 1951, and he returned to the Catete presidential palace that same day.[/sub][/list]
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[sub]THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada.[/sub]
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[list]APRIL 1948 JUNE 1950
[sub]LA VIOLENCIA: VICTORIA PARA GAITÁN [/sub][/list]
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Gran República de la Nueva Granada
[sub]Liberal President Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayalas election in November of 1949 would only deepen the divide between the rival Liberal and Conservative parties on the opposing ends of La Violencia, the widespread armed confrontation between their supporters without a declaration of civil war. The Conservative party had demonstrated an almost five decade long grip on the presidency until the tumultuous reign of Mariano Ospina Pérez, who had barely grabbed victory in the 1946 elections due to internal divisions within the Liberal Party.[/sub]
[sub]On April 9th during the 9th Pan-American Conference hosted in Bogotá, left-wing populist and liberal front runner Jorge Gaitán would leave his workplace, the Agustín Nieto building, to attend lunch with liberal colleagues at the Hotel Continental and a later meeting with young Cuban student leader Fidel Castro to discuss his support of the Latin American Youth Congress, a protest of the ongoing Pan-Am Conference at which U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall received pledges from attendees to fight communism in the Americas. Upon his exit, revolver clad Juan Roa Sierra, accompanied by two other men would attempt to assassinate Gaitán, shooting him three times. Sierra would be the only one apprehended by two patrolling police officers who where then subsequently overwhelmed and forced to five Roa to an angry mob who proceeded to beat, lynch and drag his body to la Plaza de Bolívar before he could be questioned, dumping his body on the steps of the Capitolio Nacional. in President Pérez[/sub]
[sub]Gaitán would be taken to the Central Clinic, laying in critical condition while the crowd that killed his would be assassin grew in a matter of minutes and demanded the resignation of President Pérez and the end to the conservative regime; faced with the army's response, they spontaneous barricaded themselves waiting for the orders of the Liberal leaders and members of the Liberal controlled Congress, who intended to meet with President Pérez. As the afternoon progressed, the mob armed itself, bursting into hardware stores and police stations, where some officers surrendered their weapons to save their lives. The defense of the Palacio de La Carrera by the Presidential Guard prevented the crowd from entering the place where they were. The attempted overthrow of Pérez and disorder in Bogotá following Gaitáns attempted assassination would be known as La Bogotazo.[/sub]
[sub]Confusion would ensue upon the arrival of M3 Stuarts, supposedly to alleviate the guards who were running low on ammo. The crowd gave way to the five tanks that were directed to the palace, because they believed that they were supporting their cause. Despite allegedly having no orders to do so, the tanks turned and fired into the crowd, massacring some 300 people after a gunman within the mob had murdered their commanding officer after entering the square. This would encourage elements of the crowd to abandon their attempt to enter the presidential palace but would lead to a three-day long siege of the city including violent protest, armed clashes, looting and repression. The city would be considered semi-destroyed, with 142 buildings damaged by fires, dozens of trams pushed over and set ablaze, countless properties burglarized and between 500 and 3000 people dead in its aftermath.[/sub]
[sub]President Pérez would enact a state of siege, lasting 8 months throughout the week-long violence in Bogotá till December, approved by the liberal congress. However this would lead to rampant abuses of power and repression by police and federal authorities across the country who would violently target supporters of their opposing party and arm supporters of their party, beginning military escalation between liberals and conservatives beginning the period of La Violencia. The first left-wing guerilla forces known as Los Cachiporros or (Gossips by their rivals) and right-wing paramilitary groups hailed as Los Chulavitas (or Goths by their rivals) would emerge to combat each other. Liberals would commemorate the Bogotazo and the struggle in its wake as a revolution while the conservatives would brand it an attempted coup.[/sub]
[sub]Gaitán would miraculously survive his near fatal injuries and regain his strength in early 1949. Amidst uncertainty of his survival, Darío Echandía Olaya had become the front runner of the Liberal party in his absence, attempting to develop a coservative-liberal bipartisan concord policy with President Pérez, to whom he had become Minister of Government under Pérezs National Unity Cabinet. Gaitáns re-entry into politics threatened to divide the Liberal party as it did in 1946 as both garnered large support but would cost their party the election if neither conceded. Echandia would refuse to concede, fearing that the bipartisan policy would be set back or dropped by the conservatives if Gaitán was their candidate against Pérez who at the time was the conservative front runner.[/sub]
[sub]Echandias campaign would be put into question when far right candidate Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro overtook Pérez and became the likely presidential candidate for the conservative party expected to undo efforts to bridge the rivalry between the factions. The liberals would win control of congress once more in the June 1949 congressional elections to which the conservatives denounced as fraudulent. With control of the senate the liberal party would force an early election to be held in November of 1949 rather than May of 1950, expecting Echandia to concede with lowering support and a constricted timeline. Echandia continued to campaign against Gaitán until conceding days before the election on November 21st when his brother Vincente was mistakenly killed after being mistaken for the liberal leader who he resembled, during Echandias final march in the centre of Bogotá. [/sub]
[sub]Liberal legislators would attempt to impeach President Pérez for his part in La Bogotazo but he would close congress and reinstate a state of siege on November the 9th and assume dictatorial powers in defiance of liberal congressmen, cordoning off the capital and taking authoritarian measures to intercept and impede correspondence between liberal, unions and other left-wing elements. This would force the liberal party to approach General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, the most influential army officer in Granada, an advocate for progressivism within the conservative party in opposition to Gómezs extremist views, he would assure the safety of liberal leaders and supporters in Bogotá during the election.[/sub]
[sub]The general election would be held on November 27th 1949 despite the looming threat of sectarian violence. Polling would show record turnout of 69.9% of registered voters casting their ballot, with lowest percentage turnout in the Ecuador Census Region and the La Pacifico and La Amazonia Natural Regions in the Colombia Census Region and the highest turnout in the Cordillera de La Costa and Depresión del lago de Maracaibo natural regions of the Venezuela Census Region. [/sub]
[sub]Gaitán, Jorge | Partido Liberal Granadina: 2,079,781 | 59.7%
Gómez, Laureano | Partido Conservador Granadina : 1,400,122 | 40.2%
Other | Independent: 3817 | 0.1%
Voter Turnout: 3,483,720 | 69.9%
Registered Voters: 4,983,863[/sub]
[sub]Gaitán would win a historic yet pyrrhic victory for the Liberal party, taking control from their conservative rivals for the first time in nearly half a century at the expense of igniting further violence, as fighting escalated following their ascension. Now opposition leader Gómez would refuse to concede defeat until March of 1950 but the moderate ruling faction of the conservatives under Pérez and the army under General Pinilla would ensure a smooth transition of power, highlighting the rampant factionalism that the conservatives had been reduced to during Gómezs candidacy. Nonetheless, constant armed unrest, political uncertainty, extremism and denial of legitimacy by elements of the opposition party forced President Gaitán and the liberal controlled congress to continue former President Pérezs indefinite state of siege with clear and constitutional provisions. At present the state of siege is the third longest emergency protocol in Granadine history behind the 8 month record set following the Bogotazo and the Thousand Days War, entering its 7th month as of June 1950. [/sub]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list]1950년 06월 | 1950 June
[list][sup]Korea | 한국[/sup][list]
[sup]Who Fired First - The Korean War Begins[/sup][/list]
| [sub]It was a Sunday, all had largely been quiet on the border between the two Koreas but at the crack of dawn that had all changed. Troops from the DPRK crossed the 38th Parallel covered by a barrage of artillery fire, not hours earlier government spokespeople in the south were circulating the news that the 17th regiment of the ROK had successfully captured the city of Haeju just north of the border on the Ongjin Peninsula. Claims that the south fired first would largely be forgotten by the events that were to come, fighting on the Ongjin Peninsula were the fiercest as the north pressed forth to capture the area of strategic importance.[/sub] |
| [sub]In Seoul the initial belief was that this would be another border skirmish and all would be over in a matter of hours. Syngman Rhee once again met with his cabinet to discuss diverting some resources to deal with the border clash, however during the course of the meeting they were informed that large numbers of tanks had begun crossing all along the border as artillery fire began to intensify. The south had no way to combat this new development; they had no tanks; no anti-tank weapons; and no heavy artillery to return fire. A piecemeal strategy to send units in portions as they became available on the battlefield; this massively backfired with the South lacking the superior firepower to support such an effort.[/sub] |
| [sub]On the 27th June just two days into the war the ROK had taken heavy losses as the DPRK marched onwards to the south, the decision was made by President Rhee to evacuate south to Pusan along with senior members of the government, the decision led to criticism as the previous day Rhee had stated he would stay in Seoul despite the looming threat. The chaos amongst the South Korean army following the invasion had illustrated the unpreparedness of the government for such an attack; hundreds of men had defected to the Korean Peoples Army upon their capture and had provided useful intelligence to the north.[/sub] |
| [sub]At roughly 11:00am orders were given to demolish the Hangang Bridge in order to delay the occupation of Seoul by the DPRK forces having given up on defending Seoul from the incoming enemy. Roughly 3,600 pounds of TNT was planted on the bridge for the next four hours before the demolition order was given at 11:00pm on the same day just twelve hours after the plan was formulated. The demolition order was not spread amongst the residents of Seoul who continued to use the bridge. When it was detonated at 2:30am without warning on the 28th of June roughly 4,000 refugees fleeing the war were on the bridge, around 1,000 are believed to have been killed in the incident. The other intended consequences was that the South Korean Army's Fifth Division was also cut off from its retreat path, leaving it stranded on the north bank of the Han River and at the mercy of the oncoming North Korean forces. At 11:00am the approaching northern forces reached the remnants of the bridge and crossed the Han River, occupying Seoul successfully a matter of days after the war had begun.[/sub] |
| [sub]Reports have suggested that as many as forty members of the National Assembly have defected to the northern regime as well as countless troops. For Rhee it was a domestic and international embarassment and not even a week into the war, the readiness of the south had been grossly overestimated, and the norths abilities underestimated. Official statements from the DPRK suggested that those still fiercely loyal to Rhees government had been sent north of the 38th Parallel while most had remained in place, with some welcoming the northern forces.[/sub] |
| [sub]In Gyeongbokgung Palace, where what remained of the House of Yi resided, the news of the invasion had not been of great surprise. The back-channels of communication between those that operated in the Changdeok Faction had remained open since the division of Korea, the fact the Crown Prince had not informed the southern authorities may have spared them from being incarcerated and shipped northward. Uihwa and Hanuels actions during the late-stage Japanese occupation had earned them a great deal of respect north and south, like many of the freedom fighters of the time, their promised neutrality on the war, apart from humanitarian pleas, would likely keep them safe for now.[/sub] |
| [sub]In Busan, President Rhee would quickly set up his new government and send out an appeal to the western world to help the Republic of Korea against the invading Communist forces. The first conflict of East versus West had well and truly begun.[/sub] |
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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PERON ANSWERS RHEES CALL
June 30th 1950
As South Korean President Rhee sent out the call for aid amidst the surprise invasion from the north, President Peron had issued orders to assist the South Koreans and do so with due haste. While it would take time to gather forces and organize transportation this included the order to establish boots on the ground given South Korean approval. In total La Plata would seek to send within a week of the order : 20,000 M1 Carbines, 12,000 M1 Garands and 400 M1 Bazookas. Overall material supplies would be made mainly with medical and food supplies such as blood and plasma (IRL basis of Chile, Argentina & Uruguay sending significant supplies of plasma and food to assist the south). In terms of physical support Peron had ordered that the 3rd Corps consisting of 5 post reform Divisions, and the first Corps to complete the reforms successfully should be sent to Korea within three weeks of the order being given. This would result in an ETA of July 20th, not as quickly as he had hoped however it would certainly provide additional security to the South Koreans once they had arrived.
Eager to show the world that unlike the last war La Plata was willing to take a large active part in defeating their ideological opponents, the sending of a corps was symbolic as its size by its very nature implied expanded aid to the Rhee Government. Communism was like a specter threatening to spread across the world, and with Americas growing economic ties in La Plata even ignoring it could be perceived as negligence on the part of the Peron Government. Finally, Peron had ordered that accommodation be made available for a minimum of 80,000 Koreans in the event that South Korea should come further under threat and their Citizens would be required to temporarily evacuate. Evacuations could commence very easily due to La Platan Ships carrying aid, these could then in turn carry refugees back with them.
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES[/pre][/list]
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FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY: FRANCE REVISES NATIONAL SECURITY DOCTRINE AIMING FOR TRIPOLARITY
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, JUNE 1950 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF DIPLOMACY, MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES - | As the French Republic continues to rise from the ashes of the Second Great War, the government and general public have voiced their desire for the restoration of France as a great power after the humiliating defeat of 1940. As the United States and the Soviet Union continue to bid each other for the position of world superpower status, flaunting their atomic weapons as not just tools of war but diplomacy as well, France aims for a Tripolarity forming a pan-European bloc which would be independent from both the United States and Soviet super powers. Meanwhile France works quietly and diligently to create it's own atomic weapons.[/sub]
[sub]With the Indochina War still bogging down French troops and hopes for continued colonialism in the Indochina region, the Republic has shifted it's focus towards a "Grand African Renovation" which includes declaring the islands of Mayotte, Mauritius, and Comoros as overseas departments of France. Additionally the Ministry of National Defense will begin utilizing the new overseas departments as harboring locations for the French Navy's Indian Ocean Flotilla which will be headquartered in Saint-Denis, Réunion. The largest part of the Grand African Renovation is France working directly with it's African colonies to spur the rapid industrialization of outlying cities, towns, and villages which will involve the utilization of the vast Trans-Saharan and Central African Railroads. The French Government has allocated a beginning sum of $1 billion USD to begin Africa's transition from a conglomerate of backwater colonies to eventual fledging independent nations with even closer ties to France.[/sub]
[sub]Meanwhile the fledgling Fourth French Republic continues to facilitate the reconstruction of Metropolitan France through the utilization of Keynesian economics with the government overtaking and annexing companies that pledged their loyalty to the Vichy regime and using their capital and means of industrial output to invest heavily in new public works projects. As France pushes for further European integration, the forming of the European Coal and Steel Community with West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands under the Shuman Declaration, envisioned by French Foreign Minister Robert Shuman has given Europe a first push towards supranationalism and a glance at what could become a true tripolarity between the United States, Europe, and the Soviet Union. | [/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]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list][pre]LABAN PILIPINAS!
FIGHT, PHILIPPINES![/pre][/list][/list]
[pre]| THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES STANDS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND WITH THE FREE AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES OF KOREA![/pre]
[sub]MANILA - The outbreak of conflict between North and South on the Korean Peninsula was received with surprise and a faint atmosphere of anxiety in Manila. Just mere weeks ago, the Liberal Party - staunchly more pro-West than the now-chief opposition Nacionalista Party (NP) - had taken power after a massive landslide victory in the country's second ever show of democracy and the power of the people in its state as an independent Philippine republic. President Manuel Roxas had been sworn in on the 28th of June, three days after the beginning of hostilities between the governments in Seoul and Pyongyang. With the proximity of the new administration so closely felt, the Quezon administration remained silent on the conflict for the first three days, before the handover of power with the swearing in of President Roxas on the 28th. His inaugural speech had reportedly been modified to include statements alluding to the renewed Korean conflict, with the new second president firmly declaring:[/sub]
[list][sub]"The Filipino people shall not only stand with her allies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Republic of China, but also with the free and fair world, and the nations that fight for democracy and liberty. Already, the clash between prosperity and liberty and tyranny and autocracy is presented to the world in a renewed display of the shedding of blood. It is clear now what we must do as a nation. We must stand with our allies, we must stand for liberty. For three years, the Filipino suffered under the shackles of Japanese imperial occupation. We shall not allow any other people to undergo that same subjugation, perhaps not by imperial autocracy but now by socialist dictatorships. To nations being threatened by the Red Menace, I declare: We are with you, the Philippines is with you, for we will all march forward, arm in arm, for democracy and for liberty!"[/sub][/list]
[sub]Within 48 hours of his inauguration, President Roxas convened his newly appointed national security and foreign affairs advisors and met with several foreign ambassadors to discuss the situation. On 30 June 1950, the first public statement by the Philippine government was issued, that statement being one of solidarity with the southern democratic government 'who presently is actively resisting occupation by illegitimate and autocratic forces'. The statement, announced via the Philippine media, and delivered to major national embassies in the country, affirmed Manila's support for the government of Syngman Rhee and the free peoples of Korea. President Roxas addressed the nation by radio on 1 July, discussing the renewed Korean conflict and the 'serious need for the country to stand against autocracy across the world'. He did not rule out the possibility of direct military involvement by the Philippines, but rather focused on emphasizing the need to bring the issue to the United Nations, 'the very organization we helped found to prevent bloody conflicts such as this'.[/sub]
[sub]The Republic of the Philippines would begin issuing calls to fellow U.N. member states to bring the Korean conflict to discussion at the next meeting of the General Assembly.[/sub]
[sub]In the interim, however, the Roxas administration immediately sought to take action. The President submitted to the Senate for consideration a bill proposing military and humanitarian aid for the Republic of Korea in the form of surplus arms from the Second World War, as well as humanitarian and food aid for southern military forces in its fight against communism. The chief opposition party, the Nacionalista Party, had its leading figures in the Senate also voice support, followed shortly afterward by the Liberal Democratic Party. The Philippine Progressive Party, headed up in the House by Luis Taruc, a communist with former guerilla ties, voiced stringent opposition to the aid to the south.[/sub]
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"THE AMNESTY" - LA PLATA SETS WAR ESCAPEE LIFE IN STONE
July 19th 1950
Today under Perons direction the Interior Ministry has signed into law the general Amnesty for all Axis Individuals having fled to La Plata during and after the war. The Document directly concerns any of the between 15,000 and 50,000 Germans who fled to Argentina during the 1943-1951 period of any rank or profession. These Individuals include Uboot crews, fleeing intelligentsia and leadership such as Croatian Ante Pavelic, designers and economic staff such as Kurt Tank to Fighter Aces and average soldiers. La Plata was not a random target, having the largest German population outside of America and importantly unlike America no continual bias (Prior to WWI one of the major spoken languages was German, this was not the case after the war and many Germans changed their names to "fit in"). Many of those who had fled to La Plata were Volga Germans, aka Germans who until the war had lived in the Volga region of Russia surrounding Stalingrad. These Germans were not accustomed to Germany and in many cases discriminated against in their own Home and thus had chosen to emigrate. Thus a general Amnesty and declaration of Citizenship of all Individuals residing in La Plata as of July 15th 1951 was needed to establish the continued residence of those individuals within the Country, and to grant stability to the people they had gone on to marry or become friends with.
While the Amnesty extends to all individuals having fled to La Plata during the 1943-1951 period, since Germans made up the vast majority of this figure it was coined the "German Amnesty" by some in the Media, though individuals referred to it as such in equal parts positive and negative feeling. The fact that famous SS Commando Otto Skorzeny was a close personal Friend of Peron, and is sought by some in the west to stand trial in various competencies is no doubt related to the Declaration which if was only to target Skorzeny would cause accusations of personal bias. When questioned why the Amnesty extends to 1951 Peron responded that it was to include those who had moved to La Plata between 1943 and 1950 however were for other reasons not currently located within its borders.
Ultimately while many both within and outside of the Country will condemn the move, both sides atleast within La Plata agree that a continuation of the status quo (that being ignoring the issue even exists) was no better of an option.
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[list][list]JULYAUGUST 1950
[sub]Strengthening Canadian Forces[/sub][/list][/list]
[sub][pre] K O R E A N W A R [/pre][/sub]
[list][list][sub][pre]I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
Its blood-red folds beneath.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO PROVINCE AFTERNOON
[sub]THE DOMINION OF Canada Leaf[/sub]
| With the outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula, Canada began to strengthen its armed forces. The ministers were recalled to hold a Cabinet meeting and discuss the U.N. request for Canadian ground troops on the Korean Peninsula. After the three-hour meeting, the Prime Minister JAMES SINCLAIR presented Canadas plans: |
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▌[sub]Reject the U.N. request for ground forces.[/sub]
▌[sub]The Royal Air Canadian Force will send a transport squadron (up to ten planes) to assist with American airlift in the Pacific. North Star planes, with crews and 200 ground personnel, flew to the McChord field, Washington, to operate between there and Tokyo.[/sub]
▌[sub]Recruitment for all services will be increased (currently: 46,889) to recruit an additional 8,000 regulars.[/sub]
▌[sub]Commission three more ships for the navy and increase the production speed of F-86s for the air force.[/sub]
▌[sub]Increase defense spending to $50 million (current: $425 million).[/sub][/list][/list]
| The Cabinets refusal of the UNs call for ground forces had a negative impact both in Canada and abroad. Some politicians in Washington were disappointed, Canadians felt the same. The Ottawa Journal said: Is this enough? The only groups that opposed the deployment of Canadian troops were the Union des Electeurs, a French-Canadian party, and the Canadian Communists. With the public saying that three destroyers and the squadron of ten transport planes to go to the Korean peninsula were not enough, Secretary of State for External Affairs LESTER PEARSON went to Washington to check on the military situation. He brought a secret report when he returned to Ottawa. In a 4-hour meeting, the Cabinet authorized the recruitment of 4,000 to 5,000 volunteers to the Korean front. |
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[list][list][list][pre]SCANDINAVIAN UNION
Skandinaviska Unionen[/pre][/list]
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ESTBALISHMENT OF NATIONAL NORDEN DEFENSE RESEARCH AGENCY
[sub]EINAR GERHARDSEN ADMINISTRATION | GOTHENBURG, JULY 1950[/sub][/list]
[pre]NORDEN ALTHING
DATE: JULY 13, 1950
SUBJECT: BILL TO DETERMINE REGULATE PROCESS REGARDING THE SELLING OF NORDEN WEAPONRY, TECHNOLOGY, & MILITARY OPERATION
PRESIDENT OF THE NORDEN ALTHING: HANS HEDTOFT[/pre]
[list][sub]Per the decision of the Norden Althing, careful precautions and processes have been approved for the determination of selling and exporting Norden weaponry, technology, and participating in military operations outside the borders of Norden. To ensure the full stability of checks and balance and to ensure the minimization of undermining the national security and integrity of Norden, the Norden Althing has deemed it essential to establish a committee specifically for overseeing all Norden military and foreign affairs intended to guarantee decisions are made via adequate research and assessments, alignment with national security doctrine, proper allocation and record keeping of defense funds, manpower, and equipment, and productive liaison representation of the Norden Althing with the Ministry of Defense. The intention is to maintain civilian leadership within defense discussion, dialogue, and decisions. Per the new law and expansion of Althing responsibilities, the selling and exporting of weaponry and technology can only occur with 2/3 of the Althing approves and a simple majority of the Althing Commission on Defense and Foreign Affairs casts a vote in favor of the transactions.[/sub]
[sub]The process must begin with the Prime Minister of Norden casting a defense export request to the Norden Althing. Upon acquiring approval from both, the completed request is to be sent to the Ministry of Defense's Department of Acquisition and Allocation and the Department of Logistics to ensure proper handling, transportation, and financial transactions to complete the bill of sale and/or technology transfer. With this new process, all Norden defense technology companies are to agree to this protocol and to avoid transfers of arms and technology now deemed illegal if occurs outside the new regulatory framework. The new regulation further intends to solidify the oversight jurisdiction of the government over defense weaponry and defense technology exports and development.[/sub]
[sub]On the matter of Norden conducting military operations, particular exceptions are placed upon NATO obligations; however, on the conduct of military operations outside the framework of NATO, Norden must adhere to strategic isolationism. The conduct of military interventionism will need to be brought to a vote in the Norden Althing and coordinated debriefs between the Althing Commission on Defense and Foreign Affairs, the Joint Defense Staff of the Norden Armed Forces, and the Norden Defense Command. It is not the responsibility of Norden to seek evil and hostilities in far away lands, therefore, it is intended to bring military operations under the direct auspice of the Norden Althing in consultation and deliberation of the Prime Minister and senior military officials of the Norden Defense Command and Joint Defense Staff. The direct responsibility of the armed forces and the Norden Althing is to ensure the complete security of Norden's borders and domestic tranquility. Norden should not be drafted in the wars and conflicts of other nations where there is no direct threat to Norden, direct benefit to Norden, no alignment to the security integrity of Norden and her people.[/sub]
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THE SOCIAL ROADBLOCK : PERONS "LAST STAND" PRINCIPLE
August 9th 1950
Amidst growing social rights and reforms across the western world Peron has since 1947 enforced his "Last Stand" Principle which dictates that any liberalization of Homosexual and other non-traditional sexualities rights would be a slippery slope leading into the realms of pre-Communist societal degradation. This Principle includes sexual liberation movements particularly the feminist movements for non traditional acts in the bedroom something fiercely opposed by the Peron Regime. The Government and by extension Law Enforcement has acted with an Iron fist to maintain its strict guidelines on sex and relationships going as far as to argue that its ban on any and all forms of abortion is fair given its existing ban on all types of male birth control.
Peron himself noted that while he considers men and women to be equal, this meant that they were equally required to adhere to the morality set forth by the La Platan Catholic Church. Women could work any job they were able to acquire, though were still expected to be mothers either through direct or indirect (nannies) means. Supporting this was Perons decision to hire over 80,000 Women to act as Government supported Nannies across the Nation to ensure that Mothers could have Children regardless of their working situation. And those who still refused to have Children would in turn have not a government based backlash thrown against them but instead societal. The average couple having 6 Children set a standard that the rest of the Nation would have to keep up with, after all if some women were able to have 5 or even 7 an individual could scarcely justify having none at all.
The Governments response to the Students March of November '49 (which attempted to fight back against the strict nature of schools against student relationships) said it all, they had attempted to conduct a march through Buenos Aires and then sit in front of Perons Residence however instead Police struck almost immediately with Batons and Gas. There was to be no liberalization on these matters, nor was there to be any discussion on them whatsoever as due to his Last Stand Principle the idea of a slippery slope extended into dialogue, that if any issue was pushed and screamed often enough it would gain traction. This refusal for any discussion has in fact led to many regretful precedents such as aggressively patriarchal behavior towards women, who despite their newly gained constitutional equality are highly discriminated against and suffer under acts of marital violence. Tourism for the intention of sexual acts or violence towards women has not helped this act, and was in fact the main justification used by Peron to introduce the Protection of Children Act in the previous year which stated that any individual both foreign or domestic who attempts to initiate relations with a minor would be sentenced to death. This death sentence was further extended to individuals found guilty of transporting or spreading drugs or conducting rape. The idea behind this being that the threat of death along with the actual enforcement of this sentence would be a good enough deterrent.
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[list]여름 1950 | 1950 Summer
[list][sup]Korea | 한국[/sup][list]
[sup]The Retreat South - The Korean War Part Two[/sup][/list]
| [sub]The outbreak of war, although had long been expected, didn't make it any easier to bear for those living on the Peninsula. Brothers against brothers in a bloody onslaught over ideology. The conflict of ideology was the one considered by both governments to be the one of most importance; the north had thousands of capitalist sympathisers killed or sent to prison camps to be used as slave labour, providing the perfect propaganda for the south. The south had not been without its own paranoia over a fifth column.[/sub] |
| [sub]The Bodo League Massacre was the personal project of President Rhee and was kept tightly under wraps; thousands of alleged communists and sympathisers were continuously rounded up and killed by members of the South Korean military and police; along with paramilitary groups. By the end of the summer it was believed according to records that roughly 100,000 had been killed, possibly double that amount.[/sub] |
| [sub]Troops from western nations including the United States and La Plata would arrive by the end of July, while US troops in Japan had arrived earlier it was not in a large enough number to turn the tide of war, the Republic of Koreas army had been reduced from 95,000 on June 25th down to as a little as 22,000 by mid-July. The first direct battle between the United States and the Korean Peoples Army was at the Battle of Osan on July 5th, Task Force Smith which was a small forward of the 24th Division flown in from Japan; the Task Force lacked the weapons to defeat the KPA troops resulting in 180 US deaths. The US was subsequently pushed back in a series of defeats, the last of which being the Battle of Taejeon between the 14th and 21st of July. The City of Taejeon was 170 miles south of Seoul causing great worry for those supportive of Rhees regime at the speed in which the KPA had managed to overrun the South.[/sub] |
| [sub]In August the advance of KPA forces steadily pushed back what remained of the ROK army and the US Eighth Army down the Peninsula at alarming speed. Premier Rang had remarked he believed the war would be over by the end of August, although some around him took a more pessimistic view in private. Its alleged that Secretary General of the Korean Workers Party, Kim Il-sung, said that the early victories could be the undermining of the war as troops became over-confident and stretched resources thinly.[/sub] |
| [sub]The push southwards brought with it the DPRKs own purge of those it considered a fifth column in its new territory, as they gained new lands those in the intelligentsia and civil service were often purged in mass killings. The ROK and US threatened that the North Korean leadership would be held responsible for the atrocities at the end of the war.[/sub] |
| [sub]September brought the decisive phase of the war, the UN forces led by the US and ROK had been hemmed into 10% of the Peninsula surrounding the city of Busan where President Rhee had fled during the early days of the war. A 230 km perimeter surrounded the city defended by UN troops, the Nakdong River ran along much of the perimeter and offered a good defensive position to allow the UN forces to regroup and recharge ready for the next phase of war. Currently a war viewed as an utter disaster for the west. East against West would not have to wait long for its next test as the KPA readied up to break through the perimeter in the september.[/sub] |
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[list][list]August 1950
[sub]The Correspondence Letter - Part 1[/sub][/list]
UNKNOWN LOCATION, TRIPOLITANIA, (Kotakuan Ii) EVENING
[sub]The Operation Room[/sub]
| The Free Officers Movement for all intents and purposes was initially formed by junior officers growing in discontent of the FAROUK government - what started out as the odd one or two officers before the 1948 War for Palestinian Liberation had morphed and catapulted itself into a strong movement headed by powerful junior officers such as Lieutenant Colonel GAMAL ABDEL NASSER & Colonel ANWAR SADAT who were proscribed by their fellow country and servicemen as war heros following World War Two & the 1948 war. This stardom essentially allowed the movement to gain leverage and momentum through the charismatic populist tongue of NASSER with the high ranking & proficiency of SADAT. The initial goal of the Free Officers Movement was unclear, but never to overthrow the FAROUK government until recently. |
| The monarchy, and the government which is formed under its name, has become increasingly untenable through a dereliction of duty and a complete neglection of those outside of Cairo of which high ranking aristocratic Egyptian nobles assumed would naturally correct itself as they had perceived the system had done for the past couple centuries. This was not the case, and it was no longer viable to hold onto the tradition of conservative values for Egyptian social and economic mobility outside of the Cairo-centric bubble of which the majority of the nobility found themselves in. Places outside Cairo, even the second capital of Egypt Alexandria, had been left to fend for itself. The worst effected towns were either rural or Libyan ; the Free Officers recognised this and wished to base their operations in such abandoned places to detract any unwanted attention. The Free Officers had completed the first basic step of any revolution, coup or uprising - form a secure organisational base of which the movement can rely on to assemble, plan and expand. The second step, once the free officers had acquired their base, was unorthodox for an Arabic country NASSER wished to reach out to the newly established CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) within the UNITED STATES of AMERICA (USA). The first point of contact within the United States was KERMIT ROOSEVELT of which Lieutenant Colonel NASSER wished to create a stable and reliable stream of communication to generate assistance and support from the United States CIA. Coming out of the Second World War, the Middle East was not the United States geopolitical area of expertise - the Middle East had practically been left to its own devices with the United Kingdom placed in charge of the area. It was well known that the relationship between FAROUK and the U.K was one of de jure dominion, given in 1936 the U.K played an unmistakable role in the ascension of FAROUK to the throne as an absolute monarch with the coup detat of the Anti-Colonial HUSSEIN Young Egypt Government this came at a price the price of (unofficial) dominion. |
[list][list][sub]The first correspondence letter from NASSER to ROOSEVELT wrote as follows:
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[pre]Dear Mr. K. Roosevelt,
I hope this finds you well. It is with great honour and esteemed privilege that I am able to write to you, but I write to you in the confidence that this material will stay confidential, the interests of both of our nations hang in the balance. I understand that the United States maintains no official foreign policy doctrine within the Middle East, leaving the area to the complete jurisdiction of the British colonial sphere. I think as a peoples, the American and Egyptian share a bond. A bond against tyranny, absolute monarchy and the power of a nation unfairly vested in the hands of few elites. It is this very reason why I ask for your support in this endeavour, and as previously mentioned must stay confidential between the two of us until we can tackle this more officially from our wider organisations (Central Intelligence Agency & the junior officers movement within Egypt). The Egyptian people are suffering, corruption is rife, and all at the same time a monopolistic aristocratic elite in both Britain & Egypt reap the rewards from our natural resources, taxes and Cairo-centric economic growth. To curb this, and provide a place for Egypt as a strategic partner to the United States in the future, I ask for the support of yourself, the CIA & the wider United States government when the time comes for this movement to strike this can be a success for us both, I know I can rely on you
Yours Sincerely,
G.A. Nasser[/pre]
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[list]JUNE-AUGUST 1950
[sub]LA GUERRA DE COREA: DIVISIÓN GRANADINA [/sub][/list]
Gran República de la Nueva Granada
[sub]In response to the June 27th call by Nordic United Nations General Secretary Trygve Lie and South Korean President Syngman Rhees call for support of UN forces in the Korean Peninsula and the defense of the Republic of Korea against the invading communist forces, conservative Secretary of War Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez would submit a formal appeal to send combat support to their allies to the Congress of New Granada, officially citing their commitment to the UN Security Charter and the importance of collective security.[/sub]
[sub]Despite his Liberal Partys attempt to preserve the long running positive relationship with the united states fostered by the past conservative administrations that was responsible for extensive aid, investments and strategic cooperation by supporting their ally in the peninsula against a blatant attack, President Gaitán would show hesitance, wary that the Soviet Union and the recently victorious Peoples Republic of China would levy support to North Korea, hurting relations with the Soviets he fought to retain after the 1948 Pan-Am Conference and potentially leading to open conflict between UN forces and the Communist Bloc, embroiling Granadine forces into a potential third world war flashpoint on foreign soil while the country suffered from a complex internal situation; presidential transition, bipartisan disputes and sectarian violence. [/sub]
[sub]Desperate for bipartisan action to mend the political divide in light of polarizing radical rhetoric of their poster boys Gaitán and Laureano Gomez, liberal statesmen under the Secretary of Government Dario Echandia and moderate conservative leader former President Ospina Pérez, allies and outspoken advocates for a renewed bipartisan alliance, would collude with Urdaneta and army attaché to Washington General Rojas Pinilla to draft the proposal to support UN forces in Korea, ensuring it survived congress and any revote forced by the president.[/sub]
[sub]With General Pinilla as its architect Decree 3230 on the 11th July would create the División Granadina under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jaime Polanía Puyo, consisting of 9,000 infantrymen divided into Batallón Amarillo (Yellow), Batallón Azul (Blue) and Batallón Rojo (Red) each consisting 3,000 units, over double the average Granadine battalion. The Granadine Division would be intended to serve under the United Nations Command upon its arrival in Korea. Yellow battalion would be made up of the most experienced soldiers and officers, many veterans of the first world war deployed under American units, scheduled for refresher training and arrival on the 8th of August while Blue and Red Battalion would undergo basic training with a scheduled arrival of late September - early October and November 1950 respectively. Pinilla would take it upon himself to return to Granada to see off all ground troops committed to the war effort[/sub]
[sub]The decree would further allow Urdaneta to deploy a naval force of 1 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer GARG Caldas and 3 Tacoma-class frigates GARG Almirante Padilla, GARG Capitán Tono and GARG Almirante Brión under the command of Lieutenant commander Julio César Reyes Canal. On the first of August The ships would sail from port in Joint Naval Base Baltra in Galapagos State to the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu and finally to United States Fleet Activities Sasebo in Japan to join the United Nations Command Blockading and Escort Force around the Korean Peninsula. Rear Admiral Wolfgang Enrique Larrazábal Ugueto, naval attaché to the United States would honor sailors with a personal sendoff at Pearl Harbor.[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]LABAN PILIPINAS!
FIGHT, PHILIPPINES![/pre][/list][/list]
[pre]| THE PHILIPPINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO KOREA (PEFTOK) IS MOBILIZED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED NATIONS FORCES AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA![/pre]
[sub]MANILA - After submitting to the Congress a draft joint resolution to immediately mobilize a force of 2,500 volunteer personnel for immediate deployment under the United Nations Command in the Republic of Korea, President Manuel Roxas announced in early July that he would be signing a proclamation officializing the formation of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea, or PEFTOK for short. According to the approved resolution designed by both the Senate Armed Forces Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, a force of an estimated 2,000 troops would be mobilized and deployed to Pusan, in the Republic of Korea, to support their defense against the communist aggressors from Pyongyang. The announcement would be met with excitement and pride from the Filipino people, who would receive the news of Philippine support for a fellow free and democratic nation against communist tyranny. It would mark the first combat operation engaged in by the Philippine Army, formed in 1946 with the Third Republic's independence.[/sub]
[sub]The PEFTOK would be divided into 6 battalion combat teams (BCTs) incorporating infantry, artillery and reconnaissance elements. These teams would be the 2nd Battalion Combat Team, the 10th Battalion Combat Team, the 14th Battalion Combat Team, the 19th Battalion Combat Team, the 20th Battalion Combat Team, and the 22nd Battalion Combat Team. The teams would be organized to encourage both independent offensive and defensive operations as well as cooperative operations between the various BCTs. The PEFTOK would be armed with surplus equipment from the United States left over for the Philippine Armed Forces, with three small tank squadrons being attached to the Expeditionary Force to Korea as well.[/sub]
[sub]The Expeditionary Force would be headed by a council of the commanders of each BCT as well as a deputy of their choice. Appointed head of reconnaissance operations for the entirety of the Expeditionary Force, however, would be one Fidel V. Ramos, a graduate of West Point. Other commanders would include Antonio de Veyra (2nd BCT), Conrado Yap (10th BCT), and Rodrigo Sarmiento (20th BCT).[/sub]
[sub]This initial force of about 2,000 troops is most likely to be supplemented by additional deployments of up to 4,000 more troops in the coming months and years, depending on how United Nations and ROK forces are able to hold Pusan and hopefully push back against the communist advance southward. President Roxas and Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay - the sole Nacionalista Party member to remain in the Liberal-dominated cabinet - would wave off the PEFTOK in late July, who would be expected to arrive by August in Pusan, to support UN and ROK defensive and offensive operations.[/sub]
[sub]Beyond the deployment of PEFTOK, the Philippine Government would also extend to the United States an offer to jointly expand military drills in Subic Bay - currently home to the largest U.S. military base outside of the American mainland - as well as expand general military co-operation, in the wake of the Korean War.[/sub]
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[list][sub]24.𝚅.1948[/sub]
[sub]CENTRISMO[/sub]
CENTRISM
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ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub]Palazzo Montecitorio | Chamber of Deputies
[nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| With the country's '48 election resulting in a DC majority, Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi would have free reign over the composition of his government; technically, a Democrazia Cristiania-only cabinet is possible, but has not been considered by the Prime Minister. Eager to instill a sense of calmness after the tension of the past months, and indeed, the past few years, De Gasperi called for a coalition government, one that could give broad legitimacy to his party for the reconstruction of the country and its much-needed social reforms, as well as the thorny issue of the Julian March. |
| However, repeating the immediate post-war union of left and right, possibly including the PCI and the PSI, would not be on the table, for the harsh campaigning and the '47 exclusion of those parties from government made it impossible. Instead, the DC would come together with an array of minor parties, comprising the Liberal and Monarchist Parties, as well as the Socialist Party of Italian Workers. This party, despite its name, is a moderate splinter group of the PSI, headed by Giuseppe Saragat, who denounced the PSI's alliance with the PCI into the Fronte Popolare for the '48 election. |
| In the Stile Liberty interiors of the Palazzo Montecitorio, home to the Chamber of Deputies since the Great War, De Gasperi would keep his position, as was expected, and would then be re-appointed Prime Minister by His Majesty Umberto II. Meeting in the Palazzo Quirinale, the two men had a long discussion, with the King reportedly in full agreement with De Gasperi's focus on rebuilding at home and changing Italy's image abroad. There is indeed much to do in both areas. |
[list]ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
[sub]MAY 1948
[*] PRIME MINISTER : Alcide de Gasperi (DC)
[*] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER : Attilio Piccioni (DC)
[*] PRIME MINISTER : Giovanni Porzio (PLI)
[*] PRIME MINISTER : Giuseppe Saragat (PSLI)
[*] MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS : Carlo Sforza (Ind.)
[*] MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR : Mario Scelba (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF REUNIFICATION : Alcide de Gasperi (DC) ad interim
[*] MINISTER OF GRACE AND JUSTICE : Giuseppe Grassi (PLI)
[*] MINISTER OF BUDGET : Giuseppe Pella (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF FINANCE : Ezio Vanoni (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF TREASURY : Giuseppe Pella (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF DEFENSE : Alfredo Covelli (PNM)
[*] MINISTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION : Guido Gonella (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS : Umberto Tupini (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTS : Antonio Segni (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF TRANSPORTS : Guido Corbellini (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS : Angelo Raffaele Jervolino (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE : Ivan Matteo Lombardo (PSLI) and Giovanni Battista Bertone (DC)
[*] MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE : Cesare Merzagora (Ind.)
[*] MINISTER OF THE MERCHANT NAVY : Giuseppe Saragat (PSLI)
[*] MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY : Amintore Fanfani (DC)
[*] MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO : Roberto Tremelloni (PSLI)
[*] MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO : Alberto Giovannini (PLI)
[*] SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS : Giulio Andreotti (DC)[/sub][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]
[nation]Alaroth[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Astarina[/nation]
[nation]Bayside[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]Finlandee[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Irelaand[/nation]
[nation]Islahh[/nation]
[nation]Philanialle[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Somerania[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]
[nation]Tallahan[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]
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[list][sub]𝙸𝚇.1948[/sub]
[sub]LA STRADA DELLA RICOSTRUZIONE I[/sub]
THE ROAD TO RECONSTRUCTION I
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ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| Three years after peace returned, Italy remains crippled. The North's factories, once churning out steel and automobiles in large quantities, have been destroyed by Allied bombs or emptied by the Germans. In many cities, rubble continues to prove a constant reminder of the suffering endured during those years. And the cost of life remains high, as well as unemployment, turning ordinary civilians to the black market and petty crime. However, bright spots remain Textile mills have been miraculously left to stand, and food, clothes and basic necessities have been provided by Allied and UN aid when they were most needed. During the past years, infrastructure in the form of roads, bridges, tunnels and viaducts has been rebuilt, being of immediate necessity. Yet, due to political uncertainty, wider resuscitation of the once-bustling country lags behind. It is precisely this daunting task that awaits Alcide De Gasperi's newly-formed government. |
| To do so, it would use two crucial assets. The first, local, is an inheritance from the fascist period : The Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale, or IRI, the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction, a public holding company reporting to the Ministry of State Holdings and giving the state control over a large number of privately-held industries without nationalization; this had been done in the pre-war period by appropriating the stakes held by banks in large companies. In this manner, over three-fourths of the economy had been in the hands of the government by the beginning of the war, making it easier to control financing and manage administrative tasks, without having to invest in long-term returns. This formula, which had been a success, was to be retained as per the government's plan for reconstruction, therefore giving Rome a vital leverage in the national economy. Many sectors were lined up for revival: Steel production, automobiles, chemicals, electronics, textile, shipbuilding, telecommunications and more Showing a general shift towards industry and services, away from agriculture. |
| In the steel sector, prominent Roman industrialist Oscar Sinigaglia would be given free reign to implement an ambitious plan aimed at producing massive amounts of steel at a lower price; Sinigaglia would be handed control of Finsider, a holding company of the IRI. The Sinigaglia Plan laid out that Italy's steel production would first be concentrated around three large and modern factories, to be built around the most important factories existing today in Cornigliano, Bagnoli and Piombino. Whereas state-owned steel mills were once confined to producing raw steel before the war, leaving the rest of the process to privately-owned steelworks, the new formula will see full-cycle production and vertical integration centered around those three sites, in an effort to produce large amounts of steel at competitive prices. From raw steel to profiles, railway rails, coated steels and flat steels for the automobile industry, all shall be produced around those three plants. FIAT, the Turin-based automobile company, has already signed on the project, killing in the egg any oppostion from private companies. In the future, the efficient production of steel is also intended to help many more companies deemed of national importance, making the Sinigaglia Plan a cornerstone of the reconstruction. By 1954, when the Cornigliano factory will be finished, the IRI hopes that this renascent steel industry will fuel growth in many sectors of the Italian economy. |
| The second asset would be foreign: The Marshall Plan, whose funds were first sent this year. An outpour of $12 billion in direct aid, loans and grants, will be sent to Italy until 1952, 75% of which will be directed towards the reconstruction of infrastructure, 20% towards in-kind subsidies, and the rest towards direct investment in private entreprise. The war bombings, which have done the most damage to public infrastructure, will be used as a map to allocate the funds, and in this way facilitate the general recovery by providing the country with new roads, railways and ports. New infrastructure is also on the table, in order to account for greater economic growth in the future. The shortening of travel distances and purchase of new farm equipment will help the agricultural sector in particular, which has not been treated kindly by the government's focus on industry. |
| With steel and infrastructure The sources of all other industries now on the road to reconstruction, the government can also count on the pre-existent hydroelectric production, massively used since before the war, and only lightly affected by it, to provide cheap and affordable energy. |
[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]
[nation]Alaroth[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Astarina[/nation]
[nation]Bayside[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]Finlandee[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Irelaand[/nation]
[nation]Islahh[/nation]
[nation]Philanialle[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Somerania[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]
[nation]Tallahan[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]
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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION SHOWS CONSERVATIVE DRIFT IN SLOVENIA, UNSEATING THE LIBERAL PARTY
[list][sup]TOO GOOD TO LAST
SLOVENIAJULY 1950[/sup][/list]
Slovenias second parliamentary elections yielded an impressive turnout for Andrej Gosars Slovenian Peoples Party (SLS), a center-right faction that has pushed for Christian democracy in Slovenia since the age of the Karadordeviči. Now leveraging anti-communism into an increasingly reactionary electorate, the right wing in Slovenia had been perfectly poised to dominate the elections, and so it did; capped in their star-spangled deep blue berets, Slovene soldiers kept watch at polling stations as the populace elected an SLS plurality. The Liberal Party of Boris Furlan, the dominant party upon independence, earned a paltry 19% of the vote as factionalism spread; with that, the SLS was free to abandon its central coalition with the Liberal Party and establish a new conservative coalition with the Slovenian National Party, a rightist group that earned the 8% needed to tip the SLS into a combined majority. With that, accomplished economist and social theorist Andrej Gosar, 62, became the Prime Minister of Slovenia in the place of bespectacled Liberal Party pioneer and independence activist Miha Krek, 52. Krek accepted his dismissal with grace, though he maintained his parliamentary seat for Gorenje Vas and celebrated with a banquet graced by the music of Anton Dolinarthere, he described the unseating of the Liberal Party as very temporary.
The legislative elections cast a grim shadow over the October presidential elections for the Liberal Party. Boris Furlan continued to endorse feminist lawyer Vida Tomič, who he believed would fuse national pride and liberal thinking sufficiently to win over most of the populace, but merely being Furlans successor did not guarantee a victory for Tomič. Goricas Engelbert Besednjakwidely considered the best public speaker in the Republichad been put forth as a powerful opponent by the SLS. Indeed, Gosar made a bet similar to Furlans, hoping that Besednjak, who represented the SLSs liberal wing, would net a wide range of voters with his charisma and well-articulated political ideology. A key debate between the two at the ruined bastion fort of the coastal Istrian city of Kidriče yielded no clear winner, with both respectfully speaking deft points and counter-points to an enthralled audience. Beyond Besednjak and Tomič, more marginalized politicians chipped away at the electorates; nationalist Joe Vesel boldly ran on a platform of Slovenification and national hygiene, while austere chairman Iztok Jamnik of Maadan methodically brought voters into his Levica (Left) organization of socialists and leftists who continued to defy political repression.
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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1737567
[sub]1950s dispatch![/sub]
[sub]Thanks to Amsterwald for the Summary sentences![/sub]
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CHILYAMAFWA II ORGANIZES THE IFILA, A TRUE PAN-BEMBA ARMY
[list][sup]WALKING THE BALANCE
BEMBALANDAUGUST 1950[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]https://i.imgur.com/EPWjrnD.png[/sup][/list]
Chilyamafwa II, Chitimukulu (paramount chief) of the whole of Bembaland, was seeing a truly pivotal reign. A deft, respected leader with a true care for his people, Chilyamafwa has seen the birth of UluBembathe Kingdom of the Bembaand its utter independence. Much work was still to be done; however, with the counsel of Sir Stewart Gore-Browne, the completion of the KuluBemba, palace of the Bemba, and the absolute respect of the clans, the reign of the Crocodile King seemed unquestionably bright. Leveraging the momentum of his successes, Chilyamafwa proclaimed the formation of the ifila (army) of Bembaland in August 1950, the first professional national army in the nations history. The rainy summer seasonwinter in the Northern Hemispherewas to be used for intense, rain-swept training of a combined army indiscriminately incorporating members of the Bemba clans. At its head would be Kasomo III, chief of the traditionally military mbwa (dog) clan and known by the epithet pama (bold) for his defiant endurance of a physical reprisal by a British officer during the imperial occupation. Kasomo had long thought that Chilyamafwa was too kind to LuBembas former colonizers and represented those who thought the same way; the Chitimukulu apparently sought to befriend Kasomo and his followers by giving him a position of authority.
Humble and gracious in receiving the post, Kasomo set to work in organizing the ifila at Kasama in the late dry season. The entire body of vehicles left by the British in the capital of Bembaland amounted to eight American-built jeeps and a small stockpile of fuel now supplemented by small monthly shipments in convoys from Zaire. Further assets were found in the boma of Sir Robert Edward Codrington, a former colonial administrator, which had been torn down to build the KuluBemba; within, two dozen battle rifles were complemented by three crates of ammunition. Such were the tools of Kasomo, now ntungulushi (leader) of the Army of All Bembaland. He could work with it, though; the Bemba were no stranger to firearms, which they had traded with Arab merchants for over a century and which were formative to their conquests. The first recruits were brought in from the mbwa in mid-August; armed with machetes, spears, and shields, they were to serve as the core of the ifila until more firearms could be acquired. Kasomo had a bold vision for the army within one years time: he aimed that the ifila should grow to be a force of nearly 3,000 men. It would be divided into three groups: the infantry, a 2,000-strong mass of footmen armed with machetes, spears, and bows, among whom the most talented huntsmen would be trained to use the small collection of rifles; the cavalry, 500 men mounted on donkeys and tasked with scouting and carrying supplies; and the artillery, a small collection of men armed with a pair of forgotten British field guns. Kasomo himself was nominally in charge of the infantry alonethe army altogether was sworn to the Chitimukulubut his leadership and the salutary neglect of Chilyamafwa gave him de facto control over the entire ifila.
Demanding bupete (obedience) as a central tenet, Kasomo started work at once. Village smithsalready capable in the reforging and sharpening of axe- and spear-bladeswere called to smelt and forge the iron ore of the east into blades, as the neighboring Luba people had done for centuries. Physical strength among those set to wield those blades was tested through long and difficult days in the east of the country, where Kasomo directly oversaw the use of military labor to build a martial outpost and airstrip at Kapembe; the airfield was to be the countrys second, with a civilian one having been cleared at Kasama during the winter months. Meanwhile, scouts were trained by being assigned to track animal movements: the first engagement of the ifila came when a man-eating lion was found and dramatically hunted through the savanna, ending a reign of terror the lion had mounted along the Vumbo River. Kasomo proudly presented its pelt to the Chitimukulu, who gifted it to Kasomo to be made into the centerpiece of his uniform as ntungulushi of the ifila. Thus had begun the army of Bembaland; in the late spring, when the rains finally came, Kasomo was to whet and hone it in drenched mock battles in blinding rain, testing his mens tactics in the most difficult conditions. He would make the most of the soldiers of UluBemba, driving them towards martial greatness with the years.
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[list][list]September 1950
[sub]The Next Chapter [/sub][/list]
PALACIO DE VILLAMEJOR, MADRID, (Bescania) NIGHT
| It was late in the official residency of the Spanish Prime Minister, the Palacio de Villamejor. Whilst not publicly stating so, the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (SSWP) General Committee had been privately and duly informed of the rapidly worsening health of Prime Minister & Leader of the SSWP FRANCISCO LARGO CABALLERO, who had been suffering from cancer of the prostate for the last 2 years knowingly and perhaps many more years unknowingly. In that time of unknowingness, cancer had metastasized to other parts of his body, effectively rendering cancer residing within the Prime Minister inoperable in large parts once discovered. It was therefore a case of pain management, also given the Prime Minister's age of 81 any operation was considered a great risk and outweighed any positives. On the 2nd September 1950, 4 years after the SSWPs 1946 election victory, the Prime Minister who had offered hope, change and the third way to so many Spaniards took his last breaths in the company of immediate family - including his wife, three children and five grandchildren. The experiment of Marxism-Caballorism, a reformist democratic Marxism as opposed to the Stalinist Marxist-Leninism of the Eastern Bloc, was now hanging in the balance. The Ministry of Public Communications was informed of the passing of the Prime Minister, and a national mourning was instituted for a period of two full working days. Death is the gateway to rebirth, and when someone beloved passes through, we both mourn and celebrate. We feel their loss in our life and community, yet we celebrate all that they achieved in their lifetime for goodness, for love, for the natural world, for humanity, socialism and internationalism. It is a time when we are most aware of how sacred living is and to appreciate the gift all the more, and the importance of leading a good, meaningful, life full of generosity. However, some politicians within the Peoples Republic of Spain were celebrating the death of CABALLERO for more malignant reasons. The funeral for the Prime Minister is organised for MONDAY 2nd of OCTOBER, with an open invite for world leaders to attend. Some figures personally invited by the Ministry of Public Communications to attend are: |
[list][list][sub]HENRY WALLACE, President of the United States of America
JOSIP BROZ TITO, Prime Minister of FPR Yugoslavia
MASOUD BARZANI, President of Kurdistan
JOSEF STALIN, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
VINCENT AUROIL, President of the French Republic
[/sub][/list][/list]
| Perhaps the choice of inviting both Western and Eastern leaders in this growingly polarised world was symbolism for Spanish continued commitment to neutrality, but deep down the Ministry knew such an invite may result in rejection from either the US or USSR, but if the invitation of both President WALLACE & General Secretary STALIN was to be successful then the close proximity of the two would be chaotic, to say the least ... |
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
[/spoiler]
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| MARIE IZURU SNATCHES THE WIN FROM LIBERAL WING |
[sub]12th of May, 1950[/sub]
| The elections to the National Congress of Zaire has taken place in the early days of May, and the elections has been characterized with three major points; Radio, Educated People and Working Masses. These three components have led to a major shift within the National Congress that has brought the country to a different moment, for the first time since 1940. The ten year domination of the Congress by the Liberal Wing has ended.
POPULAR VOTE ELECTION RESULTS BASED ON REGION;
[list]ZAIRE ENRICHI;
LEFT WING - 12 Seats in the National Congress has been gained / +4 Seats
LIBERAL WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress has been gained / -6 Seats
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ZAIRE VERT;
LEFT WING - 13 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +2 Seats
CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 5 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / -2 Seats
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ZAIRE INDUSTRIEL NORD;
LEFT WING - 11 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +5 Seats
LIBERAL WING - 6 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / -2 Seats
CENTRAL WING - 1 Seat in the National Congress has been gained / -3 Seats
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ZAIRE INDUSTRIEL SUD;
LEFT WING - 14 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +5 Seats
LIBERAL WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / -5 Seats
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LA DIAMANT DU ZAIRE;
LIBERAL WING - 10 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +1 Seat
LEFT WING - 8 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / N/A
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ELECTION RESULTS BASED ON FINEST ASSEMBLY VOTES;
LIBERAL WING - 30 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +10 Seats
LEFT WING - 20 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +20 Seats
CENTRAL WING - 6 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -5 Seats
CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -3 Seats
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OVERALL ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE NATIONAL CONGRESS;
LEFT WING will have 78 Seats in the National Congress / +36 Seats
LIBERAL WING will have 54 Seats in the National Congress / -22 Seats
CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING will have 9 Seats in the National Congress / -5 Seats
CENTRAL WING will have 7 Seats in the National Congress / -9 Seats[/list]
Marie Izuru's Left Wing has swept the popular vote, and due to the actions of Celine Mezeri ( leader of the Central Wing ), the Left Wing managed to get 20 seats from the Finest Assembly which has been as an act of disloyalty by Nigoye and the Liberals, with the informal coalition of Liberals and Centrals being broken. A coalition which now has formed between Mezeri and Izuru in the Congress, marking Mezeri as an official representative of the coalition within Nigoye's government alongside other Centrals. But as much as Mezeri enabled Izuru to gain votes in the Assembly, it's the other three major components that have brought Izuru to victory.
RADIO, became Izuru's main tool in this election campaign with Izuru managing to use it as a tool of mass media propaganda for her wing. With much of Zaireans now owning a radio and the living of standards rising to a point of such luxurious becoming affordable, Mrs Izuru used the radio as a fantastic way into people's homes with her messages of universal healthcare, better pay and growing industry reaching people at their homes.
EDUCATED MASSES, became Izuru's friend. With much of Zaireans between the ages of 18 and 50 having beyond standard education levels, and with the large mass population being literate to a very good/good standard, Mrs Izuru reached out to them in that they deserve a congress that represents them and their needs more than the current one.
WORKING MASSES, find Mrs Izuru inspirational as many Zairean newspapers say. Unlike Mrs Banza who is viewed as the mother of the nation as years go on, and Mr Nigoye being viewed as more of a reformist, Mrs Izuru is viewed as a self-made African woman of her time. Much of the working classes, as the polls suggest, have cast their vote onto Mrs Izuru viewing her as their true representative.
As so, Mrs Izuru has managed to sweep the votes and turn the Congress upside down. Despite Nigoye still leading the government, he will be unable to pass any reformation without her approval, even if the Christian Democrats come to his aid. Mr Nigoye will now have to share his power and compromise, which might come hard after ten years of solid domination and rule over the country and the Congress. However, Mrs Izuru victory comes with her promises for the next two years.
[list][ MARIE IZURU, Leader of the Left Wing ( Translated to English for International Press ) ]: "It is with great pleasure that I can announce the Left Wing victory in the Congress. Why? Because we will be able to push for reforms that will support the ordinary Zairean, not just the growing elites. And as a I stand before you, the free press of our country, I gurantee every Zairean right now that by 1952, universal healthcare will be adopted, social security system will be created, the economy of our country will increase drastically and we every Zairean will have access to free university education in order to create a fairer and more accessible work field. I am sure that Mr Nigoye will agree that we must work together in order for Zaire to thrive. Now, if you excuse me, work has to be done."[/list]
[spoiler="The victory of Mrs Izuru came as a shock to the establishment. Favoured, silently, by Mrs Banza, the victory of Izuru means a new opening for the politics of Zaire but also a new opening for reformation and the economy."]Adriatican Islands
The Former United States And The Enclave
[/spoiler]
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UČKASLOVENIAS HELICOPTER VENTUREAND THE FIRST SLOVENE ROTORCRAFT
[list][sup]FROM THE WINDSWEPT MOUNTAINS
SLOVENIASEPTEMBER 1950[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]https://i.imgur.com/v1fd88h.png[/sup][/list]
The late summer sun beamed hotly down onto the Mediterranean cypresses of the Istrian coast. Medieval vineyards sloped down from austere mountains towards pristine beaches, host to a light sea breeze. The sounds would have only been that of the rustling of leaves and greenery, but a new thrumming approached: through a mountain pass, a slender helicopter in a light blue livery moved carefully but purposefully for the coast, keeping a pace of around 50 km/h. On a gravel road underneath, two rugged green jeeps drove, striving earnestly to keep pace with the machine. Another jeep waited on the shore, white-coated observers standing around it in close watch of the helicopter drawing near. With a keen eye, one could spot the black triangle on the crafts side: the symbol of the Učka corporation, increasingly a pioneer in aeronautics research. The watchers, too, had the symbol emblazoned on their coats; this was a corporate affair, both profit and Slovenian engineering hung in the balance. In a few moments, the two approaching jeeps reached those already on the beach, and the helicopter ventured out over open water. This was the Učka Galeb, or seagull: Slovenias first domestically designed and produced helicopter, already established in several over-land tests throughout the summer of 1950. What flew now over the Adriatic, however, was its marine variant: wider, buoyant skids would theoretically permit it to conduct water landings.
The observers watched in bated breath as the craft slowly descended toward the open ocean. The lead designer, Anton Grilc, stood next to the jeeps, clutching a radio and nervously running his hands through his hair. After a few moments, the machine touched down on the water, sending out ripples in every direction. The skids held. Grilc exhaled. Indeed, the Učka Galeb had been conceived as a multipurpose light helicopter, ideal for a variety of missions: from carrying supplies and personnel in rugged mountainous terrain to acting as an air ambulance in the Slovenian countryside. Still, a water landing had been a crucial test for the machines practicality as a marine transport, and it had been passed. The relief of the Učka staffers was immense; the project had been beset by financial difficulties from the very beginning. The Učka corporation was a relatively young company, having only been founded in 1947 in the wake of Slovene independence. It had been difficult to secure investment from the thinly stretched Slovenian government, and harder to convince investors of the long-term practicality of a helicopter development firm. The Galeb had been developed on a small budget primarily supplemented by the passion and education of its designers, all graduates of the engineering faculties of the Universities of Ljubljana and Maadan.
With a cruising speed of about 140 km/h and a light, agile build, the Galeb would have a variety of uses, ranging from marine and land rescue operations to surveillance and military patrols; machine guns could be easily fit to its sides, despite its intended civilian use. The Slovenian Air Fleet put in an order for forty and gave a substantial research grant to Učka after the marine test, though the question of manufacturing the Galeb on a large scale still hung over Grilc and his colleagues. Still, the order was a vital turning point in the history of the company. Money was direly needed, as Grilc had failed to interest the military with his first test. Indeed, the Galeb had first taken flight on June 2nd, 1950, from the companys headquarters and test facility near the Istrian village of Lupoglav. The machine had been piloted by Anton Grilc himself, with Učkas chief mechanic, Franc utar, serving as the co-pilot. The flight had been a short one, lasting only a few minutes, but though it failed to impress military observers it was nonetheless a momentous occasion. The Galeb was the first Slovenian-designed and -produced aircraft of any kind to leave the ground, and it had done so successfully.
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[sub]DEMOCRATIC GERMANY AND SOCIALIST REALISM SEPTEMBER 1950[/sub]
| A significant editorial in Neues Deutschland outlining the Foreign Policy of the German Democratic Republic. |
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1791920
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list]MAY 1950
[sub]Reluctant Appointee[/sub][/list]
[pre] S T A T E D E P T . G O S P E L [/pre]
[sup]A Series¹[/sup][sub][pre] D U L L E S A M E R I C A N A[/pre][/sub]
[list][list][sub][pre]A good man out of the good treasure of
his heart bringeth forth that which is good;
and an evil man out of the evil treasure of
his heart bringeth forth that which is evil;
for of the abundance of his heart his
mouth speaketh.
LUKE 6:45, KJV[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
[list][sub]With no prior connections and no Ivy league credentials, during the administration of President HENRY A. WALLACE A chance encounter with DEAN ACHESON in 46 led to his being elevated to the position of Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. He traveled with ACHESON, served as his right-hand man, attended meetings, and saw every piece of paper that entered or left the Secretary's office. ACHESON grew quite fond of his "indispensable aide," The two men would remain close friends for the rest of Acheson's life.[/sub][/list]
INT. 77th FLOOR, WORLD TRADE CENTER NORTH AFTERNOON
[sub]NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Paramountica[/sub]
[list][list][pre]▌SEPTEMBER 1987[/pre][/list][/list]
| LUKE DURHAM BATTLE, 69, with gray hair and an equally gray suit, seated in front of a window of his 77th floor office, sips a glass of water as a microphone is clipped to his suit jacket lapel. |
[list]| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | I can squeeze a little time here, I havent been so busy since I left the [Foreign Policy] institute heh.
| INTERVIEWER, [sub]BBC Documentary[/sub] | At John Hopkins?
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | Yes, correct, last year. Im at [Middle East Institute] MEI now, however . . . less students.[/list]
| The [CAMERA] refocuses, they already began the interview. A closeup of BATTLE. |
[list]| INTERVIEWER, [sub]BBC Documentary[/sub] | So youve had a long distinguished career.
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | Id like to think so!
| INTERVIEWER, [sub]BBC Documentary[/sub] | Presidents Wallace, at NATO and Rockefeller during Eisenhowers years, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | Johnson was my pinnacle, Ambassador to the UAR in 64 and all.[/list]
| BATTLE took a sip of water again, the camera refocused. |
[pre]CUT TO:[/pre]
| BATTLE, still seated, the camera, still focused as the INTERVIEWER let BATTLE answer another question. |
[list]| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | . . . Well uh, in 1950? . . . Everyone was wary of him at first . . . Several advisers [at State], Remembering Dulles tendency to leak things to the press, all too well. We uh, well made sure to keep top-secret documents from him.
| INTERVIEWER, [sub]BBC Documentary[/sub] | How did the State Department end up handling him in those early years?
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | Question came up as to what sort of telegrams and messages and so forth should be shown to him . . . and the first attitude was distrust, hesitation. The people who handled the telegrams worried about it. But I argued that you couldnt have two classes of citizens in the building, and if you were going to have Dulles there at all you were going to have to send him the daily summary of all the incoming messages as well as those on which he was working. And that was the way it was done.
| INTERVIEWER, [sub]BBC Documentary[/sub] | Did Dulles ever figure there was an issue with telegrams being sent his way?
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | . . . I dont believe so. I didnt expect any form of recognition from Foster Dulles anyway. He had a habit of elbowing his way past me when dealing with the Secretary [of State]. I had a sorta niche thing at Achesons office, almost like this third ear . . . Dulles uh, didnt like that all.[/list]
| BATTLE was only 32 at the time, in 1950. By then, JOHN FOSTER DULLES had been an interim Republican senator of New York a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell a US delegate to the United Nations and a Legal Counsel at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. |
[list]| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | He didnt like to work through me, didnt see any reason, any reason at all for that young person to have anything to do with him . . . Well, whether he liked it or not, and everyone in the building knew it, Acheson wanted me there in those meetings. But I didnt press myself on Mr. Dulles however, and if I missed a meeting, [Secretary] Acheson immediately afterwards told me what happened, and we had a follow up, that was my role.
| INTERVIEWER, [sub]BBC Documentary[/sub] | He was 64, you were 32, correct? Was it an age thing or?
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] | Not just age, see I didnt attend an Ivy [League]. Not like he did, not like most did . . . and hed been a Senator and diplomat to god knows how many Presidents, at S&C too, he just resented me . . . and heres the thing, Acheson forgot to tell me Dulles didnt want me around, although Dulles had went to him several times to make it clear . . . I dont want Luke Battle anywhere near me! Id rather eat oakbark than see Luke Battle around and so on and so on . . . because of that, a couple of things Dulles wanted to get done didnt get done.[/list]
INT. DULLES OFFICE, STATE DEPARTMENT MORNING
[sub]WASHINGTON D.C., Paramountica[/sub]
[list][list][pre]▌MAY 1950[/pre][/list][/list]
| JOHN FOSTER DULLES, 62, finally in person. With round glasses and swept back silver-white hair, he always wore a vest along with his suits. Lanky and a senior among the American diplomatic core It was the morning as he set his briefcase down upon his desk, and just was he was about to close his office door, LUKE BATTLE, 32, was already there, with a sense of urgency closed it for him, leaving the two in there. |
[list]| JOHN FOSTER DULLES, [sub]State Department Diplomat[/sub] | Lucius, what is the meaning of!
| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]Special Assistant to Sec. Acheson[/sub] | Mr. Dulles, I think it will work a great deal better if I am privy to your conversations with Secretary Acheson. If you have any reason to wish to see him alone, I have no objection, but if I am to know about it, then it will get done. I dont know about it, it wont get done.[/list]
| DULLES just stood there, blinking a few times behind his glasses, surprised at the quiet ambush but nevertheless DULLES took the hint. Expect on rare occasions thereafter, he always indicated hed like BATTLE to be around. |
[list]| LUKE BATTLE, [sub]American Diplomat (retd.)[/sub] [sup](V.O.)[/sup] | . . . It was a sort of wary relationship although.[/list]
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[sub]¹ A Series: Dulles Americana focuses on JOHN FOSTER DULLES, and the State Department at large during Americas cold war years. DULLES went on to serve as President EISENHOWERs Secretary of State, and his brother, ALLEN DULLES, a founding father of Americas intelligence community and director of the CIA.[/sub]
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[list][pre]September, 1950 | El Taiyar Zulufu Street and Barlaman Avenue Khartoum, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
TRANSPORTATION-HEALTHCARE-EDUCATION-LABOR, THE MINISTRIES ACT[/list]
Growing demand for more efficient, shorter forms of travel and movement between the provinces, poor or insufficient medical institutions and equipment in many towns and cities outside and in some cases within Khartoum, the demand for higher education, most importantly in regions where access to lower education itself is scarce. And finally, the rising movement of unionizations and worker organizations in the industrial cities is just one of the few concerns and questions facing the internal crisis within the Sudanese nation.
Just like the establishment of the Sudanese Foreign Office and National Defence Ministry, Khalil would prove to be successful in his mission to construct a stronger bureaucratic frame within the Sudanese state. Khalil would introduce four new institutions to be added to the cabinet of the executive office, as he would propose those offices before the Sudanese Parliament in the form of one single bill titled the THELM Act'' or more popularly known as THELMA by members of parliament.
The THELM Act would stand for The Transportation, Healthcare, Education, and Labor Ministries Act, which Khalil insists is an important addition to be made to the executive instruments of the government citing the importance of needing immediate government institutions to alleviate pressure on the ensuing climate and social disparities within the young commonwealth. Parliament had debated the passing of the Act, with most grievances falling on to the creation of a Labor cabinet, with some members of parliament even angered over the inclusion of Labor into a bill that also included what they saw as a much more important and needed ministries to the national operation, but eventual with many petitions to the commonwealth, liberals, and communists, Parliament would finally pass the THELM Act.
The THELM Act would allow Prime Minister Khalil to establish the four new executive offices that would also become part of the Prime Ministers Cabinet. The new offices would become The Transportation Infrastructure Ministry (TIM), The National Social Healthcare Ministry (NSHM), The Ministry of Education (MoE), and finally the Ministry of Workforce Labor (MoWL). All four Ministries would take office in various buildings up and down the junctions between El Taiyar Zulufu Street and Barlaman Avenue area, Just next door to where the Sudanese parliament had sat. Much like Foreign Secretary Hosni and Defence Minister Diu, all of the officeholders appointed by Khalil would be equally approved for their positions following a review by the five-member committee of Parliamentarians. Soon after they would all be sworn into their newfound positions within the Prime Ministers Cabinet and the executive branch of government.
The Office of The Transportation Infrastructure Ministry would be appointed under Transportation Minister Arthur Gaitskell, the first of two Anglo-Sudanese Commonwealth citizens to serve under the Khalil Administration, Minister Gaitskell had served as chairman of the Sudan Gezira Board which had oversight of the Gezira Scheme, and also had much use of Sudans railway, road, and Nile river transportations. The TIMs first task would be to review and oversee the modernization of the Sudanese railway corporation which had been put under the Ministrys control.
Social Health Minister Ali Bedri, the first Sudanese-born and El Funj Province graduate of The Kitchener Medical School in Khartoum would be appointed as Sudans National Social Healthcare Ministry by Prime Minister Khalil. Minister Bedris first task would be to work together with provincial and local agencies to expand health infrastructure and information, to promote national healthcare and well-being.
The Ministry of Education would come under the control of Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa of the White Nile province. Al-Khalifa was a prominent teacher at Bakht Arrida from 1938 to 1944, until he moved to Great Britain to continue his education by attending Exeter College, University of Oxford. By 1946 he would return to Sudan to resume his teaching job at Bakht Arrida. And by 1950 Khalifa had toured the Sudanese south to promote equal education before being invited to the position of Education Minister by the Khalil Administration. Just as he was doing before his new position in power, he seems to ensure the role of the MoE would be to promote equal standards of education and bring Sudan on a national standard for language and culture.
And finally, the task of Labor Minister would belong to the second Anglo-Sudanese citizen within the cabinet, but also a rather controversial pic given his entrenchment within the Sudanese communist party and his troubled past within Egypt over the last five years. Though Khalil had wished to get the SCPs leader Abdel Khaliq Mahjub to serve as the Labor Minister within his cabinet, his young age at 21 would have been viewed negatively by parliament, resulting in Khalil seeking the chairman of the Communist Party Omdurman branch, Henri Curiel. The MoWL perhaps would face the largest challenge within the new Sudanese state, work environment, worker rights, wages, union organizations, strikes, and many other related dilemmas facing an increasingly unsatisfied working class.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1787828
[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1743603
[sub]My Canadian National Railways dispatch has just been updated![/sub]
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[list]June 1950 (1950 年6月)
[sub]Yoshidas Reshuffle (吉田改造)[/sub][/list]
[pre]PRIME MINISTER SHIGERU YOSHIDA ANNOUNCES A CABINET RESHUFFLE![/pre]
[pre]吉田茂首相が内閣改造を発表![/pre]
SŌRI KŌTEI
[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon MORNING[/sub]
[sub]The 1949 general election saw Shigeru Yoshidas Democratic Liberal Party regain their majority within the National Diet, ousting Hitoshi Ashidas Democratic Party coalition from their position in government. Noted as a staunch supporter of the United States and Great Britain (in terms of their democratic institutions and values), Shigeru Yoshidas re-election meant the two major superpowers had a reliable ally within the newly formed Japanese government and the ever-growing socialistic and unstable states on the Asian continent. Before the March 1950 House of Councillors election, negotiations between Yoshidas Democratic Liberal Party and several MPs from the Democratic Party (led by Takeru Inukai) led to the creation of the Liberal Party, a right-wing, conservative political party (with a strong, pro-American foreign policy stance). With the newly formed Liberal Party fairing well in the House of Councillors elections (52 out of 132 seats), the so-called coalition between the Liberal Party and Ryokufūkai (a non-partisan party within the National Diet) cemented Yoshidas power in Japanese politics.[/sub]
[sub]Announcing his intentions of reshuffling his cabinet, Prime Minister would begin to replace the few Democratic and Independent members with new Liberal Party members most notable Takase Sōtarō (Minister of International Trade and Industry), Ōhashi Takeo (Attorney General), Hayashi Jōji (Minister of Health) and others. Albeit a few members of the cabinet still being independents, the reshuffle would make the Yoshida cabinet the first cabinet to comprise of members from the same party with no need for a coalition from any of the other parties in the National Diet (excluding independent (caretakers), military or Imperial Rule Assistance Association governments).[/sub]
[list]SHIGERU YOSHIDA, 日本国内閣総理大臣: [sub]Reorganization is vital for not only a strong government but a stable one. The policies of the Liberal Party are clear. Our top priority is to rebuild Japan into a new image in which all Japanese citizens will benefit from. Now that I have the necessary support from the government and the people of Japan, I can now form a cabinet that will go above the expectations that we hold. A unified cabinet which will prioritise our future before anything else. It is time to get the gears moving again.[/sub][/list]
[sub]With the Chinese Civil War (Peking Zhongguo) ending in a communist victory and the Korean War (Rutannia) drawing international attention and escalation the first priority of the new Yoshida government was to work more closely with the United States (Paramountica) in terms of economic stability, economic development/security and military cooperation to ensure no communistic uprising would occur on Japanese territory.[/sub]
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[list][list]UMHLABA WABANTU | IN ZULU
DIE BANTOEWERELD | IN AFRIKAANS
ILIZWE LABANTU | IN XHOSA
THE BANTU WORLD | IN ENGLISH[pre]
4 September 1950[/pre]
____________[/list][/list]
[list][pre]Diversity in thought and view Strengthens the People[/pre][sub][pre]Dependable Source of News and Current Events from Across the Dominion[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][list]____________
[pre] [/pre]
[pre]COMPACT WITH AZANIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT;[/pre][pre] [/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]| MASERU The Malori Mountains have been home to the Sotho people for centuries, where vast mountain-top plains host lush grasses and farmland. It is here that some of the highest cumulative levels of rainfall in southern Africa occur annually, filling subterranean aquifers, and providing the life line to streams, creeks and rivers - to include the life line of Azanias most densely populated geographic region. The Orange River Basin has historically been the heart of south Africas economy and industrialization, for it was along the shores of the river, that the first diamond deposits were found, that fundamentally altered the course of the regions history. With the historic industrialization effort, and the recent expansion of industry, the government held that the basin would surely continue to be the center of gravity of Azanias growth, bringing with it increases in demand for water to support the industry and metropolitan areas, in addition to electricity. Towards that end, the first infrastructural project announced as part of the Compact with Azania program was a megaproject aimed at arresting control of the might Orange River, and constructing Azanias Water Tower.[/sub]
[sub]Beginning with the first ground breaking scheduled next month, a 7 to 8-year, multimillion dollar program of construction will begin in the Malori Mountains. Divided into four phases, this project will see the construction of a number of dams to store and redirect billions of cubic meters of water annually into the Orange River Basin - especially along the Vaal River tributary to bring the water into the water system of Johannesburg and Pretoria. Specifically, 2 billion cubic meters of water is expected to be redirected northward within 200 km of tunnels through the mountains. With power stations located within each dam, 2 GW of power will be generated in the near term, with a potential of up to 8 GW of power as technology becomes available to boost efficiency within the system. Heralded as a future modern marvel of African engineering, the Highland Water and Power Initiative, as it has been dubbed, will cultivate thousands of jobs for the construction of the system - and its maintenance into the future, with a bill of 744.94 million dollars (1950 USD)..[/sub]
[list]https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1791841[/list]
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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[LIST]26 MARCH 1950
26. МАРТА 1950[/LIST]
| 1950 GENERAL ELECTIONS: КПЈ PROMISING INCREASED REFORM AND LIBERALISATION [/B]
[B]| ОПШТИ ИЗБОРИ 1950: КПЈ ОБЕЋАВАЈУ ВЕЋУ РЕФОРМУ И ЛИБЕРАЛИЗАЦИЈУ [/B]
[LIST][B]BELGRADE, Victoria Harbor[/list]
| Having been in power since 1945, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia had radically transformed society from an unrepresentative and inherently undemocratic monarchical state to a peoples state based on the principles of democracy and social sovereignty. The 1945 Yugoslav legislative elections, approved by the provisional government, saw the КПЈ achieve 90% of the vote in Yugoslavias first free and fair election under the *new system*. Seen as the liberators of the nation from fascist occupation and with widespread support of the masses the new government was set on reconstructing the countrys physical infrastructure as well as constructing a new state in the general sense.
Over the past five years the КПЈ, acting as the forerunning democratic party, had launched a general reconstruction effort focusing on critical infrastructure, universal housing and rebuilding the heavy industry base. Such efforts had helped to mitigate high unemployment, a key target of the first government. Alongside physical reconstruction, new ministries such as the Ministry of Unification were created and the state bureaucracy strengthened to better effectively implement new policy and govern the state. With their first term widely successful, albeit with its notable downsides, the КПЈ would seek a second term in the 1950 legislative elections promising deeper social, political and economic reforms. A win in the election would see expanded powers to the Ministry of Unification and their Separate Troops in dealing with the Slovenia issue, as well as the Enshrining unicameralism, the creation of the office of the Presidency. The ruling party is also seeking the introduction of workers self-management, consumer and other broad economic reforms. The voting masses who have overwhelmingly supported the ruling party are expected to secure a second term for Josep Broz Tito and the КПЈ. |
[B]ОПШТИ ИЗБОРИ 1950[/B]
National Peoples Assembly 354
· Communist Party of Yugoslavia//КПЈ 90.4% (354 seats)
· Opposition Bloc//Опозициони блок 9.6% (0 seats)
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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| ZAIREAN OBSERVER |
[sub]September, 1950[/sub]
| THE WOMEN OF ZAIREAN POLITICS ; AN ODDITY OF WOMEN IN POWER |
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1792137
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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VIDA TOMIČ, THE LADY OF THE TEMPEST, EKES OUT A PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY
[list][sup]THE TEMPEST REBORN AND RENEWED
SLOVENIAOCTOBER 1950[/sup][/list]
Facing a tight race against centrist Christian democrat Engelbert Besednjak, Liberal Party champion Vida Tomič, the named successor of Boris Furlan, saw a harrowing election season following the Liberal defeat in Slovenian parliamentary elections. Facing the eloquent and captivating Besednjak in thorough debates, Tomič held her own against all odds, evoking images of her days as the Lady of the Tempest during her adamant support of Slovenian separation in 1945. Disillusioned by the violence of Titos movement and seeing Slovenian statehood as the path to achieve her goals of liberal democracy with gender equity, Tomič became one of many women fighting for independence together with outgoing President Boris Furlan. Her fight came to fruition as polls closed and counted the national vote; with a turnout of 61%, over 1.56 million people voted for the Lady of the Tempest, earning her 51.4% of the vote and narrowly beating Besednjaks 48.1%. The nationalist Vesel had conceded to Besednjak and the socialist Jamnik to Tomič; the result was a near fully binary presidential race that was hastily criticized by political observers for its dearth of options. Still, Tomič had triumphed despite the Liberal defeat and the abundant prejudices against her womanhood, unequivocally evidencing her widespread public respect and the influence of Furlans word.
In a farewell ceremony, the willfully retiring Furlan thanked the nation for entrusting him with the first Slovene presidency and wished Tomič sincere wishes of good luck as she prepared to take his place. Furlan is reported to be retiring to his native Trst to write his memoirs, though he is expected to continue advising Tomič and recently elected conservative Prime Minister Andrej Gosar. Tomič, on the other hand, had a busy few years ahead, beginning with her elaborate inauguration ceremony. Surrounded by the venerable halls and streets of old Ljubljana, flanked by decorative Mediterranean cypresses and overhung by deep blue banners bearing the Slovene crescent and stars, Tomič swore her oath of office before an electric crowd of onlookers. I am honored to assume the mantle of President of the Slovene Republic, Tomič said; I give you my word, she continued, that as a lady of the republic I shall faithfully fulfill my duties and responsibilities. Indeed, Tomič was poised to be a true leader of the Slovene nation; keeping with the benefactor that aided her in her victory and Slovenia in its independence, President Tomičs first act was to sign a presidential decree bestowing the Zlati častni znak svobode (Golden Order of Freedom) on outgoing President Boris Furlan.
[list][sup]The Slovene Republic shines eternallyto represent her as her president is a matchless honor.[/sup][/list]
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Greek 1950 Legislative Elections : Tsaldaris Wins a Second Term, Promising Changes for the Betterment of Greece!, February - September 1950
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ελληνικές βουλευτικές εκλογές του 1950 : Τσαλδάρης κερδίζει δεύτερη θητεία, υποσχόμενος αλλαγές για το καλό της Ελλάδας!, Φεβρουάριος - Σεπτέμβριος 1950
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The Greek Prime Minister and his Parliament! - Ο Έλληνας πρωθυπουργός και η Βουλή του![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| ANOTHER YEAR FOR TSALDARIS, ATHENS, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΆΛΛΗ ΜΙΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΆ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΤΣΑΛΔΆΡΗ, ΤΗΝ ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΤΑ ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| 1950 - The Greek Legislative Elections. For two years now, the Kingdom of Greece had the Tsaldaris Administration as her governing administration, and the leader of the administration, current Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris had been keen on winning the next election, to expand and finishing his projects, but also to change his stance. Staunch critics who have gained the support of the People's Party, the party in which Tsaldaris leads, have criticized the prime minister's lenience on the Greek Communist Party, and Greek Leftists in general. The whole premise and political position of the Greek People's Party was an Anti-Venizelist, Anti-Left, and Nationalist Right Leaning Group overall, which was not reflected in their clement leader. From this position, members of the People's Party had called on Tsaldaris for not fully being loyal and faithful to the party's principles, and General Alexandros Papagos, while not in the party called on new leadership for the People's Party. Despite critics from his peers, however, he remained a popular figure with the people, a man who brought peace and balance to Greek politics. |[/list]
[list][list][pre]"The Prime Minister's unwillingness to press the party's beliefs is contradictory to what he is supposed to do. He is supposed to be a leader of the party who believed in its principles, but it is apparent that these principles mean nothing to him, and he is simply using the party as a platform for him to gain popularity. That being said, however, he has done great things for the nation, but at the cost of betraying and forgetting the basic principles of the People's Party."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Greek General, Alexandros Papagos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| Even though there was tough criticism for Tsaldaris, he still managed to keep control of the party, and remained popular with the people of Greece. With the People's Party debacle now settled, the front runners for the March election were now firmly set in their positions. They include the current Prime Minister and leader of the People's Party, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Leader of the Liberal Party Sofoklis Venizelos, son of former Liberal leader and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, Leader of the National Progressive Center Union, Nikolaos Plastiras, Leader of the Georgios Papandreou Party, under well rather obviously under, Georgios Papandreou. Elections were held on the 5th of March, 1950. A resounding victory was announced for the People's Party, winning 62 seats but not by much. Behind was the Liberal Party with 56 seats. While the victory was not a landslide victory, it was still a triumph for Tsaldaris and the party. | [/list]
[list]| Tsaldaris entered his second term with a plan, greater reform, and greater improvements for the betterment of the nation. This included additional economic plans, along with the improvement of Greek defenses and the strengthening and ratification of Greek allies and Greek infrastructure. Another plan was to finally standardize Greek elections, as the election year intervals had been irregular, and without a proper interval or term time between prime ministers. With Tsaldaris as prime minister, many wonders, will Tsaldaris conform to the opinions of the party or continue to contradict his party's principles for the betterment of the nation. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"My second term as prime minister is a remarkable gift. It proves that the people of Greece have the full support of myself, and my support to them. These plans and projects that I and my administration and party will implement as my term as prime minister will drastically improve Greece, industrialize the nation and properly defend her from any outside and internal threats."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Prime Minister of Greece, Konstantinos Tsaldaris[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
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THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE INSAKA AND IFIBWANSE AND THE PURSUIT OF BEMBA EDUCATION
[list][sup]THE ANCIENT SCHOOLS OF ABABEMBA
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AbaBemba were not the only people in what is called the Kingdom of Bembalandseveral kin-peoples, including the Bisa and Aushi, among many others, inhabited the periphery of the Kingdom, speaking tongues considered by the Chitimukulu to be dialects of ChiBemba. They paid tribute as any Bemba lands would, often even more intensely; in every respect, they were members of UluBemba. In some villages, though, unrest stirred. Awareness of the Bemba national consciousness stoked that of other peoples, leading to questions among some chiefs about why they were still subject to a Bemba paramount chief. Chilyamafwa II understood the direness of this sentiment, knowing thatgiven timeit could spark uprisings in the Bemba hinterlands. An engine was needed to convince these outlying people of their essentially Bemba way of life and speaking. This could be found, the Chitimukulu believed, in institutionalizing the insaka and ifibwanse: traditional gatherings at which lore was dispensed by elders for men and women, respectively. By affording national curricula to these gatherings and regimenting their schedules, Chilyamafwa could spread his ideas and philosophies to the outskirts of LuBemba. Consulting the spirits of his ancestors at the sacred burial grove of chiefs in Shi Mwalule at Chinsali, the paramount chief spent September and October devising a curriculum for this purpose. A united mytho-historical history of AbaBembathe Bemba peoplewould be taught with full inclusion of these outlying people, and the government of the Chitimukulu would be substantiated by teachings of his care and attention for all people within his reach.
The physical setting of the insaka and ifibwanse would also be shifted. For centuries, they were held under villages central trees; by the proclamation of Chilyamafwa II, they would now be made into physical buildings: circular thatch-roofed pavilions surrounded by low-level mud walls and centered around a firepit for the coldest rainy nights. He encouraged inscriptions in ChiBemba to be made recounting local proverbs, aiming to help cement the growing tradition of literacy and respect for the written word. A total of two hundred such structures were to be built, each with the help of the paramount chiefs personal pool of resources. The placement of these buildings was of utmost importance, for they were to be fixed at the east end of each villagethe direction of the suns rising, and a theologically important direction in Bemba religion that represented the future and KwaLesa (the abode of God). The first of these structures was symbolically inaugurated in the far southern village of Chiundaponde on October 21st, 1950, with the Chitimukulu in attendance. He proclaimed that this was the beginning of a new era of Bemba history and asserted that attendance at these new schools of lore would be mandatory for all who had not yet come of age. Teachers would be chosen directly by the headmen, though chiefs would retain veto power over the choosings to enforce the vision of the Chitimukulu. The following month, the paramount chief began his own series of insaka and ifibwanse under the new structures at Kasama. He taught of the glories of the past, of great kings like Chitimukulu Chilufya and Chitimukulu Chilyamafwa I the Conqueror, and of the bright future that awaited the Bemba people. The Chitimukulus words were met with rapt attention, and he was applauded for his teaching from every corner.
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THE MARSHAL FLEES SOUTH: NATIONALIST FORCES BEGIN LARGE-SCALE RETREAT
元帅南逃:国民党军队开始大规模撤退
[sub]November 1949 | 1949年11月
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CHUNGKING, SOUTHERN CHINA | 中国南部的大坑[/sub]
[sub]In October of 1949, Chairman Mao Tse-tung declared the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in the northern provinces. While it was clear that the newborn communist state would take time to firmly establish its authority over the vast provinces of China - especially those in the south where sympathies towards the Nationalists of Chiang Kai-shek would be more prominent - it was also clear that the end was in sight for the Kuomintang forces on the mainland.[/sub]
[sub]The collapse of Beiping (now known as Beijing in the new Peoples Republic) caused a general collapse in the Nationalist lines. Morale collapsed among the Kuomintang armies, and General Chiang and the Nationalist leadership was forced to flee towards the coastline from Chungking, the provincial capital and military headquarters of KMT forces since the fall of Beijing, in a massive propaganda victory for the Communist forces.[/sub]
[sub]Already, across China, the effects of the proclamation of the Peoples Republic could be felt. The anxiety in Chungking caused by the proclamation saw internal divisions be withdrawn and remobilized to the frontlines, or to escort vital supplies to key provinces to ward off the inevitable communist advance. Peasants and farmers observed the hurried departure of the local Kuomintang soldiers, the anxious faces of military commanders as they departed for the final time in their trucks. Some asked the soldiers to take with them their children, but to no avail.[/sub]
[sub]By the first week of November, it would be blatantly clear that General Chiangs forces could no longer hold. Understanding the severity of the situation, he would call for a mass withdrawal to the eastern coastline from Chungking by the Nationalist government. It would be achieved with the greatest haste possible, to avoid CCP forces in the centre from cutting off Chungking from the coast and potentially dooming the KMT government to death.[/sub]
[sub]As the rapid march eastward began, villages and defensive positions would be abandoned all across the front. Some commanders would opt to withdraw to a more defensible position, but with the front ready to collapse at any moment, it was clear that the fight would be over soon regardless of what would occur.[/sub]
[sub]1949年10月,毛泽东主席宣布在北方省份建立中华人民共和国。虽然很明显,这个新生的共产主义国家需要时间在中国的广大省份牢固地建立其权威--特别是在南方,对蒋介石的国民党的同情将更加突出--但也很明显,大陆上的国民党军队的末日已经来临。[/sub]
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[list][list]OCTOBER 1950
[sub]Booming Prosperity[/sub][/list][/list]
[sub][pre] F R E E D O L L A R T H E O R Y [/pre][/sub]
[list][list][sub][pre]I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO PROVINCE AFTERNOON
[sub]THE DOMINION OF Canada Leaf[/sub]
| About $300 million in U.S. investments were sent to Canada. Most of that money came from speculators who thought they were right. Canadas U.S. dollar reserves hit a record high. The Canadian dollar was worth more than its quoted price of 90¢ U.S. If it were increased to 100 U.S. cents, the investor would make a 10% profit. Finance Minister DOUGLAS ABBOT¹ urged the Cabinet to apply the free-dollar theory to Canada by delinking the Canadian dollar and letting the price fluctuate in line with demand for Canadian funds. For the foreign-exchange speculators, this free-dollar theory was only temporary. If they convert their money back to U.S. dollars, the Canadian dollar could drop below 90¢. The best they could do now was wait. After trading opened, the Canadian dollar was selling at 94½¢ IN NEW YORK, 95¢ IN MONTREAL AND 96½¢ IN LONDON. On a trip to the U.S., Canadas Minister of Finance said: |
[list]| DOUGLAS ABBOTT, [sub]Finance Minister[/sub] | Unfortunately, some of our politicians [have failed] to tell our story here . . . Today [I intend] to set aside any restraining influence of that modesty and tell everyone here about the transformation that has taken place in Canadas economy over the last 10 years.[/list]
[list][list][pre]RAPID EXPANSION AND BOOMING PROSPERITY[/pre]
▌[sub]Canadas population grew from 11 million in 1939 to almost 14 million, an increase of almost 25%.[/sub]
▌[sub]GDP rose from $5½ billion in 1939 to nearly $17 billion.[/sub]
▌[sub]Investment increased 400% to about $3.7 billion in 1950.[/sub]
▌[sub]Exports increased 200%, including a $1½ billion increase in exports to the U.S.[/sub][/list][/list]
| The changes taking place in the national economy, Abbott pointed out, are only signs of a far-reaching expansion. Canada is no longer almost fully dependent on exports of raw materials and imports of manufactured goods as it was in the 1930s. Iron and steel production has doubled since 1939, electrical equipment manufacturing has tripled, aluminum production has increased fivefold. Canada became an exporter rather than an importer, making machine tools and aircraft. |
[list]| DOUGLAS ABBOTT, [sub]Finance Minister[/sub] | We now sell some of the products manufactured by our own industry in the markets of the most industrialized countries in the world.[/list]
| Following the development of her industry, Canada has strengthened her position as a leading world supplier of raw materials. Albertas oil exploration program and the Ungava-Labrador iron ore deposits were the new riches discovered in the 1940s. In 10 years of economic growth, Abbott pointed out, Canada has been financially stable. Since the end of the WWII, the national treasury has had a positive surplus. There has also been an increase in Canadian investments abroad. In 1939, Canada had $1.8 billion invested abroad v. $ 7.3 billion of foreign investment; since then Canada has increased her investment abroad to $4.7 billion v. $8.5 billion of foreign investment. Canada was now investing in her future. While American and British investments are welcome, the Dominion is no longer as dependent on this money. Canadians now invest more than 20% of their earnings into expansion and new developments. |
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[sub]¹ DOUGLAS ABBOT, was Minister of National Defense from 1945 to 1946 and Minister of Finance and Receiver General from 1946 to 1954. In 1954 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and served until 1973.[/sub]
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[list][list][list][pre]FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Bundesrepublik Deutschland[/pre][/list]
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THE KOREAN WAR RAISES THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE OF GERMAN REARMAMENT TO THE BUNDESTAG
[sub]FIRST ADENAUER GOVERNMENT | OCTOBER 1950[/sub][/list]
[sub]| The outbreak of the Korean War - between the communist North and the democratic South - finally raised the controversial issue of German rearmament to the German Bundestag (the national legislature) and the German public, as well as to the Western community. Prior to the onset of hostilities between Pyongyang and Seoul in June, the Adenauer government was preparing to open discussions with the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) for a broad, strong economic reform agenda. Economy Minister Ludwing Erhard would spearhead the planning of the 'Summer Reforms', which would primarily consist of government investments into infrastructure and industrial development, as well as, of course, charting a course for a West German economic revival. With the outbreak of the war on the Korean Peninsula, the issue of German rearmament was once more brought to the eyes of the general public and the Bundestag.[/sub]
[sub]The idea of German rearmament and the establishment of an independent, sovereign German armed defense and security force has long been held as a controversial issue. Especially considering that remilitarization by the Volkist government in the 1930s had led to the Second World War, it is only natural that one would be skeptical of allowing the Federal Republic to rearm despite security concerns from the East. Since the establishment of the Bundesrepublik in 1949, the French government has been a staunch opponent of German rearmament, considering their direct link to German damage committed during the war. Despite concerns over the division of Germany and how it could affect the security of the new West German state, the concept of rearmament was put aside and kept on a dusty shelf by the government of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer - until the issue was brought up once more.[/sub]
[sub]The SDP MPs for the border provinces brought up rearmament before the Bundestag first. In a speech 5 days after the outbreak of hostilities, one MP declared:[/sub]
[list][pre]"To fail to defend Germany is to fail to defend Western Europe from the crutches of communism and the crutches of totalitarianism. The defense of the nation cannot be entrusted solely to foreign powers, and should instead be a shared defense agreement between a German security force and allied military forces stationed in the country."[/pre][/list]
[sub]By mid-July, the Bundestag was fully in swing on the debate over rearmament. The Social Democrats of Kurt Schumacher strongly backed a German defense force, alongside the Konservatives of Heinrich Hellewege, while the CDU/CSU and FDP - both members of the coalition government led by the CDU/CSU's Konrad Adenauer - was split hard over the issue. On one side, it was clear that the Korean War could be a catalyst for action by East Germany against the Federal Republic. One advisor to Konrad Adenauer voiced concerns during a meeting between the Bundeskanzler and Germany's intelligence agencies over the possibility that the East could launch a surprise attack on the Federal Republic just like how the North Koreans launched a surprise attack on Seoul. Specifically it was noted that the South's military apparatus had been unprepared at the time of the attack, and such devastating damage had been inflicted. What if the country on the defensive had no military, and had an opponent backed by the second of two global military superpowers?[/sub]
[sub]Several key CDU/CSU MPs in leadership positions voiced their openness to the possibility of a German security force, however Chancellor Adenauer privately stated to his Cabinet that he preferred to consult the Western powers - Washington, London and Paris mainly - before proceeding with any major legislation. This would be covertly agreed upon with by Schumacher and the SPD, who agreed that 'uncalled for action' could compromise investments and financial aid that could free up money for the Social Democrats' proposed welfare system legislation, which was facing a steep fight against the center-right governing coalition.[/sub]
[sub]However, it was also clear that the largest obstacle to German rearmament would be none other than the French government. Their history with Germany is causing active problems with Germany and its potential integration into Europe, aside from the question of German rearmament. Nonetheless, however, domestically support for remilitarization is fairly strong, with a poll showing that 55% of Germans believe that an armed forces and/or a gradual rearmament is the 'right way to go'.[/sub]
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NEU SORBIEN / NEW SORBIA - SORBIAN COLONY CREATED ON THE VALDES PENINSULA
October 9th 1950
As Migration from Germany grew throughout the early 1900s to the current date, this included the movement of smaller non German minorities such as the Sorbs. Their case was a tragic one, almost half a millennia of brutal suppression at the hands of the Germans many moved to la Plata in order to make use of its vast open lands which promised a new start for many not unlike the 1800s in the United States. Even so smaller Sorb settlements had come and gone mainly due to a lack of interest, something that would now hopefully be solved as Peron answered the call by localized Sorb Rights Activist Handrij Kocor for a recognized place of Residence for the Sorbs. That being a recognized locality rather than unofficial farmland colonies. This was granted by Peron in the form of the almost Uninhabited Valdes Peninsular, remaining uninhabited due to the vast size of the La Platan hinterlands.
Under the promised agreement New Sorbia would be an internally distinct polity under the La Platan Republic as a whole, in the same way that Uruguay, Chile and Patagonia had their own distinct Parliaments. All Sorbs currently residing within La Plata (estimated at 9,000) would be granted 10 acre parcels of this land (which would result in 89,000 parcels) and all Sorbs wishing to move to la Plata would be granted Citizenship upon entry as well as also receiving these parcels. The hope of the Peron Regime is that the Sorbian People having achieved a recognized homeland would develop it beyond what is currently possible with the merely 50 Argentinians living on the land. Permitted, along with the other distinct members of the Republic, to raise its own police force and militia for local defense it will provide finally after all these years a safe haven for the Sorbs who could have gone extinct in just another century if still under the jackboot of Germany and its successor states.
In exchange for the deal the La Platan Central Government would receive a 50% share of any natural resources found on the peninsula and the Airport they plan to construct there would be fully owned by the Government owned Airline.
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THE INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION OF THE POST-WAR ERA ENTERS ITS FULLEST SWING
[list][sup]THE SWELTERING FIRE OF THE FOUNDRY
SLOVENIANOVEMBER 1950[/sup][/list]
The autumn of 1950 saw industrial expansion heretofore unseen in Slovenia, tipping the scale to establish the country as a net exporter. Wielding a treasury laden with Marshall Plan funds and eased by prison labor, the Furlan-Krek and Tomič-Gosar governments have fervently subsidized the growth of domestic manufacturing and services to succeed in an agricultural field that needs fewer and fewer hands each year; in its place, lively new industries emerged, led by the chemical sector and closely followed by metal- and machine-smithing, each necessary for the economic revivals sweeping Europe. Countless examples of this growth among Slovene companies and factories can be found throughout the latter half of 1950: in time for the winter months, the century-old tore Steel Mill completed renovations necessary for the production of rolled steel, aiming to build a tractor production wing by the end of the decade; Čebela inaugurated its first private aeronautics factory in the Ravensko, the eastern flatlands of Prekmurje, complete with private runways and gearing up for full production of its new military aircraft; heavy vehicle maker Pionir expanded its facility in Mariboropened in 1948to include a synthetic rubber plant after a wave of new Nordic and Zairean investments; Učka completed marine tests of its first helicopter model; the traditional gunsmiths of Borovlje, having formed the Zlatorog company, produced prototypes of a Slovene sniper rifle; and shipbuilder Maera opened its own domestic design department in the pursuit of building civilian watercraft. Perhaps most interestingly, heavy manufacturer Litrostroj delivered several new industrial turbines to Slovenske electrarnethe Slovene state electric monopolyin anticipation of its controversial plan to dam the Alpine flow of the Piava (Piave in Italian), disrupting the water flow to northeastern Italy (Arcanda) in pursuit of the hydroelectric electrification of Alpine villages in northwestern Slovenia.
The demographic implications of mounting industrial growth have been paradigm-shifting. The ten largest urban centers in SloveniaLjubljana, Trst (once Trieste), Gradec (once Graz), Maadan, Reka (once Fiume), Celovec (once Klagenfurt), Maribor, Videm (once Udine), Varadin, and Celjehave seen substantial growth due to migrants from the countryside leaving villages that no longer need them to keep up agricultural output. The rural population has only sustained itself on the post-war baby boom that has enveloped the country, but even still, and in spite of Slovenias village culture, it will inevitably see a noticeable decline. Slovenia recently surpassed a population of five million in an increasingly urbanized country, though that figure represents only a minor increase from its population in 1945; the exodus of Austrian Germans, Italians, and Croats from the country has caused substantial demographic disruptions. Entire government commissions have been formed to subsidize Slovene movement to villages partially (or, in rare cases) entirely abandoned by their original occupants. However, it has been a difficult balance to walk: the Slovene government contended that settling villages was a vital part of Slovenification, but population growth in urban areas has been vital to the growth of manufacturing. It is difficult to say the direction that conservative Prime Minister Andrej Gosar¹ will take on the issue: he has promoted both industrial growth and economic wellbeing buthimself coming from the mid-sized and decidedly non-urban town of Logatec in Inner Carniolahas still tied himself to village and local culture.
[list][sup]¹ In OT, Andrej Gosar began his political career as a Catholic conservative, but as a trade unionist grew closer to the communist movement in the interwar period. In this timeline, however, the more polarizing Titoist movement of this timeline never appealed to him and he remained center-right with a soft spot for workers rights.[/sup][/list]
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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1792898
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https://www.nationstates.net/nation=emerria/detail=factbook/id=1792946
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