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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Brazil Toucan
[list][list]NOVEMBER 1954
[sub]Prestes Visit Eastern Bloc[/sub][/list]
[sub][pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre][/sub]
[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!
Hail, august symbol of peace!
Thy noble presence to our minds
The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] FOUR COMMUNISTS NATIONS [/pre]
[list][sub]LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES, leader of the Communist Party of Brazil, recently expressed interest in visiting four Eastern Bloc countries. At age 33, in mid-1931, Prestes went to the U.S.S.R. to study and work. Since Café Filho took power, he has decided to keep an eye on the communists, particularly Prestes, as they caused riots when Vargas resigned.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT AFTERNOON
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| At Rios international airport, some journalists were running frantically with notebooks and pencils in hand. LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES¹, 56, in a well-tailored suit and hat, gave a quick press conference before boarding the plane that would take him to the Four Communist Nations. The reason for Prestes trip to the Eastern Bloc is that he was invited by the Romanian leadership to visit the country and will also take the opportunity to visit three more communist republics. |
[list]| LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES, [sub]Brazilian Communist Leader[/sub] | I received an invitation from the Romanian leadership to visit your country and I accepted, and I will take the opportunity to visit other comrades as well.[/list]
| When the newspapers published that Prestes would travel to the Eastern Bloc, the explanation he gave was not enough to dispel the innumerable suspicions that President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO² has about him. As soon as Prestes returns to Brazil, the Café Filho government has announced that it will suspend the passports of members of leftist parties, including the Communist Party and its general secretary. In response, the Brazilian Labour Party created by former President GETÚLIO VARGAS³ said it would firmly oppose his government. Café Filho then decided to change his tune by stating that the government will not prevent leftists from leaving the country, but will act against them if they attack conservative newspapers or government buildings. Upon landing in Romania, Prestes is received by the Romanian leadership [sup]Socialist Democratic Republic Romania[/sup] at the airport in Bucharest. Following his schedule, the other three communist republics he will visit are Bulgaria [sup]Hatzburg[/sup], Czechoslovakia [sup]Central Arstotzka[/sup] and Yugoslavia [sup]Ranponian[/sup]. Some rumors say that Prestes has plans to make a communist revolution in Brazil, which is not true, if Prestes tries anything, he will be arrested. Café Filho will act against those who destabilize Brazil. |
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[sub]¹ LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES, was General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party (1943-80), being a faithful defender of the communist revolution.[/sub]
[sub]² JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]³ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[November-1954]
Vísir Journal
Vol. 1 No.2
Propaganda Problem?
|Citizens stand confused outside of the Reykjavík Police Department with officers standing equally in disbelief as they question how the police department managed to get propaganda posters denouncing the militarization of the Icelandic police force on nearly every wall. Upon further inspection the poster reveals to be a striking image of a police officer dressed in military gear, holding a baton and a shield. The officer's face is obscured by the helmet, adding an ominous and anonymous quality to the figure. The background of the poster is a stark black and white, with bold white text in Icelandic reading "Lögreglunni skulu ekki verða hermenn" which translates to "The police should not become soldiers." The text is accompanied by a smaller English translation beneath it, meaning that those who put the posters up were condemning the United State of America for supplying Iceland.
|The poster is designed to communicate a clear message about the dangers of militarizing the police force in Iceland. The image of the police officer in full military gear suggests an intimidating and aggressive stance, which is antithetical to the traditional role of the police as protectors of the community. The poster suggests that such a move would not only be unwarranted, but also a threat to the freedom and security of Icelandic citizens. Overall, the poster aims to appeal to the patriotism and sense of community of the Icelandic people by reminding them of the importance of maintaining a civilian police force that is focused on serving and protecting its citizens.
|"The police are supposed to be our protectors, not an occupying army. We don't want to see them patrolling our streets in military gear." "Iceland has always been a peaceful nation, and we value our freedom and civil liberties. The idea of a heavily armed police force goes against everything we stand for." Comment a couple of disgruntled citizens, scoffing at the sight of an officer with a gun-holster attached to his belt. Many citizens agree that Iceland has made a decision severely lacking oversight. If the government were to fail to provide proper oversight of police militarization, it could lead to a lack of accountability for police actions and a sense of impunity among law enforcement. This undermines the rule of law and erode public trust in the government.
|Prime Minister, Steinórsson released a document offering options to fix the publics growing distrust with the police;
1)Increase transparency: The government can increase transparency by sharing information about the police force's budget and spending, as well as any plans for increasing the militarization of the police. This can help to build trust and ensure that the public feels that their concerns are being heard.
2)Involve the public: The government can involve the public in decision-making by soliciting feedback through public forums, surveys, and other means of communication. This can help to ensure that the government is making decisions that reflect the needs and desires of the community.
3)Prioritize community policing: The police can prioritize community policing, which involves building relationships and trust with the community to reduce crime and create a sense of safety. This approach can help to prevent crime before it happens and build a sense of collaboration and mutual respect between law enforcement and citizens.
4)Improve training and oversight: The police can improve training and oversight to ensure that officers are properly trained in de-escalation techniques and the appropriate use of force. Additionally, increasing oversight through independent review boards and external investigations can help to ensure that police actions are transparent and accountable.
5)Reallocate resources: The government can consider reallocating resources from the police budget to other areas, such as social services, mental health, and addiction treatment. This can help to address underlying issues that contribute to crime and reduce the need for police intervention in the first place.
|While the document had provided many choices for citizens and was a temporary cap for the fear of police and further militarization another propaganda poster appeared again this time on the streets of Akranes. The poster features a stark black-and-white photograph of an Icelandic police officer dressed in military-style clothing and holding a rifle. The officer's face is obscured, making him appear anonymous and impersonal. Above the image, the poster reads "Óvænt á hátindum hernaðarvélanna á íslenskum götum!" which translates to "Unwanted on the heights of Icelandic streets - the war machines!" The text on the poster emphasizes the idea that the militarization of the police is an unwelcome intrusion into Icelandic society. It suggests that the police should not be viewed as an occupying force or a tool of the military, but rather as a part of the community they serve. The image of the police officer in military gear is meant to evoke a sense of unease and discomfort, highlighting the idea that the militarization of the police is a dangerous trend that must be opposed, again the same style and tone from before.
|Despite the actual lack of such police within Iceland, these posters show that some citizens are not afraid of the police and are ready to stand against them when the moment comes. This quick act of protest burnt out any embers of thoughts about increasing the polices weaponry. Prime Minister Steinórsson agrees with the citizens and assures that the message was crystal clear, promising that he and the next prime minister will abide by the peoples request.
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[list]November 1954
[sub]The New Centre?[/sub][/list]
[pre]A W O M A N ' s W O R L D ?[/pre]
| The big question being asked in the higher German social circles was: Is this becoming a woman's world? While yes, men continued to dominate the country politically, socially, economically, and frankly in all other aspects, breakthroughs were being made. In Zaire, the top two officials in the country were trailblazing progressive women. In Germany, politically at least, the country was undergoing a restructuring. With the far right collapsing with the chaotic leadership elections that replaced Heinrich Hellewege as the leader of the right-wing Konservatives, a new political centre was being opened, and the trailblazing female members of the Bundestag were seeking to take advantage of that. Majority of female Bundestag deputies were SPD members, and a vocal minority where members of the governing CDU and the junior partner the FDP, while the rest were members of no party. Prominently among the last group was deputy Sophie Scholl, of the Hohenlohe constituency. She had risen to become chairwoman of the Bundestag Women's Caucus, and had organized several prominent social bills on childcare between the CDU/CSU, the FDP, the Social Democrats, and the Independents (essentially the entirety of the effective Bundestag). Her name was already nationally known; she was recognized for her role in the German resistance during the Wartime, and had been receiving efforts by both the CDU and the SPD to court her into one party or the other. Scholl, citing her need to truly represent her constituents, has continually resisted these efforts, and her underlying reasonings for doing so may be finally coming to light. |
| With the instability plaguing the Konservative Party in light of a national shift center, this shift was also reflected in the politics in Bonn, the administrative center of the Federal Republic. Scholl was a renowned independent who was a social progressive on most issues; thus she politically aligned more to the SPD, and voted with them more than she voted with the governing Christian Democrats. However, she took great pride in not being a member of any party, regularly stating that her party was 'the party of the German people and not any one person or ideology'. Appetite for a replacement to fill in the enlarging gap between the CDU and the SPD as annual budget negotiations began to take its negative toll on the relationship between the once-allied parties, and some influential officials were turning to Scholl as a possible alternative. Adenauer was a highly popular Chancellor, yes, but word had it that he was considering a presidential bid with Theodor Heuss ineligible for another term; with presidential terms and elections set to be aligned with that of the parliamentary Bundestag elections in the coming months, a President Adenauer was becoming increasingly possible. Thus, these officials told Scholl, the possibility of a third party making a breakthrough and exploiting the weakness the CDU might be left in was more possible than one would think. |
| These discussions, which took place over dinners and luncheons and behind closed doors predominantly, highlighted the important roll Scholl played now in the German legislature. She was a universally respected figure, and, pollsters said privately, should she decide to stand in an election of her own party, and if Adenauer were to be taken out of the mixture of factors effecting the election, her party would fair 'reasonably well'. Politically, however, Scholl was not necessarily ambitious. She told reporters that, at the moment, she was 'definitely not' considering a presidential bid, and said she 'respected and strongly supported' the presidency of FDP's Theodor Heuss. However, as Scholl's role and the role of women in German politics and life more generally continues to progress and evolve in the Postwar World, many have been left wondering: Could Germany go the same way Zaire has, and begin to strengthen the role of the woman in German society, or is the kerfuffle about a Sophie Scholl in a higher position just that; Kerfuffle? |
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Empty Chairs at Important Tables
[Sofia, Peoples Republic of Bulgaria] [Народна република България]
November 1954
| It was now clear to all members of the party that the reign of Valko Chervenkov was hanging by a thread.As the Prime Minister made a speech before party officials, there was a very clear message sent from an empty seat. Todor Zhivkov was not there. The General Secretary snubbed the meeting and was seen later in attendance at Sofias University, surveying the recently opened economics and zoology departments.
The message is impossible to ignore. Prime Minister Chervenkov has completely fallen out of favour, if he had as such to begin with, and it seems as if he will imminently be replaced. Despite this, the speech he made was well received amongst those there, with many considering the speech to be amongst the finest he has given since taking office, but it is unlikely to be enough to prevent a change of management. The question remains, however, who would agree to work under such conditions if Chervenkov was to be replaced? The General Secretarys contempt towards him has been more public than private and has seemingly destroyed the reputation of him and his professional staff, so whether anyone else would be willing to take such a risk remains to be seen.
Chervenkov is set to travel back to the Danube later this week to raise morale amongst workers who are working on the three bridges project with Romania. Its anticipated that completion on at least one of the bridges could be announced at the beginning of the new year and the Prime Minister is likely to seek credit for such achievements, despite the Bulgarians being the secondary partner in the arrangement with their Romanian counterparts.
It is not yet known whether General Secretary Zhivkov will be in attendance, he is yet to make any official visits beyond the capital, but neither option is preferable for the Prime Minister. If Zhivkov stays behind, he stays in Sofia ready to pounce on Chervenkov upon his return; if Zhivkov goes, the Prime Minister will likely be upstaged at the site of his biggest achievement to date.
Nonetheless, The Bulgarian Communist Party have come to the conclusion that one of these men will not be in office this time next year . Though no official would want to risk putting a name to that prediction, for fear of being on the losing side is crippling.|
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Welcome to Romania, comrade!
November 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| Our brave, beloved and esteemed leader, Constantin Rotaru has greeted comrade Luís Carlos Prestes, General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party on Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Bucharest.
Luís Carlos Prestes has agreed to visit The Socialist Republic of Romania after an invitation by Romanian Party officials at the suggestion of The General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, Constantin Rotaru.
| In his relatively short stay, comrade Luís Carlos Prestes has held talks with Romanian Communist Party officials and Constantin Rotaru regarding the two factors uniting both the Brazilian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Romania, those being the well being and Socialist development of both Brazil and Romania.
Constantin Rotaru and Party Officials alike have shown their concern and worries regarding the status and segregation of the Brazilian Communist Party, with Constantin Rotaru calling it "A supression of democracy and a discrimination of all working people of Brazil and their will of being citizens in an industrialized Socialist state."
While in Romania he has also taken a tour of Bucharest together with Constantin Rotaru, the two being greeted by an enthusiastic wave of citizens of the capital of Romania.
| At the end of the visit, Comrade Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed son of the brave Romanian people, has showed his appreciation to comrade Luís Carlos Prestes for taking the time to visit our Republic and the developing relations between The Communist Party of Romania and The Brazilian Communist Party.
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
November 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list][list]November 1954
[sub]Nasser and Aflaq: Syria & Egypt Grow Closer Together![/sub][/list]
DAMASCUS, (Bescania) MORNING
| Egypt and Syria are becoming undeniably closer, one of the main drivers of this growing closeness is of course a shared sense of Arab nationalism, which emphasises the unity of Arab peoples and the need to overthrow foreign domination in the region. Both Egypt and Syria had been subjected to colonial rule by European powers in the past, and in Syrias case they had only gained independence in the post-World War II period. In addition to this ideological connection, there are also more practical factors that have driven the two countries together. For example, they face many of the same geopolitical challenges in the region. Both Syria and Egypt possess complementary economies, with Egypt possessing a large agricultural sector and Syria being more industrialised. Although make no mistake, Syria also possesses a sizeable agricultural sector and Egypt possesses a respectable industrial sector. |
| One of the key figures in the growing relationship between the two countries was Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, he had been crucial in the formation of the Arab Organisation for Industrialisation which encouraged pan-Arab cooperation on research and development initiatives, infrastructural development and industrialisation between Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt. To this end, Syrian Prime Minister Aflaq and Egyptian President Nasser began to advocate for closer ties between Egypt and Syria, resulting in the two countries signing a military agreement that provided for joint defense planning and training in early 1954. However, this was particularly one sided given the underdevelopment of Syrias military. |
| Both leaders have worked to locate areas where the two countries could increase their trade, such as by identifying products that Egypt could export to Syria and vice versa. However, as both nations economies are still developing, the infrastructure, financing and regulations needed to sustain trade will need to be gradually developed over the next decade. This is in addition to the turbulent position of Syria within the Kurdish conflict, on the border of Turkey, Kurdistan, the Hashemite Federation and the so-called Israel. |
| One of Prime Minister Aflaq's key priorities was to promote greater cultural exchange between Syria and Egypt. As a philosopher and writer, he believes that the arts and literature were essential components of any national or regional identity, and sees the exchange of cultural ideas as a way to foster greater understanding and cooperation between the two countries. To this end, Aflaq has organised several joint cultural events, including music and dance performances, art exhibitions, and literary readings, which will help to promote greater mutual appreciation and respect between the people of Syria and Egypt. |
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[list]November 1954
[sub]Congress Divided[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]एक पार्टी बहुत बड़ी: श्यामा मुखर्जी, मौली शर्मा, और एक विभाजित भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस की गड़गड़ाहट
THE PARTY TOO LARGE: SYAMA MUKHERJEE, MAULI SHARMA, AND THE RUMBLINGS OF A DIVIDED INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]NOVEMBER 1954 | नवम्बर 1954[/sub][/list]
| [sub]In 1951, following agreements made with Pakistan in the goodwill of rectifying some of the damage caused by the Indian Partition (Liaquat-Nehru Pact), Syama Prasad Mukherjee, then the Minister of Commerce and Industry, departed the governing Indian National Congress (INC) in protest of the move. Mukherjee was a Hindu nationalist and one of the leaders of the right wings of his vast tent-style political party. He and the centrist wing led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and President Mahatma Gandhi usually got along relatively well, as the party knew that unity among its ranks would only be beneficial for the INC on the electoral front, but many Hindu nationalists had already chafed at the Nehru government's leniency with Pakistan, calling it a 'grave disservice to the sovereignty of this Republic'. The Liaquat-Nehru Pact was only the turning point. With several supporters of his right-wing INC faction, Mukherjee departed his party and formed the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (All-Indian People's Organization, or BJS). Four years later, the BJS had underwent its first election and witnessed firsthand the lack of substantial support for any party than the governing Indian National Congress. The dominance of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in Indian politics was indeed all-encompassing at this stage.[/sub] |
| [sub]While by 1954 the subject of the Liaquat-Nehru Pact had dissipated, more moderate Hindu nationalists who remained when Mukherjee left in 1951 were now chafing, as forces within the government of Prime Minister Nehru sought to strengthen the country's ties with Arab partners. These nationalists believed that strengthening these ties would be more beneficial than, say, tying up 'with the colonial West once more'. Naturally, this party line position was not adopted by many, considering the sensitivity of the issue and the lack of support for opposing partnerships with the economically growing Western European and North American markets. The Arab question was causing tense debates, and the rumblings of divisions within the Indian National Congress, particularly over how to replace the ageing Mahatma Gandhi as President of the Republic, were already growing. Such a large party, after all, could only be expected to stand firmly and completely united for so long. While the party remained united in contrast, it was not as unanimously rallied behind Gandhi and Nehru as before thanks to growing ideological differences only emphasized by the annual party conferences where general policy for the next year is discussed.[/sub] |
| [sub]Upon the death of Syama Prasad Mukherjee in custody by Kashmir police to a heart attack, Mauli Chandra Sharma took the helms of the right-wing BJS in early 1954, and immediately set out on expanding his party by courting the part of the electorate who were skeptical of continued Western ties and were curious by the growing Arab nations, for better or for worse. Sharma - leading the delegation of 3 members of the massive Lok Sabha - advocated in the Indian legislature for stronger ties with countries like Egypt, Turkey and Iran particularly, but the much larger, much more influential, and supermajority government of the INC did not support those measures. However, certain right-wing members of its ranks (as mentioned before) were sympathetic to the cause, and further light was brought to the BJS as the debate over foreign policy stirred onwards. Prime Minister Nehru personally had sympathies towards the policy, but did not support much else of the BJS party policy positions.[/sub] |
| [sub]While the Indian National Congress remained particularly united in comparison with the weakened Praja Socialist Party and the Communist Party of India, potential fraying over dissatisfaction with the Nehru-Gandhi dominance of the party, and the aforementioned policy debates that saw the public and government light be centered onto the small right-wing conservative nationalist party threatened to complicate the Indian political scene, as the world continues to switch and turn.[/sub] |
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[November-1954]
Vísir Journal
Fish To Be Nationalized?
Iceland's fishing industry is of significant importance to the country's economy, society, and culture. The industry has played a central role in Iceland's development, providing employment opportunities and a major source of income for the country.
The importance of the fishing industry to Iceland's economy cannot be overstated. The industry accounts for a significant portion of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), and fish and fish products make up a large share of the country's exports. Fishing is a crucial source of foreign currency earnings for Iceland and helps to maintain the country's balance of trade.
Moreover, the fishing industry is not only a significant source of revenue, but it also provides employment for a large number of Icelanders. The industry supports jobs both directly and indirectly, from fishermen to fish processors, exporters, and others. This employment is particularly important for rural areas in Iceland, where opportunities for work can be scarce.
The fishing industry has also played an important role in shaping Iceland's culture and traditions. Fishing has been a way of life for Icelanders for centuries, and it has helped to define the country's national identity. Fish has also been a staple food in Icelandic cuisine, and it remains a crucial part of the country's culinary heritage.
The fishing industry has significant strategic importance for Iceland. The country is an island nation that is heavily reliant on the sea for transportation and commerce, and control over its fishing grounds is critical to its national security and sovereignty. Overall, the fishing industry is a vital component of Iceland's economy, society, and culture. It has shaped the country's history, sustains the livelihoods of many Icelanders, and plays a crucial role in the country's future development.
However, much of the industry is dominated by foreign companies who were exploiting Iceland's rich fishing grounds without adequately compensating the country for its resources like AquaTerra Fisheries, Global Catch Inc, Marisource Corporation, Neptune's Bounty Ltd, and Blue Horizon Fisheries. Nationalizing the fishing industry would allow Iceland to take control of its own resources and ensure that the benefits of the industry stayed within the country. This would mean that the profits generated by the industry could be reinvested in Iceland's infrastructure, education, and healthcare systems, leading to a more prosperous and equitable society.
Furthermore, nationalizing the fishing industry would provide the government with greater regulatory control over the industry, enabling it to protect the sustainability of fish stocks and prevent overfishing. This would not only help to safeguard Iceland's natural resources for future generations but also ensure the long-term viability of the fishing industry itself.
Finally, nationalizing the fishing industry would also help to promote Iceland's sovereignty and independence, which had been undermined by the dominance of foreign fishing companies. By taking control of its own resources, Iceland would be able to assert its authority on the international stage and protect its economic interests.
The response of individual companies to the nationalization of the fishing industry would depend on a number of factors, such as the extent of their operations in Iceland and their existing relationships with the Icelandic government. Some foreign companies may be unhappy with the nationalization of the fishing industry, as it could potentially reduce their access to Iceland's rich fishing grounds and limit their ability to operate in the country. They may argue that the move is unfair or unnecessary, and could potentially seek legal action or diplomatic channels to address their concerns.
On the other hand, some companies may be more receptive to the idea of nationalization, particularly if they are already operating under Iceland's regulatory framework and have a good relationship with the government. They may see the move as an opportunity to work more closely with Icelandic authorities and to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable fishing practices.
Icelandic fishing companies may have a more positive response to nationalization, as it could give them greater control over the industry and provide opportunities for expansion and growth. They may see the move as a way to protect Iceland's resources and to ensure that the benefits of the industry stay within the country.
In conclusion, the fishing industry has been a crucial part of Iceland's economy and identity for centuries, and the government's decision to nationalize is a significant turning point in the industry's development. The move allowed Iceland to begin asserting greater control over its resources and to ensure that the benefits of the industry were shared more widely within the country. While the nationalization of the fishing industry was not without controversy, particularly among foreign companies that had previously operated in Icelandic waters, it ultimately helped to establish Iceland as a major player in the global fishing industry and to promote sustainable fishing practices.
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The Equatorial Civil War: The Beginning
November-December 1954
The Equatorial Civil War had been inevitable since the beginning. When Zaire had negotiated a buffer state between itself and France, the seeds were laid. When the first foreign Benelux shell corporations moved in, the roots burrowed into the ground. When the corporations created their first corporate camps, and the enslavement of entire villages into working, the seedling began to break through the ground. When Lumumba was cheated out of his landslide political victory by Prime Minister Mobutu and President Kasa-Vubu, the plant had reached maturity. Now they would all reap what they had sown, the Equatorial Civil War would begin in December 1954.
While initially Lumumba and Patriceans had desired to wait until later in 1955, they were forced to move up their plans. Equatorial soldiers had begun to discover their caches, and became aware of supply lines running through Sudan into Equatoria. While the derailment of the trains, and the raid on the armories had slowed the movement of the Equatorial Army, and left them scrambling to crush ghost guerillas, nonetheless they knew it was only a matter of time before they turned their attention back to the areas they knew Lumumba hid in.
The first move by the Patriceans was the capture of Dungu in the far northeast. This small city had been a colonial outpost for the Belgians, before falling increasingly into irrelevance post independence. Despite this the city had a river access, and an airport. This city would serve as Lumumbas main headquarters.
Lumumba would also incite his Azande allies into rising up. He had become closely aligned to the two largest Azande clans the Akurungu and the Abagua. These two clans had been powerful and influential during the colonial and pre-colonial periods, but had been systematically targeted and weakened by the Stanleyville Government since its inception. While these targeted revolts would sweep across the north they would run into some roadblocks. Mainly Azande clans like the Ambale had allied themselves with the Stanleyville government thus limiting their real strength in the north.
With his revolution declare and sweeping across the north, Lumumba spread propaganda into Stanleyville, Coquilhatville, and Nouvelle-Anvers about the declaration of a Popular Republic of Equatoria. People rioted and protested in the streets, fighting local garrisons, and overrunning police barricades. Only by the inclusion of the Equatorial Army, and Benelux Mercenaries could these riots be quelled. Many rioters fled into the countryside joining local rebel cells, and beginning their own rural insurgencies. By the height of the civil war around 45,500 rebels would actively be serving under Mobutu, with several thousand others being unaligned, or rebellious tribes.
The response in the government to the declaration of a Popular Republic was panic and anger. President Joseph Kasa-Vubu quickly began to order his mercenaries to arms. There were around 1,500 mercenaries under his employ, many of whom had fought in the Second World War. Despite their small size these mercenaries would be instrumental in any victory in the war. These mercenaries would also be important after the war as it was incredibly likely a second conflict between President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Mobutu would break out.
Prime Minister Mobutu refused to rely on mercenaries. As a former officer, he conscripted together an army of 30,000 Congolese African Soldiers at the height of the civil war. Many of these men had no real desire to fight having been pledged by their villages and clans that were loyal to Mobutu. There was a small cadre of men who had served directly under Mobutu in the past and made up a fanatical inner circle.
This early period saw little actual fighting, only small exploratory missions by mercenaries to access the situations. There they quickly were forced to turn back realizing the north had very quickly risen up in rebellion and any semblance of government control no longer existed.
The corporate camps in the north very quickly were raided. While most of the important executives had left there was still hundreds of managers, administration, and overseers left behind. These men were very quickly captured, with mob justice often being dispensed upon the worst offenders. Eventually Patrice Lumumba himself was forced to speak to the mob, and sent rebels to protect the remaining members of the managerial class, to ensure the entirety of Equatorial intellectual class wasnt purged or murdered by angry mobs.
The Equatorial War had begun, with the north falling easily into the hands of the Patriceans, the Stanleyville Government scrambling to mobilize, and growing divides between Mobutu and Kasa-Vubu, all 2.5 million residents of Equatoria held their breath, and for the first time in many years, hoped for the future.
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: CONFLICT ERUPTS IN ALGERIA AT THE HANDS OF TREASONOUS NATIONALIST EXTREMISTS
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, NOVEMBER 1954 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | French Algeria's Moslems have a saying: "When it is very hot in Tunisia or Morocco, it is warm in Algeria." With regards to that warmth, the same violence that has erupted so often in Tunisia and Morocco in the past has only caused tremors in Algeria. Just last week, for the first time in nine years, it was very hot in Algeria. Paris was shocked; unlike Tunisia and Morocco which are "protectorates" in name, but actually colonies, Algeria is part of metropolitan France, and its people, Arab and Frenchman alike, are French citizens. Algeria's three departments have as much standing in the French Assembly as any of the departments between the Pyrenees and the Rhine. The rattling and piercing noise of guns started in Algeria on 1 November, an hour after midnight, and seemed to be directed from a single central source:[/sub]
[sub][list][pre]¶ At Ouillis, located near Oran, a guard surprised a group of armed men who were trying to wreck a power transformer. They shot him dead.
¶ A young Frenchman named Laurent Francois heard that terrorists were abroad, drove to the police station in Cassaigne for protection. At the station entrance, a shot from the shadows drilled him through the head.
¶ In the mountain district of Aures, terrorists stopped a car containing a kaid which is a rural chieftain who was also a French army captain, and a young French husband and wife who were teachers. They clubbed the kaid to a pulp, then killed the French husband, and stabbed and raped the young woman, who thankfully survived and was rescued.
¶ Terrorists closed in on Arris, the administrative center of Aures, poured in repeated volleys of rifle fire. All the inhabitants of Foum-Toub were evacuated, to prevent slaughter or capture by the extremist bandits.[/pre][/list][/sub]
[sub]When the horribly gruesome day ended, eight Frenchmen and pro-French natives were dead while more than 30 were wounded. Premier Pierre Mendès-France, who wants peace and a settlement in North Africa, had just served notice, in one of his fireside chats, that his government was going ahead with plans to let French Africa have her large part in the social and economic expansion of the entire French Union. Upon the urging request of Governor General Roger Leonard, Paris dispatched 3,000 paratroopers and 3,500 security troops to reinforce the 30,000 soldiers already in Algeria. French armored columns sporting Panhard EBRs pursued the terrorists up deep ravines in the mountains, with Dassault Mystere IV fighter planes for cover. In the cities, known nationalist hangouts were raided by intelligence services, more than 325 suspects were jailed. Even some homes of North Africans living in Marseille and Lyon were searched out of suspicion.[/sub]
[sub]French officials blamed the outbreak of violence on Tunisian fellaghas which are nationalist bandits as well, hard-pressed in their own country, who had crossed the Algerian border. They also harshly blamed the inflammatory Cairo radio and the extremist nationalist Algerian movement known as the MTLD (Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties). The leader of the MTLD is Ahmed Messali Hadj which is now in exile at Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, but was reportedly in contact with Algerian underground leaders, and suspected of being the hand that set off last week's synchronized violence. Further intelligence gathered by the Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage (External Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service) SDECE has pointed the finger of blame to the National Liberation Front (FLN) which split from the MTLD earlier this year and released their declaration and appeal towards Algerian independence the same night of the extremist attacks.[/sub]
[sub]Considering that Algeria is viewed as being just as much French as Marseille and Lyon, the French government says they will not negotiate the Algerian question and that revolt on the soil of Algeria is treason. "The only negotiation," said Interior Minister Francois Mitterrand, "is war." The Algerian nationalists have an answer: "La valise ou le cercueil" meaning, if you don't take a traveling bag, you will get a coffin.[/sub]
[sub]The Ministry of National Defense has dispatched a total of 35,000 troops to the Northern shores of Algeria, 3,000 of which are Foreign Legionaries, in order to reinforce the 30,000 colonial troops already permanently stationed there. Their primary mission is to secure the borders of Algeria, to prevent further outside influence while also hunting down extremist forces and locating terrorist hideouts throughout Algeria. Another key objective of the mission is the protection of places like airports, airfields, shipping facilities, and loyal population centers. The Defense Ministry is counting on support from the locals when it comes to ratting out the violent nationalists as well as the local police forces, which have been recruited in several roundups already, despite being under the surveillance of the SDECE. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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DECEMBER,1954
The Father Of Maziya Democracy Successor:
Briane Ricuelmae James.
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Briane Ricuelmae James,was revealed to the public as Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik representative,for the election of 1960.Briane was also revealed to the public as someone who was taught,by Maziya first prime minister,Juaidi Asyrafil.Soon after the reveal,Juaidi and Briane would hold a interview with the Maziyan Times.Maziya top selling newspaper house.
[U]Briane Ricuelmae James:The Man With Many Ideas.
| Juaidi met Briane at a college visit,in 1950.Briane at the time had just gotten his law degree.Juaidi visited the college,as a guest for the graduation of the students of 1950.Briane was making a speech.In the speech Briane spent some time talking about politics,which caught the attention of the former prime minister.From then,both Briane and Juaidi would meet personally to talk.Briane was considered by Juaidi as a man with many ideas,for the future of the country.It was also Briane idea to establish Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik,to spearhead the future of Maziya politics as a coalition party of multiple small political groups.Some socialist,some nationalist,some even could be considered as fascist.But according to Juaidi,they were few and far between.Quite a few of them wanted to adopt a two party political system,similar to the United States.Although Juaidi holds Briane to quite a high regard.Briane himself didn't think so.
[U]A Bit Of Briane Personal Life.[/U]
| Briane revealed that his father is half British and half Indian,but his mother is full Indian.Hence why his skin colour is quite light in comparison to his fellow Indians.When Briane was young,he wanted to become a politician but that career path was disapproved by his family as it was deemed to be a "risky career path".Instead they, especially his father.Wanted him to become a lawyer.About Briane family, although his father was well educated.His mother was not.But as Briane grew older,he took on a part time job as a newspaper boy.At one point wanting to be part of the Maziyan Communist Party,but was denied that by his father.Using the money he got,Briane tried buying some political literature.
[U]Briane Personal Beliefs.[/U]
| Briane time under Juaidi tutorship,to be trained to become his successor.Was said by Briane "Quite a stressful period of my life." Not because,Juaidi was a pressure inducing man.But it was rather the lack of direction producing the stress that Briane had.Briane was told "Read any piece of political literature you want." When Wei Yuan manifesto was being sold,Briane bought one copy.He thought that Wei Yuan ideals were very good if implemented right.Briane said in the interview that although he is loyal to the state,he feels that he would be accused of being a communist/socialist just because he reads Wei Yuan manifesto.However,the actions of the government cannot go unnoticed according to Briane.
[List][I]"There needs to be change in the government,things have begun to feel more tense then ever before.Perhaps it's the Malay supremacist model of government that is Maziya Parti Nasional,clashing with the now gone Maziyan Communist Party beliefs of a Maziyan national identity and the Maziyan Chinese Association ideals of a Chinese supremacist government."[/I][/list]
Said Briane.Also according to Briane.
"I feel like Fong Wei Yuan,was more nationalistic then communist despite for being born on Malaya.Perhaps if Fong never publicly declared his political party as the communist party,he would still be alive today."
[U]Briane Name.[/U]
| Briane was asked.
"Why is your name spelled B-R-I-A-N-E instead of
B-R-I-A-N?"
Briane would reveal that during the process of filling in his birth certificate,his parents messed up the spelling and accidentally added the E.
[U]Public Opinions On Briane[/U]
| With Briane presence now being known to the general population,people have their thoughts on this young politician.Some people think that he would be the right step for Maziya future but the majority of Malays believe that he is just another threat to the Malays and their way of life.
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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list][list]DECEMBER 1954
[sub]A Giant in South America I[/sub][/list]
[pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!
Hail, august symbol of peace!
Thy noble presence to our minds
The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] THE LAND OF TOMORROW, THE LAND OF PROMISE [/pre]
[list][sub]In the four corners of Brazil, Brazilians refer to their country as the Land of Tomorrow, the Land of Promise. They believe that nature has given Brazil infinite resources and that one day Brazil will be as populous, powerful, and prosperous as the U.S. if not more so.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT AFTERNOON
[sub]THE LAND OF TOMORROW, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| The Brazilian dream is made of more than dream stuff. Brazil is a giant in South America. With a population of 57 million, it is almost equal to all five other South American countries combined. In area (3,287,842 sq. mi.) it is the largest country in the world. For the Brazilian leadership, the headaches related to the Brazilian economy are enormous; the country has runaway inflation, is in urgent need of capital to develop and, unfortunately, is dependent on its one big export, coffee. As Latin American finance ministers gathered for the inter-American economic conference, Brazil was doing well economically compared to other nations facing economic problems. But for Brazil there was a big difference: the first sign of new hope in a new leader, a man who symbolized a break with a troubled past and a promise of a better country, that man was President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO¹. For nearly twenty years, Brazil was dominated by GETÚLIO VARGAS², a man of imperfect grandeur who ruled as a dictator and as a democratically elected President, but always as the enigmatic, subtle boss of what was essentially a one-man team. Vargas, more than most Brazilians, dreamed of Brazils future, but failed to solve the problems of the present. In the midst of the political crisis that was plaguing the country, a group of high-ranking generals pressured him to resign, and Vargas did. It was then that Vice President Café Filho had to assume the presidency of the Republic. |
| A very different man from Vargas, Café Filho is much more concerned with the problems of the present than with the future, utterly lacking in any taste for the intricate maneuvers and favoritism of partisan politics. Instead of doing all the work himself, he brought teamwork into the government, delegating authority to his ministers and giving them firm backing. To deal with the economic problems, he adopted a bitter-medicine program of disinflation and austerity. According to the constitution, he cannot succeed himself. Café Filho has just 14 more months (the remainder of Vargas term) to implement his economic policies. |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | Im perfectly aware of the time I have left. And I dont intend to work miracles. What Im trying to do here is just apply common sense to this position. Im not running for President: Im already President of the Republic. I dont need to seek popularity and votes.[/list]
| Café Filho was determined to plug all possible dollar-exchange leaks, he angered federal Senators and Deputies by canceling their privileges to bring a new car into the country every few years. Determined to cut costs, he vetoed a bill to raise government doctors salaries and stood by his decision, even though doctors threatened a nationwide strike. In keeping with his austerity program, he angered bureaucrats and foreign diplomatic corps by announcing that the government would remain in Rio during this years hot season, instead of moving to Petrópolis, as Brazilian chiefs of state have done since the days of Emperor Pedro I (1822-31). |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | This government doesnt have time for vacations.[/list]
| In a country where it is easy to earn money for a successful politician, Café Filho did not want to get rich. At 55, he has no savings to speak of. No income except his salary. Instead of moving to the Catete Palace, he continues to live, as he has since 1944, in a three-bedroom, middle-class apartment on Avenida Copacabana, in Rio. Three rooms are not too many: the President, his wife Jandira and their only son Eduardo, 11, share the space with Jandiras mother and sister, both widows. For clothing, Café Filho prefers dark blue pin-stripe suits, grey ties and white silk shirts. At home, he likes to stay in his pajamas, read, drink coffee and smoke a strong Brazilian cigarette (Hollywoods). Despite enjoying reading, he is less educated, less cultured than Vargas but he promises to be a better President. |
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[sub]¹ JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]² GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Post self-deleted by Keade.
[December-1954]
Vísir Journal
Unprecedented Demand:
Iceland Struggles to Cope with Record Number of Tourists
In recent weeks, Reykjavik has experienced a tourism boom like never before. Visitors from around the world have been flocking to the city to experience its stunning architecture, delicious cuisine, and unique cultural heritage. However, the sudden influx of tourists has put a strain on the city's infrastructure, leading to concerns about the impact on local residents.
Hotel rooms are fully booked for months in advance, and popular tourist attractions are struggling to keep up with the demand. Long lines and overcrowding have become a common sight, and some locals are starting to feel like they are living in a theme park rather than a real city.
The city government is scrambling to find a solution to this issue, with some officials advocating for the construction of new hotels and attractions to accommodate the growing number of visitors. Others are concerned that this could exacerbate the problem, and are calling for a more sustainable approach to tourism that takes into account the needs of both visitors and locals. Despite concerns about overcrowding and environmental impact, Iceland's tourism industry shows no signs of slowing down. The country's economy has been buoyed by the influx of visitors, with small businesses and entrepreneurs in particular benefiting from the surge in demand.
One local tour operator, Sigurður Jónsson, has seen his business grow from a one-man operation to a thriving enterprise with dozens of employees. "Iceland is a unique destination that offers something truly special to visitors," he says. "Our company is dedicated to providing a sustainable and responsible tourism experience that benefits both our customers and the local community." However, as Iceland continues to attract more visitors, concerns about the impact on the country's fragile environment are growing. Some conservationists worry that the influx of tourists could lead to erosion and other forms of damage to Iceland's stunning landscapes.
Despite these concerns, most Icelanders remain positive about the future of their country's tourism industry. "Iceland is a magical place, and we're proud to share it with the world," says Þórdís Gunnarsdóttir, a local business owner. "As long as we continue to prioritize sustainability and responsible tourism, I believe that we can ensure that this industry benefits both Icelanders and visitors alike."
Yet how would Icelands Government respond to this rapid influx? One of the primary concerns would be the impact of increased tourism on Iceland's environment. The Icelandic government has been proactive in implementing measures to promote sustainable tourism and minimize the impact on natural resources. For example, the government has introduced fees for popular tourist sites to help fund their maintenance and protection, and has established rules and guidelines for the operation of tourism businesses to ensure that they operate in a responsible and sustainable manner. In addition to environmental concerns, the government would also need to address issues related to infrastructure and the local economy. The sudden influx of visitors could put a strain on transportation systems, public services, and small businesses in the tourism sector. The government may need to invest in infrastructure improvements to accommodate the growing number of tourists and support the local economy.
Prime Minister Steinórsson released a positive statement about the tourism boom. I am proud to stand before you today to talk about the incredible growth we are seeing in Iceland's tourism industry. In recent years, our country has become a destination that people from all over the world want to experience, and I believe that this is a testament to the beauty, culture, and warmth that our country offers. While there are certainly challenges that come with this growth, I am confident that we can meet them head-on and continue to thrive as a nation. We are committed to ensuring that our environment remains protected, and that visitors have the opportunity to experience the best that Iceland has to offer without causing harm to our precious natural resources. In addition, I believe that this growth presents exciting opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs across our country.
From guesthouses to restaurants to tour operators, there are countless ways for Icelanders to benefit from the influx of visitors while also sharing our unique culture and hospitality with the world. I am committed to working with all of you to ensure that we are able to harness the benefits of this growth for the betterment of our country. Together, we can build a sustainable and responsible tourism industry that benefits both our visitors and our local communities.
But Iceland's open borders pose a threat. The government has expressed concerns about the possibility of foreign agents or spies entering the country under the guise of tourists, and has announced plans to strengthen security measures at the country's borders and tourist destinations. Visitors to Iceland may face longer wait times and more scrutiny at the border, and may be subject to additional security checks at popular tourist destinations. These measures are intended to protect Iceland's national security and prevent espionage activities.
The government has emphasized that it remains committed to welcoming tourists to Iceland and promoting the country as a safe and attractive destination, but as the tourism industry continues to grow, the Icelandic government will face the challenge of balancing the economic benefits of tourism with the need to protect the country's national security and environment.
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[list][list][pre]ኢ ት ዮ ጵ ያ
E T H I O P I A[/pre][sub]11 November 1954[/sub][/list]
EDEN SOLOMONIC STATE OF ETHIOPIA;
[sub]Awake to the Moment, Chapter 01[/sub]
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[list][list][sub]In the abundance of water, a fool will still be thirsty. Proverb, Ancient Ethiopians (Pre-History)[/sub]
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[sub][pre]
We see a new Ethiopia, a new Africa,
stretching her hands of influence throughout
the world, teaching man the way of life
and peace, The Way to God.
[/pre] MARCUS GARVEY, Pan-Africanist [/sub][/list][/list][/list]
[pre] [/pre]
[list]IMPERIAL TOMB, TEEKA NEGIST MAUSOLEUM, Imperial Palace Complex
[sub]Addis Ababa, Nonador MORNING[/sub]
[sub]Two months had passed since the signing of the Moscow Agreement that ended the Eritrean Rebellion, and the initial sense of betrayal had further soured into resentment. Emperor Selassie, displeased by the failure of his Ministers to achieve absolute victory over the rebels, and angered by the blatant disregard for Ethiopian Sovereignty - again - by so-called International institutions, had secluded himself within the walls of the Palace Complex at the heart of Addis Ababa. Questions swirled about what direction the Empire would go in as its leadership remained mostly silent as the dust settled and the true depth of foreign betrayal became apparent. When members of FANO delivered disturbing reports of covert French (Metropolitan Francais) intervention into the conflict by-way-of arms shipments, and other degrees material support, the Emperor reportedly became infuriated and there were concerns that he would move to sack the entirety of the National Deliberation Council, appointed only 5 years ago. However, such a string of dismissals did not occur, and knowledge that the Imperial Government was aware of this French intervention was guarded closely. Instead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was directed by the NDC to re-engage with the international community to drum up support for the Solomonic State, which had all but exhausted its diplomatic capital during the conflict - to varying levels of success.[/sub]
[sub]Imperial silence was deafening, as the NDC scrambled to do whatever they could to send signals back to the palace that they were still capable of leadership in the wake of what many regarded as an objective failure. Such that by the time an Imperial summons arrived in the office of NDC Chair, Tefari Benti, to meet with Selassie at his earliest convenience, the usually stern Benti scrambled to prepare a report of recent activity to build up a case to convince the Emperor that he was still up to the task.[/sub]
[sub]Arriving early in the morning on the 11th of November, Benti waited in the lobby - an atypical occurrence - for several hours before an attendant arrived to escort him to the Imperial Tombs within the Teeka Negist Mausoleum on the Palace grounds. Dressed in the National Deliberation Council-variant of the Army uniform (all white with a red sash), Benti would take notice of the Emperor who stood atop the 76-step staircase looking off towards the growing skyline of Addis Ababa. Stopping just below the Emperor at stair 73, he would bow deeply and await direction from his Solomon.[/sub][/list]
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HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | Come
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[list][sub][pre]Not acknowledging Bentis presence with his body language, but with his words, Selassie would turn towards the entrance into the Mausoleum where a member of the Imperial Guard opened the large wooden doors for them to enter. With the sound of their boots impacting the marble floors echoing loudly in the quiet cathedral-like structure, as they approached the sarcophagus of the first Emperor of Ethiopia, Menelik I.[/pre][/sub][/list]
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HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | ... I was told a few weeks ago that your office received a report from our intelligence operatives in Asmara that the French Republic provided material aid to the rebels during their uprising in Eritrea-... and supported their bid to enter the UN?
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[list][sub][pre]Clearing his throat, Benti would begin, disseminating what was known about the French operation. Granted the full spectrum of their effort in Eritrea was not fully known, the intelligence assessment had determined that it was an effort to destabilize the Solomonic State for fear that it would push for the immediate decolonization and annexation of Djibouti. Upon hearing this, the Emperor would remain silent for a moment, turning towards the resting place of his elder cousins - Menelik II, and predecessor, Zewditu - before responding.[/pre][/sub][/list]
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HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | A shame-...
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[list][sub][pre]Continuing, Benti would remark that this revelation - when coupled with the known intervention of the Saudis into the conflict, and ascension of Eritrea into the Arab Union not long after peace was secured - demonstrated a concerted effort by foreign adversaries to curtail the development the Solomonic State. Benti, upon finishing, would remain silent for a minute before the Emperor would speak.[/pre][/sub][/list]
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HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | There are some who would rather I join my kindred here in this palace of the dead - than lead a nation of Africans up from disunity and poverty. Ethiopias continued existence as the sole nation on this continent to have escaped the clutches of colonialism is a constant reminder to Europe of their infallibility - and to the Arabs (Sudesam), the impetus of their unity against some dark boogieman... Our detractors have shown their hand, and presented a lesson for us to learn if we are willing to receive it-....
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[list][sub][pre]Placing his arms behind his back, and turning towards Benti - the Emperor would lock eyes with him at last, before beginning a slow walk towards the entrance of the Mausoleum.[/pre][/sub][/list]
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HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | My child, we have no true friends in this world. Only those who seek to plunder, destroy, or exploit us for their own gain but, this is not cause for angst. No, this should be the chiefest motivating factor in our renewed effort to cultivate in these lands, a vibrant, prosperous, and secure home for the faithful.
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[list][sub][pre]Upon hearing the word faithful, Benti would be taken aback for a moment. Since coming to power, the Emperor has been intentional in curtailing the runaway power of the Church in state affairs. Criticized as a soulless effort to prove Ethiopian civility in the European-dominated order, Selassie had distanced himself from the traditional role of the Crown in church affairs, and eased funding into church projects. This, Benti thought eagerly, may signal a turn towards the Ethiopian core.[/pre][/sub][/list]
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TEFARI BENTI, Chair of the National Deliberative Council | The faithful, sir?
HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | ... For the first time in what feels like an eternity, I believe the Lord, our God has spoken to me as clearly as I am speaking to you . I saw a vision in prayer days ago - and in this vision I saw our nation.. our people.. free of poverty, living in abundance-... living as one with the natural world as we were created to do. There was no disease there. No wars. No ethnic strife . I saw our nation, as a great temple of understanding and human progress, living in harmony with the divine - upon a great mountain, surrounded by a chaotic and dark world I saw a Eden, the birthplace of humanity, and heard clearly . do this in my name, and you shall know no pain, suffering, or fear.
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[list][sub][pre]Slightly uncomfortable, Benti would stiffen in his stride as his mind wondered.. They would reach the door, and as the Imperial Guard opened it, Selassie would reach in front of Tefari Benti to stop him before speaking.[/pre][/sub][/list]
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HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | I know that what I say may sound strange but I can see clearly now Tefari. While our enemies plot against us.. the lord, our God, has given me a vision of a future for our people but only if we are able to set aside the pettiness that divides us, and commit ourselves to this great project to remake Ethiopia. We have no where else to go and we are surrounded on all sides for the Arabs and French, Eritrea was a sly dig, but to us it was an existential threat to our existence.. And they must come to know that we will not fade quietly, but will rise from the ashes stronger than ever before ."
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[list][sub][pre]Seeing the newfound energy exuding from the pores of his Solomon, Tefari Benti would be increasingly convinced of the Emperors words. Not necessarily the religious infusion, as he struggled with his faith personally, but convinced of the urgency of this moment.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] [/pre]
HAILE SELASSIE, Emperor of Ethiopia | ... before you leave, see to it that you receive the package of documents I have prepared for you and my ministers for immediate implementation. Inform the Ministers that they will be given one year to demonstrate tangible progress in our new national strategy, or I will be prepared to accept their resignations and I shall see you again tomorrow morning, for us to discuss the package after you have had time to review it.
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[list][sub]Standing now at the top of the staircase where their conversation began, Selassie would resume his posture - looking regally towards the skyline of Addis Ababa, as Tefari Benti - now dismissed, would be escorted to the motorcade awaiting him at the palace entrance by the attendant. In his hands were reams of documents to be disseminated among the Ministers detailing the contours of the Emperors New Eden Policy Initiative.[/sub][/list]
[pre] [/pre]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1837679
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[list][list]DECEMBER 1954
[sub]A Giant in South America II[/sub][/list]
[pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!
Hail, august symbol of peace!
Thy noble presence to our minds
The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW LEADERSHIP [/pre]
[list][sub]From a member of the Chamber of Deputies to the President of Brazil, Café Filho now has great responsibilities in his hands. Octobers congressional election favored Café Filho, now the challenge will be to keep the main conservative parties on the side of his government.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT AFTERNOON
[sub]THE LAND OF TOMORROW, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| After the end of the Estado Novo (Vargas Era) which resulted in the removal of GÉTULIO VARGAS¹ by the military in 1945, JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO² returned to politics, won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, took up his old role of caustic, lone-wolf critic. He became the most popular deputy in the chamber. Vargas was determined that he would run for president in 1950. As was the multimillionaire ADHEMAR DE BARROS³, ex-governor of São Paulo. Shortly before the election, both made a deal. Adhemar agreed to withdraw from running for election and to declare that he would support Vargas. Vargas agreed to: |
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1) accept a member of the Social Progressive Party as his running mate;
2) support Adhemar in the 1955 presidential election.[/pre][/list][/list]
| For the choice of Vice President, Vargas insisted on Café Filho, a PSP member. He reasoned that his old enemy would be less of a problem for him as a boxed-in Vice President than as a liberal congressman. As Vice President of Brazil, Café Filho has not had much involvement in policy-making. His sole job was to preside over the Senate, and that wasnt enough to keep him busy. He has traveled widely in Latin America, Europe and the Near East. When he wasnt traveling abroad, he opened the door of his office in Rio three days a week to anyone who wanted to visit him a practice he continues to this day, although his busy schedule now allows only one public audience a week. In four years, he received over 40,000 calls. The attempted assassination of Rio journalist CARLOS LACERDA⁴ led to the exposure of what Brazilians have come to call the sea of mud the vast disorder and corruption that surrounded the Vargas government. When high-ranking generals asked Vargas to resign, he refused. Café Filho, who had no connection with the sea of mud, made Vargas an offer: to avoid violence, the President and Vice President should resign together and call new elections. Vargas refused. |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]Vice President of the Republic[/sub] | Listen to reason, Getúlio, Im the one whos going to lose. You will still have your farm in São Borja, your money, a chance to come back. I wont have anything.[/list]
| But Vargas relented and resigned. On the morning of Aug. 24, a journalist knocked on Vice President Café Filhos door to say that Vargas had resigned and that he was the new President of Brazil. Throughout his political career, Café Filho was a defender of the poor, but when he became president, conservative parties supported him, but center-left parties opposed him. The explanation for this was Café Filhos opposition to Vargas, who was distrusted by conservatives and blindly followed by non-Communist left-wing groups. Another reason was that Café Filho is a liberal as to ends, a conservative as to means. Six weeks after taking office, Café Filho faced his first political threat: Octobers congressional election. He chose not to campaign, although the success or failure of the government depended on winning right-center majorities in the Senate and the Chamber. He had the victory. His main political problem now is keeping the two main conservative parties on his side. |
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[sub]¹ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
[sub]² JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]³ ADHEMAR DE BARROS, was mayor of São Paulo (1957-1961) and governor of São Paulo (1947-1951 and 1963-1966).[/sub]
[sub]⁴ CARLOS LACERDA, was an editor of Rios Tribuna da Imprensa, affiliated with the National Democratic Union party, candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in 1954 and governor of the state of Guanabara (1960-65).[/sub]
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[list]DECEMBER 8th 1954
[sub]LO MEJOR DE GRANADA[/sub][/list]
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Gran República de la Nueva Granada
[sub]On December 4th the División Granadina or Granadine Division under Bronze Star Medal holder Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Ruiz Novoa would arrive in the port city of Guayaquil, returning to the homeland for the first time in over four years. From their arrival in Korea on August 8th 1950 in response to the call to defense by United Nations General Secretary Trygve Lie and Korean President Syngman Rhee to their departure from the Peninsula on October 29th 1954 the excess ten thousand men of Granadine Division served with United Nations forces for 1,543 days suffering 626 casualties, 1,096 wounded, 240 missing and 90 captured. [/sub]
[sub]President Marcos Pérez Jiménez even before their arrival would begin to lavish the division for their service, subsidising their extended stay in Hawaii and publicising their return, drawing crowds and enthusiasm for their arrival in Guayaquil. These men had returned to a completely different president, Jiménez was still a familiar face being a figurehead and one of the most senior members of the army long before his presidency but he believed that it would be better to buy their loyalty completely rather than assume it. He would greet the returning division personally along with general Pinilla who had sent them off himself years ago. [/sub]
[sub]Jiménez had long anticipated the divisions return, seeing them as invaluable to propagation of a solid national identity particularly through his use of military parades and events, believing that veneration of the armed forces and the idealisation of citizens willing to die for ones country as an effective tool in promoting national pride. Just as importantly to him the division would be invaluable in reinforcing the Respice Polum doctrine or Mirar Hacia el Norte (To Look North) that had been threatened under the previous administration, a doctrine that emphasises Granadas relationship with the United States first and foremost, created after massive American assistance to combat the economic and administrative crisis in the aftermath of the Thousand Days' War. Displaying the units prowess and the effectiveness of American war material as a justification for the complete abandonment of the European model of war for the American model.[/sub]
[sub]On the 8th of December a grandiose military parade would be held on the grounds of El Campín stadium in Bogota with the Granadine Division at its forefront. The division would showcase American M1 helmets, M3 grease guns, M1 carbines, M1 Garands, Thompson submachine guns and various previously 7mm Mauser Belgian and Czech rifles retooled to the American standard .30-06 Springfield, all to display the militarys departure from previously German dominated equipment. Brand new M4 Shermans would accompany older M3 Stuart tanks on the field, capable vehicles to be supported soon by French AMX-13s still ongoing delivery. As the most well equipped, capable and prestigious unit in Granada the division would not be dissolved, instead being reconstituted as a flexible elite expeditionary-capable fighting force within the Granadine Army who Jiménez intended to use as a quasi-presidential guard. [/sub]
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list]December 1954
[sub]Alvarez's Embarks on a New Foreign Policy Doctrine[/sub][/list]
[pre]P L U S U L T R A[/pre]
The Prime Minister's Residence: The Prime Minister's Summer Home
[sub]Seville, Andalusia, Spainard[/sub]
| The continuous strides Prime Minister Francis Alvarez has made during his tenure in office. An unprecedented but impactful first year in office has paved the way forward for a greater Spain economically, and socially. His predecessor and now Opposition Leader Sebastian Ruiz economic proposals have remained in the greater good for the country. In a year and years past of reimagining our country's domestic agenda, Alvarez is now looking towards his foreign policy agenda.|
|The United States and Spain have conducted a series of militarization revamping efforts to restore the Spanish Armed Forces after the many decades of neglect and corruption. The new naval base in Cadiz remains as a testament to the new military partnership and Spains commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization overall. The Riffs Independence signals to the world that Spain is moving past its colonial ties as the Western Sahara Territory may soon follow. With conflict breaking out in Algeria as colonial subjects defy their master, its only evident that those in Western Sahara may soon follow in their footsteps. Under the new Intelligence Director Fernando Joaquin Guzmán, he has been ordered to infiltrate the societal norms in El Aaiún and to collect information on whether or not independence sentiment may grow and how to contain the possible threat.|
|Codenamed Pase inminente or Imminent Passe will be a top secret data collection mission that will oversee the colonial integrity of Spanish Sahara. Although the country has moved forward with granting The Riff its independence, its clear that Alvarez wants to dictate independence accords on his terms. As the new year approaches, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be busy, from keeping a watchful eye on the unfolding and unsettling events in Northern Africa, and as well reaching towards allies in Western Europe while also offering a steady hand to former colonial subjects in the Western Hemisphere, particularly those in South America. The momentum of a democratic, and constitutional monarch Spain remains adamant and strong, but at a moment's notice a problem at home could cause discourse, and for that the Prime Minister must stay vigilant and play nice with his adversaries.|
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
Virnall[/spoiler]
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I apologize for being inactive. I have just got caught up with life and I kinda forgot about this. Im returning today.
Oiro, Capybarlend
Background French West Africa 1954
The sun rises upon the 24 million of the Federation of French West Africa. The massive federation of 8 French colonial territories. Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta, and Niger. Also attached to the Federation was Togo-land which had been a League of Nations, and then later United Nations mandate that had been administered and made a de facto part of the French West African Federation.
The capital of this federation was located in Dakar, the largest city, and administrative heart of the Federation. Here sits the colonial government, and administration headed by the Governor-General Bernard Cornut-Gentille. A veteran and early support of Free France Cornut-Gentille has served across the Empire in a multitude of different positions. For the past 3 years he has made French West Africa his home, and has been instrumental in pushing through many reforms.
Locally administration is divided into two parts. Each colony is governed by a French appointed Lieutenant Governor-General. These men were responsible for running day to day affairs and reporting directly to Dakar. Below the Lieutenant Governor was the Chiefs of Cantons. These were men chosen for their loyalty to France, an exercised immense control over their cantons due to often isolation from command. These chiefs were appointed and removed by the French, and were responsible for arming their own militia, collection of taxes, and enforcing the rule of law.
In recent years there have been some reforms to this system. In early 1954 it was announced colonial governors would be renamed to presidents, and for the first time in French colonial history Africans would be allowed to vote for the vice president of the respective colony who would be of African descent. While of course a far cry from democracy, the increasing allowance of black Africans into politics has seen the rise of influential black politicians. Mainly Léopold Sédar Senghor in Senegal, Felix Houphouët-Boigny in Ivory Coast, Maurice Yaméogo in Upper Volta, Fily Dabo Sissoko in Niger, Sourou-Migan Apithy in Dahomey, Sylvanus Olympio in Togo, and Yacine Diallo in Guinea.
As French colonialism enters into its twilight, many within French West Africa are pondering their future. The Arabs in Mauritania, and the Sahel have long chafed under French rule, having spent more time as a military frontier than an actual part of French West Africa. The most prominent idea is pushed by Léopold Sédar Senghor, a moderate socialist, and Francophile. Senghor wishes for the creation of a Pan French West African Federation he has called the Federation of Mali. This federation would be made out of the old colonial lands. His goal is a French aligned and involved nation, closely integrated into the French system. Senghors greatest opponent is Felix Houphouët-Boigny. The Old One, Houphouët-Boigny has argued staunchly for the independence of the Ivory Coast, believing be integration into any post-colonial federation his colony, and his own power would be diminished. To further build his power base HB has aligned himself to groups considered Stalinist by France, making him a primary target, especially as the colonial government has begun to ramp up raids. If Boigny were to fall in the near future it is likely no one would be able to stand in the way of Senghor and the rise of a so-called Federation of Mali, post independence.
Only time will tell the future of West Africa; however, the future is coming, and the Winds of Change Are Blowing.
Nonador, Spainard, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Puebliza, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Vargorie
[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LINTÉRIEUR[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS VOTED ON AND PARIS ACCORDS RATIFIED BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS PROMISED
[sub]IVTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, DECEMBER 1954[/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DE LINTÉRIEUR - | France's audacious Premier Mendès-France practically lives on drama, or so it seems. By making Christmas the deadline for ratification of the Paris accords, the Premier has loaded the interim period with high suspense. The Paris accords which are the results of conferences between London and Paris in which West Germany will be granted the go ahead to begin a steady phase of rearmament to counter the Eastern bloc and Soviet menace with Allied support. Premier Mendès-France' National Assembly opponents countered by filling the script with highly charged dialogue.[/sub]
[sub]The first matter before the house of Parliament was a bill amending the French constitution. This proposal was so far short of the reforms that France needs that it has quickly become known as La Réformette. In fact, instead of making it harder for the Assembly to unseat Premiers at will, it provides that a candidate needs only a simple majority of those voting, instead of an absolute majority of 314, to be invested as Premier; thus making it easier to find a new man for the job, and provides that he must present his entire Cabinet before winning the Assembly's confidence. Therefor it increases the pressure the Assembly can put on him. There were also useful provisions designed to handicap the Communists, e.g., eliminating the chance of Communists getting interim Cabinet posts after a government falls. La Réformette has been kicked around Parliament for four years and is not exactly Mendès' baby, but he demanded that the Assembly avoid a national referendum on the issue by giving it a three-fifths vote. The Assembly obliged his wishes.[/sub]
[sub]A few days later, Deputy Jean Legendre, a member of the faction that broke with Charles De Gaulle, implied, without offering any proof, that Mendès and his top advisers had been responsible for leaking secret government information to the Communists before he became Premier. Legendre recalled that in August last year ex-President Auriol had summoned the Defense Committee, saying: "There is a traitor among us." Pointing at Mendès' Interior Minister, Francois Mitterrand, Legendre shouted: "Three weeks later you resigned from the Cabinet." Growing pale with anger, Mendès sprung to his feet, screaming: [I]"What are you insinuating?" In rebuttal, Mitterrand called upon Georges Bidault to testify that Mitterrand had left the Laniel government because of policy differences. Bidault, while still slightly bitter from the defeat of EDC (European Defense Community), agreed that Mitterrand was right and added sternly, "I will refuse you all other testimonials." Premier Mendès, taking the podium, said that as a result of the "cold-hearted campaign" of lies and character assassination conducted by "certain leading persons in France," he had suffered ''deep humiliation" when negotiating with allied statesmen in London. "I will not submit to this usury," he said. "The question which faces you tonight is . . . does the government have your confidence as patriots and Deputies?" The vote resulted in 287 to 240 in favor of Mendès, his smallest majority yet. [/sub]
[sub]At weeks end, General Charles de Gaulle assembled his dwindling supporters to give them the new line. He mildly praised Mendès' plan for rearming Germany. "Infinitely better than EDC," he called it, which would have brought West Germany's forces under the command of a single European Defense Community, but he still felt that German rearmament would be difficult to put into effect. "It is not that the men in office lack patriotism and personal capability," he said; "the ardor, the worth and vigor of the present Premier are there as proof." De Gaulle insisted that before finally rearming Germany, France should lead negotiations for "a modus vivendi" with Russia. The week's dramas had demonstrated one thing, which is as of now the French Assembly wants Mendès to be the man who shoulders the responsibility for German rearmament. Whether it will go along with his social and economic ideas early next year will be another matter. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list][list]DECEMBER 1954
[sub]A Giant in South America III[/sub][/list]
[pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!
Hail, august symbol of peace!
Thy noble presence to our minds
The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] THE OLD ENEMY [/pre]
[list][sub]President Café Filho and his economic team try to solve Brazils economic problems, mainly Brazils old enemy, inflation. During the previous government, Vargas had appointed two finance ministers who said they would fight inflation, but both failed.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT AFTERNOON
[sub]THE LAND OF TOMORROW, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| Brazilian leaders believe that the economic path to the wealth and eminence that Brazilians desire for their nation is industrialization. The post-war industrial boom is just the beginning. Before industrial growth advances much, as JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO¹ and his advisers imagine, the governments first task will be to contain the increase in inflation. Due to inflation, much of Brazils short supply of investment capital runs into real-estate speculation, or takes flight into dollar hoards. There is very little capital available for what the Finance Minister calls the two main bottlenecks of the Brazilian economy: railroads and electricity. Inflation stifles foreign investment in Brazil and lowers the countrys eligibility for direct U.S. loans or aid. It also disastrously affected Brazilian workers. The wages of many workers in Rio de Janeiro have dropped in the last five years, as beef soared from 9 cruzeiros a kilogram in 1950 to 46 today, butter from 34 to no. One of the strangest symptoms of mass discontent is the growth of umbanda or espiritismo. There were 75,000 Spiritualists in Rio in 1949, 124,000 in 1950; today there are about 400,000, and the national total runs into the millions. |
| In order to control Brazils enemy, inflation, Café Filho appointed as Minister of Finance one of the countrys greatest economists: EUGENIO GUDIN², 68, professor at the University of Brazil. In Gudins thinking, nationalism ranks with inflation as an obstacle to Brazils healthy economic growth. But for now, the government can do little about nationalism except refrain from encouraging it. The Café Filho governments policy regarding the Petrobrás oil law is to leave it in place until nationalist sentiment subsides and to get as much foreign participation in oil development as loopholes in the law allow. Explains Café Filho: |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]Vice President of the Republic[/sub] | The problem now is not changing the law, but knowing how to interpret it.[/list]
| To contain inflation, Gudin called for cruzeiro-pinching by the government, restrictions on bank credit and tax reform. The two previous Finance Ministers also drew up disinflationary programs, but inflation continued. What makes Gudins ideas more solid is that President Café Filho is supporting him. GETÚLIO VARGAS³ failed to support his ministers, HORÁCIO LEFER⁴ and OSWALDO ARANHA⁵. While Lafer tightened credit, the Bank of Brazil was loosening it; while Aranha tried to contain prices, Vargas announced that the minimum wage would be readjusted by 100%. As the economy was still suffering from the inflationary effects of the minimum wage decree when Gudin took over as Minister of Finance, he was unable to contain the fall of the cruzeiro. His objective is to reduce the inflation rate from the recent 2% a month to 6% a year. Even more important for Brazil in the long run than Café Filhos economic program is the educational effect of his own character and his new kind of administration. In addition to setting an excellent personal example of honesty and integrity, Café Filho is giving Brazil a government that opposes nationalism and favoritism, that tries to solve the countrys problems instead of conjuring them up. |
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[sub]¹ JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]² EUGENIO GUDIN, was a Brazilian liberal economist, Minister of Finance (1954-1955) under the government of Café Filho.[/sub]
[sub]³ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
[sub]⁴ HORÁCIO LAFER, was Minister of Finance (1951-53) under the Vargas government.[/sub]
[sub]⁵ OSWALDO ARANHA, was a Brazilian diplomat who made a career at the U.N. that led him to the presidency of the General Assembly (1947-48) and later Minister of Finance (1953-54) under the Vargas government.[/sub]
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The military reform
December 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| December of this year has started not only with the celebrations of the 36th year since Romania fully united with it`s rightful regions, but it also started with a resolution adopted by The General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed son of the brave Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru. This resolution is the "Resolution of the Romanian People`s Army", which seeks to strengthen and modernize the Romanian army.
| The Genius of the Carpathians, Constantin Rotaru has held a speech that was also televised inside the Central Committee of The Communist Party regarding this specific resolution, in which he explained what the measures will be and what Romanians have to do in order to achieve this goal:
"Dear Comrades and friends, citizens of The Socialist Republic of Romania, esteemed members of the Executive of The Central Committee of The Communist Party:
With worrying events happening all over the globe, I have come with a resolution in order to modernize and strengthen the People`s Army of Romania.
This is a very important step since Romania lacks the sufficient strength and technology to defend itself against foreign powers. If we really want to defend the Independence, Integrity and Sovereignty of Romania, we must act fast in order to create an efficient and powerful Army for the better of our future. Our ancestors, the Dacians and Romans passed us this land and we will continue to do so, from generation to generation in order to maintain the Romanian spirit and the well being of this sacred land!"
| With the new resolution adopted, Constantin Rotaru has officially become The Supreme Commander of The People`s Army of Romania.
"Romania will purchase military technology from other countries, and will produce them internally" according to Constantin Rotaru, The General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed son of the brave Romanian people, Supreme Commander of The People`s Army of Romania.
Conscription has been raised to 2.5 years.
The Army will function under the decisions of the Supreme Commander, Constantin Rotaru, being executed by diverse sub-groups and their respective leaders.
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
December 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list]1954년 12월 | 1954 December
[list][sup]Seoul | 서울시[/sup]
Republic of Korea[list]
[sup]KBS Music Festival - Koreas Yearly Cultural Highlight[/sup][/list]
| The KBS Music Festival is considered one of the cultural highlights of Koreas broadcasting calendar, since its inception back in 1949 the event has attracted a highly dedicated audience through radio and now the new medium of television. Its development and commissioning was designed by KBS as an attempt to reunite a war-torn country through music, and since Koreas reunification its unifying message has been more than needed. |
| The Music Festival operates as a showcase for Koreas music scene as well as a competition between the artists, since the end of the Japanese occupation trot music has exploded onto the scene and taken on a distinctively Korean feel. The festival offers a unique opportunity to new artists to showcase themselves on a national stage, while older artists are able to maintain their relevance to a crowded field of singers. The festival is held in a different location every year allowing cities across Korea to showcase themselves to the rest of the country and host cities report a tourism boost in the year following the festivals broadcast, during the Korean War however the festival was not held in 1951 or 1952. Upon its return the decision was made to host the 1954 festival in Pyongyang in a sign of unity between the two halves. |
| Since the beginning of the Worldvision Song Contest which KBS also broadcasts it has been suggested that the Music Festival be used as a way of choosing who represents Korea, the idea is considered ambitious but KBS announced that as well as being used to select the song and artist for Worldvision the Music Festival would go through some format changes. |
| The Music Festival will now see twenty-four artists compete with their own original song during the broadcast with other cultural events being highlighted during scheduled breaks. Thirteen professional jury panels based on the regional broadcasting zones of KBS will rank all the songs with the top ten of each panel being assigned points in the style of Worldvision, a second set of points would be given from the public using telephone voting, which will be combined with the jury votes. The artist who has the most points will be given the opportunity to compete at Worldvision. The use of landlines in such a setting is unprecedented and the 1955 edition of the festival will be seen as a stress test of Koreas telecommunication infrastructure. |
| KBS is looking to make the programme an integral part of Koreas culture on a yearly basis, and improve its performance at the Worldvision Contest, either way the festival will likely be enshrined in Koreas early cultural revival. |
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Привет а как попасть на карту мира? (Я новенький)
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The Defense and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1954
[list]GACETA UNAM NEWSPAPER[/list]
[list][sup]Gadiel Portillo
December 15, 1954[/sup][/list]
After months of heated debate, the Defense and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1954 has been approved by the Mexican Congress. The bill, which was introduced by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and heavily opposed by the Federation of the Mexican People's Parties (FMEP), is one of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation on national defense and infrastructure in recent Mexican history.
The Defense and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1954 allocates significant funds to modernize and upgrade the country's defense and transportation infrastructure. The bill calls for a substantial increase in military spending, with a focus on expanding Mexico's air force and navy capabilities. The bill also includes provisions for the construction of new highways and bridges to improve transportation networks throughout the country.
The passage of the bill was hailed by supporters as a major step forward in Mexico's efforts to improve its national security and promote economic growth. In a statement released by the PRI, President Margarita Rocha praised the bill as a necessary measure to ensure the country's defense and economic well-being. "The passage of this bill is a testament to Mexico's commitment to our national security and the well-being of our citizens," she said. "We must modernize our infrastructure and strengthen our military to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
Opponents of the bill, however, have criticized it as a reckless and unnecessary expansion of military power. The FMEP and other left-wing groups have argued that the bill will divert much-needed funds away from social programs and other domestic priorities, leaving the country's most vulnerable citizens at risk. "This bill is a betrayal of the Mexican people," said Miguel Henriquez Guzmán, the leader of the FMEP. "It prioritizes military spending over the needs of our citizens, and we will not stand for it."
Despite these criticisms, the Defense and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1954 represents a significant victory for the PRI and President Margarita Rocha. The bill's passage is expected to boost the party's prospects in the upcoming Chamber of Deputies elections, which are set to take place in 1955.
The Defense and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1954 is set to go into effect immediately, with the first wave of military and infrastructure upgrades expected to begin within the next few months. With the country facing a range of security and economic challenges, the bill's supporters hope that these measures will help to ensure a brighter and more prosperous future for Mexico.
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[list]January 1955
[sub]El Futuro es España[/sub][/list]
[pre]P L U S U L T R A[/pre]
The University of Valenica
[sub]Valencia, Valencian Community, Spainard[/sub]
| The Ministry of Societal Development and Education currently led by Philosopher Carlos Jesús Velásquez is known for his liberal and free thinking education. Velasquez graduated from one of the oldest surviving universities of Europe, the University of Valencia or Universitat de València in Valencian in 1935, a year before the civil war. During this time he studied all sides of the civil war from the nationals to the republicans, carlists and anarchists. His hypothesis remained matched to that of Otto Von Bismark: I am firmly convinced that Spain is the strongest country of the world. Century after century trying to destroy herself and still no success. Through the turmoil of the transition and looking back at the now failed Republican government it seems that Spanish succession is owed to its willingness to accept international trends of democracy and free will of the people. It seems that the Spanish people have repented their ideologies and turned to accept God in a majority catholic capacity and accept its role as a nation made of rich and profound history that has modeled the New World for nearly 500 years.|
|Left behind and forgotten due to greed, corruption, and overall decline of Spanish control over world politics has left Spain lagging behind the great powers of France, England, and the forever surpassing and unprecedented speed of the United States of America. This social and societal burden on the Spanish individual has left a damper on its spirit for which Philosopher Carlos Velasquez wishes to heal. Our education system across the country remains fragmented, influenced by all types of ideologies and behaviors. Its no secret that his philosophy ideals echo that of American education philosopher John Dewey who rejects a uniform approach to educating the youth, and denounces the idea that educators serve as disciplinary roles in society. Velasquez has implemented his plans to reconstruct Spains educational approach by offering more critical thinking flexibility for educators, and to encourage educators to be more of a guide in a childs learning rather than a disciplinary force.|
|Educating our students in sociology and history in a free-thinking and open environment ensures success by making sure students understand fully and to enhance their critical thinking skills with the student as a guide. Improving literacy and language is paramount for Valasquez and the government overall, and by going with this approach it is believed that improvements will be seen in the next 10 years. Same can be said for Mathematics and Science as the same teaching skills can be applied. Valasquez wishes to reject the overall Prussian model of education which in his view Erodes critical thinking, and remains complacent to the state. Understanding Spain throughout history, remaining complacent, instilling unwanted idealism into the heart of a Spaniard is rejected, and revolt is near. Being blind to the Catholic Church while the people go hungry, or accepting a monarch that refuses to act with impartiality will force the Spaniard to once again destroy itself as it no longer serves a purpose.|
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
Virnall[/spoiler]
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𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚 | 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒
[list][sub]Bhinneka Tunggal Ika | विविधतायां एकता[/sub][/list]
𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮 - | - 𝗦𝘂𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵
[list][sub]A Strive for a United Party.[/sub][/list]
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The Republic cannot remain divided with these coming elections, Sukarno thought to himself, while walking at the Palace Gardens. The 1955 Elections are arriving soon. Next year on November - and various parties and organizations are readying for their campaign for the elections. But there isn't much too look up towards other than an expected chaotic and disaccord parliament. Sukarno, witnessed how this Liberal European system was failing Nusantara, with the current Cabinet led by Sastroamidjojo accused of corruption and the economy still in a slow state, the situation is deteriorating, something must be done. With thought, Sukarno had invited Natsir and Hasbullah for a Dinner in the Merkada Palace. The two are leaders of the Masyumi Party and the Nahdlatul Ulama, these are the amongst major parties of Nusantara, along with the PNN and the Communists (PKN). Sukarno, while having some socialist sympathies, sees the PKA as an enemy to the Republic - and while the MP and NU have had a reputation of supporting an Islamic Government, are staunchly Anti-Communist.
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| The Two Men enter the dining room, where Sukarno is sitting on the far end of the right side of the table, the butlers offer the men to sit across each other each side of the table. |
President Sukarno: So, gentlemen, I invited you here tonight to discuss something very important. As you know, our country is facing many challenges. The Communist threat is growing, and we need to unite to face it.
Natsir: (nodding) Yes, we are all aware of the danger the Communists pose to our nation.
Hasbullah: (adding) Sure, But what exactly do you have in mind, Mr. President?
President Sukarno: (smiling) I propose a united party. A party that brings together all the major political factions in our country. that being your respective parties and PNN. A party that can stand up to the Communists and ensure a more united prosperous future for the Republic. (leans over, with a more serious voice) What exactly have we got done with all of this polarization and fighting in Parliament? The Economy, Education, Wellbeing, nothing has been done. This is the simple reason why people are turning to the PKN.
Natsir: (intrigued) A united party? I see your point. But how would it work?
President Sukarno: We would have to put aside our differences and work together for the good of the country. The party would have a clear mission, to protect Indonesia from the Communist threat and to work towards a more prosperous future for all of the Republic.
Hasbullah: (nodding) I can see the appeal of such a party. But what about the role of Islam in this united party?
President Sukarno: (smiling) Ah, that's another important point. I propose a A dual legal system in which the government applies secular law, however practicing Muslims may still opt to bring any familial and financial disputes to the Sharia courts for resolution. I do also propose, for you both to rebrand yourselves under Islamic Modernism, which can help create more unity among our Muslim population.
Natsir: That is a bold proposal, Mr. President. You get my Support.
Hasbullah: (nodding in agreement) Yes, we have always believed in the importance of Islam in our country. And if this united party can uphold our values while also working towards a better future, then we are ready to support it.
President Sukarno: (smiling) I'm glad to hear that. Together, we can create a brighter future for the Republic. (The President holds up his cup)...Bersulang!
Hasbullah and Natsir: Bersulang!
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Sukarno would begin laying out the frame of the future Party, which is set for its formation next year January. Unification conferences and the coordination of the party's organization would be led by the President. The Masyumi Party's members, whom are mostly proponents of Islamic democracy and merely on the Center-right, have largely had not vocal against with the unification. However, despite support from the party's leader Hasbullah, the Nahdlatul Ulama could be facing a potential split with the Traditionalists against the unification, many of these members where the same ones whom split from Masyumi (due to a leadership dispute) in the first place. Zainul Arifin and Wahid Hasyim had managed to stay at the side of Hasbullah but alleged leader of the Traditionalist sect of the NU, Reza Rahadian, opposes the unification.
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[list][pre]T H E R E P U B L I C O F N O V A S C O T I A[/pre]
[pre]P O B L A C H D N A H A L B A N N N U A I D H[/pre][/list]
SCOTTISH, IRISH, MANX, AND CANADIAN GAELIC: THE CONTROVERSIAL PATH TO A STANDARD
[list][sup]OLD LANGUAGES ON A NEW CONTINENT
DECEMBER 1954[/sup][/list]
Decades on from the revival that catapulted Gaelic into Nova Scotias language of prestige, thorny questions of the specifics of the new Republics chief tongue still remained unanswered. The legal terminology of the federal government simply outlined Canadian Gaelic as the nations sole official language, with exceptions granted to Mikmaq autonomous regions and the city of Truru¹. While English persisted among some speakers and Acadian French was still in widespread social use in as much as a fifth of the country, the Gaelic-speaking share of the peninsulas populationexcepting the Mikmaqhad steadily climbed over seventy years from 61% in 1880 to 86% in 1950. Little controversy thus surrounded the use of Gaelic itself, mostly from Acadiansthe question among most of the country was, rather, the variety of Gaelic that Canadian Gaelic truly is. Irish Gaelic prevailed in Bronnsuic ÙrNew Brunswickwhile Scottish Gaelic, in several forms, prevailed elsewhere. A small but stable community of Manx Gaelic speakers lived in Doolish Noa (Scottish Gaelic Dùbhghlas Ùr, English New Douglas) on Cape Breton. With three varieties of Gaelic and six Celtic languages alive in the country², the debate around what truly constituted Canadian Gaelic was thus naturally contentious.
In truth, however, only one had the wherewithal to prevail. Scottish Gaelic speakers had enjoyed academic, political and social supremacy since the Gaelic Revivaltheir numbers and collective wealth was not matched by any of the comparatively tiny linguistic minorities in the country. Even among Irish Gaelic speakersthe second-numerous linguistic group in the countryapathy reigned, as many were from Ulaidh, where the differences between Irish and Scottish Gaelic were much narrower than in other Irish counties. Worse still for the adamant supporters of Irish Gaelic was general apathythe lines dividing Gaelic had largely been breaking down over the last few centuries, forming its own Canadian Gaelic dialect spectrum based, as expected, on the Scottish variety. Thus it went. December 1954 saw the Oireachdas dictate its decision to the Gaelic College; when the College released its official prescriptive outlines of Canadian Gaelic in 1957, they would be orthographically and lexically in line with the Scottish Gaelic of the Hebrides.
[list][sup]¹ In this timeline, Grifyuth Killigrew, a native Cornish speaker, was a community leader among three Cornish-speaking families to settle in Truru (Truro in English) in 1761. Within a few decades, Cornish would be extinct in Cornwall. In Truru, however, it was kept alive among the families andthough it has never gained widespread prevalenceis taught as an elective in several schools and still enjoys literary and limited social use as a local quirk. In Truru, Canadian Gaelic and Cornish are officially co-equal.[/sup]
[sup]² In addition to the three varieties of Gaelic and the limited use of Cornish, two other Celtic languages are in use in this timelines Nova Scotia. Breton has three communities on Cape Breton Islandthe largest among them Brest Nevezand Welsh has a notable community in Baile Sheàrlot (English Charlottetown, Welsh Tref Siarlot). In real life, Charlottetown native and politician Benjamin Davies (18131904) was indeed Welsh.[/sup]
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Geography page! ^>^
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1839449
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LUXURY FOR EVERY MAN! / ROCKETS FOR ROME!
January 3rd 1955
Under the slogan "Luxury for every man" Tito has opened the Nations first luxury apartment block built in Tirana, with the apartments themselves to be issued based on a State Identity Raffle (Every Citizen possesses a Passport an Identity Card and therefore Identity Number). These Apartments will include everything a family may desire from a Television, two Radios and a complete Kitchen set that would make even the most old-fashioned Grandmother blush. Due to their luxury items, in many cases built into the Apartment itself, issuance through a Raffle was necessary as it is expected that only 120 such Apartment Blocks would be constructed on a yearly basis with each Block holding 20 Apartments. As a result 2,400 lucky Citizens will find themselves every year opening their mail to the welcome surprise of a new, state-funded home. A pleasant addition to Tito's Building program, while they do divert much needed resources from existing plans the visual attraction of such Buildings are worth their weight in gold to the Ministry of Information as a clear and immediate view into the socialist future the State is creating.
Additionally as Automobile manufacturing ramps up and increases year by year it has been promised that every individual to win the State Raffle will be able to purchase a car (which usually suffers from waiting lists of up to 7 years) within six months, further intensifying the sheer value of that on offer.
With Home Ownership increasing steadily year on year thanks to Government policies on construction, the Marshals current focus on "basic luxuries" such as every mans right to possess his own home, car and television has been a huge success. The mindset being that only upon achieving these basic luxuries would the State let the necessary resources and funding flow to "higher luxuries" such as foreign goods, jewelry and other trinkets. Audible Grumbling could no doubt he heard on the speed of these improvements, but the slower speed has enabled the State to pursue a policy of minimal profit with regards to the State Budget and as a result steadily reduce debt. This in turn has enabled the Government to refrain from resorting to printing more money to make up any Budget shortfall.
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More secretive than the slogan of "Luxury for every man" however was the Military focus point "Rockets for Rome", that being the development of long-range Rocketry capable of striking Rome and beyond from the safety of Yugoslavia. While the Government hopes to receive aid from Osivoii to create a Ballistic Missile similar to the R-2, which with its 576km range would enable Belgrade to strike as far as Corsica. And though this assistance is desirable and actively sought after, the secondary notion is to rely on Rocket and Missile Engineer Obrad Vučurović, currently conducting the final tests of the R-25 Vulkan Surface to Air Missile. And while if the West knew of these activities they would no doubt be petrified of the thought, for Yugoslavia it was perhaps the first time that such a large military objective was undertaken with defense in mind. While the Citizen and the Grunt still believed victory in Slovenia was possible, the Higher Echelons of Leadership and in Particular Tito had virtually abandoned all hope of a solution through warfare. In fact the worry now was that the West would strike at Yugoslavia in the long term to secure Slovenia further territories and push Yugoslavia farther away from the current NATO frontier in Italy.
Being a top priority, Tito has personally directed Vučurović that upon his completion of the R-25 in 1956 he is to immediately start developing a short range Ballistic Missile with a minimum range of 500km (slightly less than the R-2), for deployment at the latest in 1962. Given that the objective of the missiles development is defensive in nature it was additionally stated that the minimum range should be the ideal range, as realistically speaking threatening one major NATO member would be sufficient to ward off attack and even more importantly it would be substantially cheaper. It would tip the scale between the numbers in the Adriatic, as while Yugoslavia is hopelessly outnumbered in the air and on sea, if NATO were faced with high explosive rocketry tumbling onto Italian Cities without any proper countermeasures, it would provide Yugoslavia with a necessary deterrent.
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1-8,JANUARY,1955
Week Long Protest
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January 1st,1955.After the actions of the government as part of Operation Subuh second act.[/URL]
Which both imprisoned people just for their ideological beliefs and burnt what could've been the most influential piece of political literature in Maziya.Wei Yuan manifesto.This led to socialist and communist protest across the nation,however the most major riot would be the protest in the capital city.With the parliament building being in the capital city,the protestor's who were calculated at being about 500 individuals.5 Malays,400 Chinese and 100 Indian.The method of protest wasn't a violent one,it was just an annoyance.The people who protested just walked around in a circle with signs that was written in english.At first the only action the government took was deployment of the police force to disperse the crowd.
However,the crowd kept coming back,slightly bigger then the previous day.On the third of January,the newspapers printed out a story about this protest outside the parliament building.On the fourth of January,the police force were allowed to use their guns to fire warning shots to threaten the protesters to leave.But that began to fail after the fifth of January.On the seventh of January,the police were allowed to utilize lethal force just don't shoot to kill.Casualties were high.On the seventh of January an estimated amount of 620 protestor's came,a confirmed amount of 100 were injured,50 people were arrested and 12 people were given a fee to pay "for minor disruption of the peace."
[U]Yap Wei Bai:Speech Against Government Actions.
On the 8th of January,Yap Wei Bai.The leader of the Maziyan Chinese Association,came out of her hiding to make a speech at Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi.
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It DISGUST me,with the action the government has taken the past few months.I will declare that the Maziyan Chinese Association,does NOT in fact,have a guerilla force,armed and ready.What the government declared publicly about the shootings in the parliament building,is completely false! What makes such a lie even worst.Is that when a peaceful protest against the actions of the government went,on for too long.People were left injured and imprisoned.As far as I am concerned,this government is becoming more authoritarian as the years go on by.
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[List]-Yap Wei Bai,leader of the Maziyan Chinese Association.[/list]
After she was done,she would run away before any authorities could get past the crowd.
[U]Briane Ricuelmae James,Thoughts[/U]
At the same time,in the capital city of Permata Bersinar.[URL=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=51012839]Briane Ricuelmae James[/URL] came out to reveal his thoughts about the decision making of the government.
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"Maziya Parti Nasional.The publicly proclaimed successor party to my mentor,Juaidi Asyrafil own party,the Maziyan Republic Party.Has done,a action that needs to be reprimanded.Rather then looking towards a peaceful solution to stop these protest,they've chosen the quick way out that is VIOLENCE.Are these the actions of a ideal democratic government or the actions of a authoritarian in the making! I believe that under the Aisy administration, we've sunk to a new low.Not economically,militarily,not even politically.But socially,as the current social issues of the nation are that of race discrimination,and hatred.At one point the Aisy administration,attempted to remedy the issue with the establishment of the [URL=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=49373503]KAPITANS.But they instead went against the purpose of the Kapitan and have speed up the process of a race war in Maziya."
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[List]-Briane Ricuelmae James,representative of Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik.
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Abolishment of the Governor-Generalship and Conflict in Côte dIvoire
January 1955
As French West Africas internal situation grew increasingly complex, and the French Communist Party continued to make inroads in economically essential areas like Côte dIvoire, Governor General Bernard Cornut-Gentille resigned feeling the situation had grown entirely out of his control.
The title of governor was entirely abolished and replaced by the new position of High Commissioner. This change in name represented a significant shift in the relationship between France and her colonies. The 1st High Commissioner would be Pierre Messmer. A staunch ally of De Gaulle, Messmer was often called one of De Gaulles Arms. His efficiency, pragmatism, and political skill made him a perfect choice for the job, and showed how Gaullism remained a force in France. Pierre Messmer realized the likelihood of the coming end of colonialism, and began preparations to modernize the colony, and attempt to keep it running stable. While he didnt known when the Empire would end, he nonetheless intended to keep running it as if the end would never come in his lifetime.
Most important for High Commissioner Messmer would be the destruction of the Communist Party of Frances influence over the colonies. His most important target would be Felix Houphouët-Boigny. While himself a conservative Boigny had allied himself to communists, and had begun spreading increasingly separatist, and anti-federation ideas. This would be incredibly dangerous as Côte dIvoire was the most important colony outside of Senegal in French West Africa. Wealthy French plantation owners dominated the region and enriched the colony off of Tobacco, Cotton, Chocolate, and Coffee. Unfortunately very little of this wealth trickled down towards farmhands and small farmers. This has empowered the Communist Party of France who have aligned themselves with anti-colonial movements and parties in the colonies.
The leader of the African Democratic Rally was was Felix Houphouët-Boigny. He had aligned his party with the communists and his anti-colonial sentiment was massively increasing colonial instability. The African Democratic Rally served as the main counterbalance to the Léopold Sédar Senghor, and his moderate pro-unionist leftists, with Boigny being a staunch independence supporter for the Ivory Coast.
High Commissioner Messmer decided to crack down on the Communists in French West Africa and launched Plan Blum. This plan would see French colonial officials and police launch raids across the colonies but especially in Côte dIvoire to arrest Boigny and his associates. In addition, the colonial government would back Senghors moderates, with money and political support.
The raids would begin on January 17, 1955, supporters and activists were attacked and beaten, with police torturing those that were arrested. Senator Biaka Boda who had been a leader of the party was found hanging and his body shredded. Police would label this a suicide. Following citizen protests, the entirety of the RDA in Ivory Coast leadership was arrested including Boigny. Felix Houphouët-Boigny wouldve been saved from any form of prosecution due to his parliamentary immunity; however, his body was later found mangled in the forests where Boda had been found.
With both Boda, and Boigny dead, and most of the upper leadership arrested, High Commissioner Messmer met with members of the African Democratic Rally and select a new leader of the party who would be more pro-administration, and pro-unionist. They would select Gabriel marquis d'Arboussier, a well respected wealthy African plantation owner. This would begin the slow reform of the African Democratic Rally into a more centrist party, and one willing to cooperate with Senghor, and the French Administration.
The purge of the communists was widely unpopular throughout the colonies and was fiercely protested back in France by the communist party, who still represented a sizable political force. Even in the colony protests, and riots against the raids were extremely common especially with the deaths of two election members of the legislature. Nonetheless with the elevation of Gabriel marquis d'Arboussier as party leader, who himself had visited the Soviet Union and generally was seen as more legitimate than upstarts in the Ivory Coast, dArboussier broke his ties to the Communist Party, and revolutionary movements, and calmed down his party. The wealthiest state of Frances West African colony had been restored to relative stability.
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Communism Banned in Greece, Papagos Tightens His Grip on National Politics!, January 1955
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Ο κομμουνισμός απαγορεύεται στην Ελλάδα, ο Παπάγος σφίγγει τη λαβή του στην εθνική πολιτική!, Ιανουάριος 1955[/list][/list]
[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The Greek Government and the King! - Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση και ο βασιλιάς![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| OUT WITH THE REDS, ATHENS, GREECE: | ΈΞΩ ΜΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΌΚΚΙΝΟΥΣ, ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| Following the end of the Pindus War, the political climate surrounding the war seemed to calm down. However, there was a strong hatred for Left-wing parties and Communism in general in Greece, as the primary enemy during the Pindus War - the falsely proclaimed Pindus People's Republic, as its name suggests, was a communist group. While the group was primarily comprised of former members of the now-abolished Democratic Army of Greece, the military wing of the Communist Party of Greece, the KKE, the KKE had remained silent concerning the war. However, there was some speculation in the Greek Parliament that the Communist Party was a supporter and a firm ally of the Pindus Rebels, as several high-ranking members of the abolished Democratic Army (DSE) were retained in the Communist Party, including the General of the former Communist Army, Markos Vafiadis. |[/list]
[list]| Due to this, the members of the Hellenic Parliament, of which the Communist Party held one seat, had begun to conspire with the King and other political leaders about a possible shutdown of the Communist Party. The King, was initially skeptical at first due to fears of the renewal of political instability and communist insurgencies in Greece, however, on the 16th of January, a plan was devised. Under the guise that the Communist Party had been conspiring with the Pindus Rebels during the Pindus War to establish a Socialist Government and the overthrow of the monarchy and the current government, at the Communist Party's headquarters in Nea Ionia, in the middle of a meeting, Greek troops had arrived at their doorstep. | |[/list]
[list]| Greek troops of the 2nd Tank Division, along with around two dozen armored units and cars had arrived at the Party's headquarters. Around 200 troops had barged into the building with no resistance, the building being surrounded by Greek troops, eliminating all possible means of escape. The leaders of the communist party, including the General Secretary, Nikos Zachariadis, Generals Markos Vafeiadis and Charilaos Florakis, Communist Ministers Dimitrios Partsalidis, Petros Rousos, Petros Kokkalis, Dimitris Vlantas, Leonidas Stringos along with around two dozen more politicians and communist leaders, were arrested on charges of high treason, espionage, against the state, along with being partially responsible for funding the Pindus Rebels. The 32 present party members mentioned above were taken into custody, and the party building was stripped of all its valuables and possible evidence. |[/list]
[list]| That very day, Communism, Communist Parties, and Ideals, including the KKE were banned and outlawed in Greece, the article being added to the newly revised Greek Constitution with an overwhelming majority along with the support and confirmation of the King. A trial is expected to take place for the Communist Party, and it is also expected for it to coincide with the trials for the Pindus Trials which will take place by February this year. Some would say that this was a way of the Prime Minister tightening his grip on Hellenic Politics to ensure his credibility and to ensure a pro-west victory in the upcoming elections next year, however, it was clear that the banning of communism was for the betterment of the Greek population. |[/list]
[list][list][pre]"Το Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα είναι η ρίζα κάθε κακού στο έθνος μας. Έχουν προκαλέσει περισσότερο από αρκετή καταστροφή, χάος και ακαταστασία μεταξύ των κατοίκων μας, έχουν σκοτώσει τους ανθρώπους μας και έχουν συνωμοτήσει με τους εγκληματίες και τους πολεμοκάπηλους της Πίνδου, οι οποίοι προσπάθησαν να καταστρέψουν το έθνος μας. Τώρα είναι η ώρα να δράσουμε λογικά και η απαγόρευση του Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος για άλλη μια φορά είναι ένα βήμα που αξίζει να γίνει για να διασφαλιστεί η αποκατάσταση της δημοκρατίας και της σταθερότητας στην Ελλάδα."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre](English: "The Communist Party is the root of all evil in our nation. They have caused more than enough havoc, mayhem, and chaos amongst our populous killed our people, and conspired with the Pindus criminals and warmongers who sought to destroy our nation. Now is the time to act logically, and the banning of the Communist Party once more is a step worth taking to ensure the restoration of democracy and stability in Greece.")[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Prime Minister of Greece, Alexandros Papagos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Nonador, Paramountica, Spainard, Paseo, Amsterwald, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Maziya, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie, Ma-Li
Out of man's great hate came birth of a future, of peace and security for California. He lead us to secede from the oppressed States of America and sacrificed his life to the the Californian state. We the Purgers, pledge allegiance to our Flag and the federalism for which it stands, one nation, of indivisilism, with food and justice for all.
Are people are proud, loyal and secured thanks to financial aid from the Soviet Union. Hawaii rejoiced and became part of our kin.
Osivoii, Ranponian, Oiro
[list]January 1955
[sub]The New Indian Air Force[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]एक नए भारतीय युग के लिए एक नई सेना: एयर मार्शल सुब्रतो मुखर्जी के नेतृत्व में वायु सेना पर ध्यान दें
A NEW MILITARY FOR A NEW INDIAN AGE: FOCUS ON THE AIR FORCES SPEARHEADED BY AIR MARSHAL SUBROTO MUKHERJEE[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]JANUARY 1955 | जनवरी 1955[/sub][/list]
[list] | [sub]While India had become a Republic, officers seconded from the British Armed Forces were kept, and thus even now - five years after the proclamation of independence and the establishment of the new Republic of India - there was a prominent presence by British officers and commanders within the Indian military's command apparatus. During the tenure of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian National Congress, a focus on the military on the level afforded to the U.S. or other Western militaries was not present - social and economic issues were just too prevalent, and the newborn Republic was potentially misguided in its efforts to disregard possible security threats implicated by the new People's Republic of China to the north, and the Islamic Pakistani state. In April of last year, Subroto Mukherjee, an Air Marshal, became the first Indian Chief of Staff of one of the branches of the Armed Forces. His ascension to authority put him as a key advisor on military matters to the Prime Minister, and since his ascension was set on reforming the way India approached national defense and how the country would tackle its more complicated foreign policy questions moving forward.[/sub]|
| [sub]As Chief of Staff of the Indian Air Force, Mukherjee was the first Indian-born chief of staff of any of the military branches. His appointment by the government of Nehru had been celebrated, and he had been welcomed to his new office in the Ministry of Defense building in Delhi by President Mahatma Gandhi himself. Alongside N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, formerly the Rail and Transport Minister turned the Minister for Defense of the Republic of India, he advocated and championed for a drastic reformation of what he described as the 'New Indian Army for a New Indian Age'. The Defense Ministry according to its role since the proclamation of the Republic's independence was chiefly responsible for logistics matters, while military administration and strategic coordination was left to the General Staff. Nonetheless, Ayyangar played a role in the matters relating to Indian national defense, and throughout the period of autumn and winter 1954, he worked closely with Air Marshal Mukherjee to push reforms.[/sub] |
| [sub]While the Indian military had dropped Royal monikers and most if not all references to the British crown in favor of the Indian tricolor and the Lion Crown of Asoka, one of the great rulers of ancient India, the country still preferred to hold relatively strong ties with their counterparts in London. The Republic of India, after all, was an active member of the British Commonwealth of Nations and was a strong South Asian ally of Western democracies. Prime Minister Nehru, with his sympathies to his Non-Aligned fellow leaders, refrained from pledging India to the West, and preferred to refer to his country as a 'non-aligned state with no particular alignment with any one side'. Despite this, however, elements within the Indian military - in this case Mukherjee and Ayyangar - championed greater Western cooperation, and potentially regional cooperation as well, to strengthen Indian military defense. Mukherjee in particular supported a focus on the air forces, which he said in light of the British and American bombings in Japan and Germany was the 'future of national defense'. He personally participated in efforts to boost the pool of technically-trained Indian air men and aerospace engineers by the education ministry, and supported efforts to bring foreign talent into the country to strengthen the defense production industry as well.[/sub] |
| [sub]On this, Prime Minister Nehru placed his strong support. There was certain controversy as the idea of Indian domestic fighter aircraft development clashed with the controversies of the foreign policy question of participating in Arab jet aircraft programmes, but generally, the Nehru ministry supported the development of native Indian air capabilities. Already, the country was funding the development of possible helicopter and domestically produced firearms for use by the Indian Armed Forces, an expansion to which the Prime Minister voiced his support to in early discussions for the 1955 national budget. On the education front, India was also placing emphasis on science, aerospace and technology, with funding for new technical colleges being opened up and funding for education slated to rise in the new budget.[/sub] | [/list]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Osivoii, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Maziya, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li
Post self-deleted by Puerto Somoza.
𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚 | 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓
[list][sub]Bhinneka Tunggal Ika | विविधतायां एकता[/sub][/list]
𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮, 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮 - | - 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁
[list][sub]Nusantaran Salons[/sub][/list]
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| A salon, epitomizing a sophisticated and cultured soirée, holds an assemblage of guests under the guidance of a charismatic host or hostess. Delightful and enlightening discussions ensue, where guests discuss or even entertain each other with an array of intellectual, artistic, literary, and philosophical topics regarding the direction and future of Nusantara. These intellectual gatherings, adhering to Horace's celebrated principle of "either to please or to educate" were designed to be both entertaining and informative. Starting this month, Nusantaran literary and philosophical movements are beginning to embrace the salon concept, and schools of thought began to form. Many Salons have a strict policy of civility and open mindedness. Debates, discussions, collaboration, and writing was a common cascade in the Salons. Many of these Salons ae located in Jakarta Utara. President Sukarno had voiced his support of the Salons January 20th, calling them "A much needed stature for the development of Nusantaran political, artistic, philosophical, and literary thought." There about 7 Salon locations in Jakarta Utara, and Salon meeting would be organized various times of the week by corresponding group. As these Salon meetings began in early January the development of mature schools of thought began. Some schools had similarities some had differences, some were political, and some were philosophical, but the strong preeminence of civility continued in these meetings. |
| We will start with the political side of the Nusantaran Salon meetings. Usually met with Debate and developmentary discussion. The Schools of thought that participate in these salon meetings are; Communitarians, Solidarists, Marhaenism, Enampanah, Pancasilaism, Biologisits, and Nasakom. The Communitarians and Solidarists are quite similar, both being Corporatist philosophies and supporting the end of Class Struggle, and instead replace it with class cooperation. The difference is that Communitarians emphasize collectivism while the Solidarists support solidarity instead of collectivism in society through functional representation. Solidarists are also called Durkheimists. Marhaenism is an invention of President Sukarno. It was developed from the thought of Marxism, which is applied according to the nature and culture of Nusantara or simply as "Marxism adapted to Nusantaran conditions." Enampanah, literally means "Six Arrows", which is reminiscent to the Six Arrows of Turkish Kemalisim. The Enampanah wishes to transform Nusantara to a western-style modernized lifestyle and supporters of many of Atatürk's reforms. Pancasilaism is the root ideology of Nusantara and also an invention of president Sukarno. This school of thought was allready formed during June 1, 1945 which later to become known as the "Birth of Pancasila Address". The Pancasilaists have began to attend the meetings to defend the, Pancasila, but also to learn from others. Biologisits view the world in the perspective of Social Darwinism. They are often criticized for being irreligious and are seen as the most fringe group in the Salons, despite this, they are still seen as equals by the other participants. Finally, Nasakom, invented by PKA leader M. H. Lukman, is an acronym based on the Indonesian words NASionalisme ('nationalism'), Agama ('religion'), and KOMunisme ('communism'). It seeks to adopt various the stances of the Nusanturan political landscape while supporting the adoption of a Communist Nusantaran Republic. |
| Next we move on to the Philosophical; Modernists, Ghazalism, Ibn Arabism, Western and Chinese. The Modernists wish to combine the elements of Western Philosophy into an Islamic society, attempting to reconcile the Islamic faith with modern values such as democracy, civil rights, rationality, equality, and progress. Ghazalism and Ibn Arabism are well established Islamic schools in Nusantara. Ghazalism takes its main inspiration from Al-Ghazalis teachings, whereas Ibn Arabism from Ibn Arabis doctrines. Their respective views on the relationship between God and the universe was a fundamental difference between Al-Ghazali and Ibn Arabi. Al-Ghazali's teaching placed emphasis on God's transcendence, while Ibn Arabi focused on God's immanence. Furthermore, they differed in their approach to attaining knowledge of God: Al-Ghazali highlighted the importance of revelation, while Ibn Arabi emphasized contemplation and spiritual experience. Al-Ghazali advocated for the Shari'a, whereas Ibn Arabi believed in following one's own spiritual path. Finally, Al-Ghazali's teachings had a more significant impact on Islamic orthodoxy, while Ibn Arabi's ideas were more influential in the field of Islamic mysticism. The Western school of thought was much more radical than their Modernist counterparts. The Western school of thought had much of a resemblance to the Enampanah. Emphasizing on deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration and scientific progress. Lastly the Chinese school of thought, the coming of Chinese migrants between 1122 and 222 BC introduced Taoism and Confucianism into Indonesia before Islam had arrived. Taoism emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao, a universal force that underlies and governs all things. It encourages individuals to cultivate spontaneity, simplicity, and non-action, and to reject social conventions and formal education. Confucianism, on the other hand, stresses the importance of social order, hierarchy, and proper conduct based on the Five Relationships. |
| At last, we arrive at Literary; Angkatan 45, Pujangga Baru, Islamism, Marxism, Regionalism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Realism. Angkatan 45, this school was named after the year of Nusantura's independence and was characterized by a commitment to social realism, anti-colonialism, and anti-fascism. Pujangga Baru, Literally meaning "new poet", is an earlier school that continued to exert influence to this day. It was characterized by a focus on modernism, individualism, and a rejection of traditional forms and themes. Islamismists sought to combine Islam with modernity and promote Islamic values and identity in Indonesian literature. Marxists embraced Marxist ideology and incorporated it into their work, reflecting on class struggle and the need for equality. Regionalism was the interest in exploring the diversity of Nusantara's cultures and traditions. Feminism began to form as female writers began to emerge and advocate for greater gender equality in literature and society, a strong opponent of the Islamists. Postcolonialism grappled with the legacy of colonialism and the challenges of building a new, independent nation. Realist literature, sought to accurately depict the lives and struggles of ordinary Nusantarans. |
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[list][spoiler=[sub]Once Independent. Always Independent[/sub]
REPUBLIC OF NUSANTARA
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Nonador, Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Osivoii, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Bhaarat Lok
[list][list][pre]ኢ ት ዮ ጵ ያ
E T H I O P I A[/pre][sub]01 January 1955[/sub][/list]
EDEN SOLOMONIC STATE OF ETHIOPIA;
[sub]Declaration Establishing a Legal Framework for Blue Nile River Development[/sub]
[pre] [/pre]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1838739
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[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
[/spoiler]
Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Bhaarat Lok
Tables Turned.
[Sofia, Bulgaria] [Народна република България]
January 1955
| As the new year rolled in, it became brutally apparent that political change in Bulgaria has to take time, whether the major players like it or not. Todor Zhivkov, the general secretary of the communist party, found himself quickly transitioning from the seat of power to the thinnest of ice in just a matter of days.
Instead of continuing with his slow plan to discredit and destroy the regime of Prime Minister Valko Chervenkov, Zhivkov privately met the Politburo today and tabled a motion to remove the Prime Minister from office. Expecting rousing support, he arrogantly informed the politburo of the motion rather than offering it to the committee.
In the meeting he suggested the ascension of Anton Yugov to the office of Prime Minister, however, Yugov himself looked more uncomfortable than prepared to take office and said nothing as Zhivkov made the suggestion.
General Secretary Zhivkov himself is now under scrutiny. Whilst nobody within the Politburo has any particular love for the incumbent Prime Minister, whispers across Sofia now suggest Zhivkovs brash nature and outspokenness make him unfit to continue to lead The Peoples Republic of Bulgaria. Anton Yugov refused the handshake offered to him by the general secretary.
The Prime Minister has not reacted. Having just watched The General Secretary take a sledgehammer to his reputation for being too brash and overzealous, he perhaps can afford himself time to respond. Nobody quite knows what will come next, but the fate of the general secretary seems to be as up in the air as that of the Prime Minister now.|
Nonador, Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Bhaarat Lok
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(CCP) Peoples Republic of China / (CCP) 中华人民共和国
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AIR-LAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPED UNDER THE NEW AIR MINISTRY! CONTRACTS HANDED OUT FOR CHINESE AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY GROWTH!
在新的航空部下开发的空地基础设施! 为中国航空航天技术的发展颁发合同!
[sub]December 1954 | 1954年12月
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TIANJIN, TIANJIN PROVINCE | 天津市,天津省[/sub]
[sub]The new Tianjin Airfield had been opened in early 1954 at a quiet, inconspicuous ceremony that was attended by several air force officials and Party bureaucrats. The new airfield was commissioned by the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and thus was set aside for military use - however, on most official documents and in the media, this was rarely mentioned and it [usage] was not even brought up. Under the leadership of the Chairman and Communist Party General Secretary, Mao Zedong, efforts had been made in recent years to greater integrate the power of air travel and the aeroplane in the greater Chinese society. The new Ministry for Air had been established by official decree as ratified by the National Peoples Congress (NPC) and signed by Chairman Mao. The opening of the new Tianjin Airfield was moreso directed towards the development of the countrys air defense infrastructure - despite the continued threat posed by the existence of the Kuomintang holdouts on the breakaway island territory of Taiwan, the Peoples Republic of China was more concerned regarding internal matters and national stability rather than crushing the remnants of the reign of Chiang Kai-shek, the once-celebrated Chinese military commander who bungled his way towards his factions defeat in the Chinese Civil War. Now, however, with the Five Year Plan well under way and the enormous bureaucratic systems established by the new Communist regime now being set in stone, the Chairman and his standing committee could turn their eyes towards more specific - and more militarized - aims. This was culminated, as mentioned already before, with the establishment of the new Air Ministry. However, new doctrines for air defense were also approved, and disseminated among the members of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army.[/sub]
[sub]The new doctrines that the Peoples Liberation Army adopted with regards to the development of Air-Land capabilities focused primarily on medium-range and short-range fighter combat, and strengthening defense capabilities especially against Western-aligned nations such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and of course, Taiwan - which continued to possess stronger Western ties than their Beijing counterparts. Airports and airfields would be built across the country in accordance with the doctrine, and radar would be slowly implemented nationwide as a first-line-of-defense shield against potential aerial-based intruders. The Standing Committee argued that the development of Chinas military air force capabilities could be easily concealed behind the development of the countrys civilian air infrastructure, allowing the country to maintain its facade of peace and national unity abroad while slowly developing domestic defense and offense capabilities, in preparation for a wide range of scenarios - according to the official white paper issued by the Air Ministry.[/sub]
[sub]The new Air Ministry also, with approval of the National Peoples Congress, was allocated sufficient funding to hand out the equivalent of up to $20 million in grants, contracts, subsidies and funding towards the development of a domestic Chinese aerospace industry. Efforts to begin experimental jet research, boost technical knowledge and the intelligent capabilities of the Chinese public, and begin domestic production of aircraft for military and civilian purposes to also facilitate economic growth were made, and new public companies were established to facilitate for the growth of a domestic air industry. This came alongside the construction of new airfields and roads, to greater link especially the rural and agricultural areas and towns with the urban cities of Beijing and Shanghai, where growth of the new Communist state was starting to thrive. The country remained behind economically because of the immense scale of what needed to be done, but steps were being made.[/sub]
[sub]新的天津机场于1954年初在一个安静的、不显眼的仪式上启用,一些空军官员和党的官僚出席了仪式。新机场是由人民解放军空军(PLAAF)委托建造的,因此被留作军事用途--然而,在大多数官方文件和媒体上,这一点很少被提及,甚至没有人提起它的[用途]。在主席和共产党总书记毛泽东的领导下,近年来一直在努力将航空旅行和飞机的力量更好地融入大中国社会中。经全国人民代表大会(NPC)批准并由毛主席签署的官方法令,新的航空部已经成立。新的天津机场的启用更多的是为了发展国家的防空基础设施--尽管国民党在分裂的台湾岛领土上的存在继续构成威胁,中华人民共和国更关心内部事务和国家稳定,而不是粉碎蒋介石统治的残余,这位曾经被赞誉的中国军事指挥官在中国内战中搞砸了他的派系的失败。然而,现在,随着五年计划的顺利进行,新的共产主义政权建立的庞大官僚体系已经定型,主席和他的常务委员会可以把目光转向更具体--更军事化的目标。如前所述,这在建立新的空军部后达到了顶峰。然而,新的防空理论也被批准,并在中国人民解放军中传播。[/sub]
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🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
[/spoiler]
Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Greater Kurdistane, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Bhaarat Lok
| IZURU WINS THE HEAD OF THE FINEST ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS |
[sub]3rd of January, 1955[/sub]
| The 3rd of January marked an event that most political observers declared would happen. MARIE IZURU won the Head of the Finest Assembly, therefore remaining in her position. Winning in 1951 for the first time, it will be her second term in office in that position. Her past four years as the Head of the Finest Assembly was marked by great economic growth, growth of education, establishment of free healthcare, establishment of welfare but also controversial markings of the cultural reform, her outright war with the Church and the Right Wing; a foreign hiccup of making her way to Yugoslavia despite not being authorized, and a international event that brought her and Mrs Banza closer, the Eritrean rebellion.
Mrs Izuru won the National Congress with the results as following;
[list]MARIE IZURU - 103 out of 200 Votes.
CELINE MEREZI - 77 out of 200 Votes.[/list]
The only other candidate who stood against Izuru was the Centrist Leader CELINE MEREZI, who was later removed from the Izuru's cabinet. The Left Wing voted for Izuru as a united block, and hence their majority in the Congress, Mrs Izuru won. However, the remaining wings of Liberals, Centrists and Christian-Democrats voted together for Merezi. That is a warning sign to Izuru, and to the structure of the party that Izuru is in trouble and should the next year Congress elections turn out against Izuru, then she is big trouble. For now, however, Izuru's popularity with the people is very high, which makes any attempt to remove her highly unpopular.
Izuru's victory also means another thing, her vision for Zaire. In her promises to the Congress, Mrs Izuru stated that she will "...continue to push forward the Zairean economic output, secure further welfare programs in fields of housing, establishment of the Zairean National Supreme Court, revising of the court system and further push of cultural changes in the country..." She has a year, states one of the members of the National Liberal Revival Party from the Liberal Wing, claiming that Izuru's Left Wing will lose next year and therefore her reforms and her changes will be pushed back with a balance force. Mrs Izuru, on the other hand, has indicated that she believes that the people of Zaire need her and her reforms, and upon the news of victory Mrs Izuru has been quoted to state "...finally, the people of Zaire can be led to ultimate greatness, greatness that shall not be stopped..." The First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza has also congratulated Mrs Izuru on her victory, stating "...I look forward to our cooperation for the four years again...."
CUT TO
| BANZA MANSION, ZAIRE |
[sub]2nd of January, 1955[/sub]
| Sitting at her desk, Gloria would be smoking a cigarette as she looked over the documents on the desk. She would breathe heavily, before reaching for her whiskey glass that she would take down in one shot before almost smashing the glass on the desk. The man standing in front of her, in his grey suit, would be ALBERT DUBUGI, the Head of the CENTRAL ZAIREAN INVESTIGATION OFFICE. Gloria would look up at him slowly, with anger overtaking her. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "You're telling me, through these documents! That the person who...who got that religious psycho to shoot at me is none else than..."[/list]
[list][ ALBERT ]: "Izuru, yes M'am."[/list]
| Gloria would shake her head before getting up in fury. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Nonsense! Utter nonsense! Why?! Why?! Why would she do that? Hm? Simple basic question, but I'd like to know! Why would she do that?! She wanted me dead? Gone?"[/list]
[list][ ALBERT ]: "M'am, the intention was to remove you from politics for some time. To paralyze you. The man was never meant to kill you, he was meant to injure you. Mrs Izuru wanted to gain time, she wanted to pass laws in her favour with your predisposition not allowing you to take care of them."[/list]
| Gloria would look at him harshly before shaking her head. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "And Christian?"[/list]
[list][ ALBERT ]: "She did not predict that he would come in to protect you."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "The man was a zealous Christian, the ones she fights against! How does that make sense?"[/list]
[list][ ALBERT ]: "She sent men from the Secular Forces undercover, to convince them that...you're the problem, not her."[/list]
| Gloria would look at the window, defeated. She would take a seat and see her hands shake again. She would reach for her pills and take some quickly. |
[list][ ALBERT ]: "The arrest order is ready. I shall impose it as quickly as I can, your m'am. Izuru will be sentenced for this, without a doubt. For treason. If you let me I'll take care of it."[/list]
| Albert would look at Gloria, who would slowly light herself a cigarette in silence. She would slowly raise her eyes at him. She would smoke for a while just looking at him before shaking her hand. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "No. Death for her would be too easy. I want her crushed. Politically, socially, economically...then she'll come to a conclusion that death is the only way to go. She'll win this election coming, but the one after and the one after that, I don't think. We'll strike were it will truly break her."[/list]
[list][ ALBERT ]: "But Ma'am, she's a threat to national security, who knows what she will do next."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Who? You. Keep track of her every move, every word. I don't need a scandal now, but when the right elections hit...we will sink Izuru so low, that the only option left for her will be to drown in the Atlantic! I can promise you that much. Oh, yes."[/list]
| Gloria would stand up with her cigarette in hand and walk out of the office. |
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[list][list]FEBRUARY 1955
[sub]Kubitschek Running For President[/sub][/list]
[sub][pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre][/sub]
[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!
Hail, august symbol of peace!
Thy noble presence to our minds
The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] FIFTY YEARS PROGRESS IN FIVE [/pre]
[list][sub]In October 1954, JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK announced that he would run in the 1955 presidential elections, but this was only made official in February 1955. His campaign slogan was Fifty Years Progress in Five.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT MORNINGTIME
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| The largest Brazilian political party chose the candidate for the 1955 presidential elections. The nominee JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK¹, 53, governor of Minas Gerais. After the balloting (1,646 to 0, with 279 abstentions), Kubitscheks followers celebrated with joy. Two years ago, smiling Governor Kubitschek heard someone say that the 1955 presidential election would be a lottery. |
[list]| JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, [sub]Minas Gerais Governor[/sub] | The governor of Minas Gerais holds a ticket.[/list]
| A year later, the Social Democratic Party told Kubitschek to travel around Brazil and convince local P.S.D. leaders to agree to a 1955 presidential candidate before the partys nominating convention. Kubitschek started selling himself. He had mentioned the construction of roads and hydroelectric plants during the four years at the helm of Minas Gerais. Kubitschek was running for president with such enthusiasm that Brazils military chiefs sent President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO² a memorandum asking for a solution to the problem of presidential succession based on understanding and inter-party cooperation. This means that the generals and admirals wanted the right-wing and center parties to announce a candidate to overthrow Kubitschek. The generals want the next president of Brazil to be, like Café Filho, a man unstained by the Vargas regimes mar de lama (sea of mud). In the view of the military, Kubitschek is linked to former President Vargas. After Café Filho received the memorandum from the military, he showed it to Kubitschek and asked him to withdraw his candidacy in favor of another candidate. Bravely defying the militarys request, Kubitschek refused. |
[list]| JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, [sub]Minas Gerais Governor[/sub] | They are not asking me for a political peace, They want my capitulation . . . And that I will not give them.[/list]
| Brazil asked Washington for emergency help. Due to the delay in coffee exports, the country ran out of dollars. Earlier, the government had reduced the minimum coffee-export price from 65.7¢ a lb. to 53.8¢ a measure that should have stimulated exports and raised more dollars for the country. Meanwhile, Brazil desperately needed a dollar loan. Seeing that Brazil needed help, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State HENRY HOLLAND³ interrupted his visit to Cuba with Vice President RICHARD NIXON⁴ to fly to Rio. Washingtons Export-Import Bank announced that new credit of $75 million would be released to Brazil to finance imports from the U.S. |
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[sub]¹ JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, was governor of Minas Gerais (1951-55) and 21st President of Brazil (1956-61).[/sub]
[sub]² JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]³ HENRY HOLLAND, was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State.[/sub]
[sub]⁴ RICHARD NIXON, was the 37th president of the United States (1969-1974) and was the 36th vice president (1953-1961) under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.[/sub]
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[list]February 1955
[sub]A New Center Rising[/sub][/list]
[pre]T H E G E R M A N D E M O C R A T I C P A R T Y[/pre]
[list][sub][pre]Heinrich Hellewege in December of 1954 resigned from his post as Chairman of the German Conservative Party. Within two weeks, the party had failed to organize a special convention, and its delegation of Bundestag deputies - 35 total - announced their intention to switch to Independent.[/pre][/sub][/list]
| The year of 1954 had been incredibly turbulent for the German Conservative Party, better known as the Deutsches Konservativepartei, or the Konservatives. It's right-leaning leader with nationalistic tendencies, Heinrich Hellewege, had been consistently suffering from health issues and had taken a step back from leading the party. The rise of centrist politics on the German political scene saw its delegation in the Bundestag (arguably more powerful than the party's decisionmaking body, the Convention) shift away from the hyper-conservative and royalist-sympathetic tendencies towards a more electable, more tenable center-right position that resembled the Christian Democrats. The Konservative Party began fracturing in the wake of the autumn recess, as the party was increasingly excluded from the operations of the Bundestag and Hellewege's health continued declining. In December of that year, the embattled leader announced his resignation from the position of Chairman, and called for leadership elections to take place. |
| According to the 1951 party constitution, the Konservatives were to convene a special Convention of delegates from across the Bundesrepublik to elect a new leader. This convention, however, never materialized as the centrist wing of the party (led by Joseph Gartner) protested and boycotted the Convention. Eventually, coupled with prodding from the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats, both of whom sought to exploit the party's weaknesses, the Conservative Party all but dissolved and failed to exist in any meaningful way or form. Its delegation of 35 Bundestag deputies announced jointly, led by Gartner, their intention to switch to party affiliation of INDEPENDENT, 'pending new political developments in light of recent events'. The collapse of the German Conservative Party signified two things; first, that Germany was trending to the center, to the benefit of the governing CDU/CSU and the FDP, and second, that the Postwar negative attitude towards more nationalistic parties remained strong - there was absolutely no appetite whatsoever for a return of the politics of the Thirties. |
| Over the winter period, Gartner led his 35 delegates (most of whom supported him as their de facto spokesperson and representative) as they navigated as a massive bloc of Independent deputies in the Bundestag. First, Adenauer and Erich Kohler, the Christian Democratic leader on the legislature's floor, attempted to court them into the CDU to expand their governing majority, to even be able to exclude the FDP and govern entirely alone. This failed, however, as did efforts by the Social Democrats under Erich Ollenhauer to court them into the centrist wing of the left-wing big tent party. The Free Democrats under Franz Blucher made no effort to court the 35 deputies. Instead, Gartner entered discussions with the veritable SOPHIE SCHOLL - co-founder of the Bundestag Women's Convention, and a storied war hero in Germany who had led the wartime resistance. She was only 34 years old, yet she had the experience of most politicians and was well-revered among her colleagues. She was closely tied with ANNEMARIE REGNER, a member of the new Social Democrats' leadership under Ollenhauer's political reforms, and a leader of the women's social equity movement in Germany. Scholl was an Independent, and had been firmly so - but Gartner, allegedly had been making progress towards convincing her to switch affiliations. Nothing ever came of this, however, and the developments continued. |
| With the Federal Returning Officer, the chief election commission of the Bundesrepublik, Gartner on 22 January 1955 filed for a new political party to be recognized on a national level - the German Democratic Party, or the Demokratische Partei Deutschlands (DPD). The party was officially to immediately nominate Gartner as its first president, and the 35 former Conservative Bundestag deputies were to join him in it (Gartner himself had lost his Bundestag seat in the 1953 election). The new party was to succeed the Konservativepartei and represent the same audience the Christian Democrats appealed to, but with more traditionalist sentiments. Gartner was an avowed centrist, but he knew he could not compete with the likes of Konrad Adenauer or Erich Ollenhauer. The formation of the new party was received with worry by the CDU, intrigue and curiosity by the SPD, and general apathy by the Free Democrats - though some within the FDP worried that a CDU-DPD coalition would push them out of government. This never transpired, however, as one of the first moves Gartner made as president of the DPD was to remain in the opposition with the Social Democrats - a sign of a potential splintering right. Nonetheless, however, this new DPD is expected to struggle electorally as it works to prepare to justify itself ahead of the 1957 elections that will take place in just over two years. |
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A Trip up the Volta River
February, 1955
Upper Volta had long been an often overlooked part of the French African colonies. One of the last areas conquered, the Mossi people, and Kingdoms were greatly clamped down upon by the French army. Prior to the reorganization of the colony into a constituent part of French West Africa, the population was greatly discriminated upon. In one example Mossi children could not ride bicycles, or pick fruit from trees, this right was reserved for collaborators, or colonial officials children.
This antagonistic behavior had greatly angered the Mossi people and turned them towards the more anti-colonialist African Democratic Rally. With the reformation into the Federation of French West Africa, there had been moderate improvements to the Mossi peoples lives. The worse excesses of the old system were rolled back, and the old lieutenant governor would be sacked and replaced.
As the government cracked down on colonial communists, and the African Democratic Rally took a softer turn, a new leader would rise to leader the Upper Volta section of the party. Maurice Yaméogo was a former shipping clerk within the French colonial administration. From a traditional African religious family, Yaméogo had forsaken his ties and fully embraced Christianity and French culture. He would become the leader of the Upper Volta African Democratic Rally, and would dominate the political scene pushing out opposition like Joseph Ki-Zerbo.
Yaméogo had very quickly disavowed the communists, and had rose to the rank of Grand Councilor for Upper Volta in the pseudo-legislative colonial body in Dakar. This new grand councilor represented the shift in the middle and upper classes of black Africans within French colonies. People like Yaméogo had attempted to break with their traditional African culture, and become evolved. This so called evolved African, embraced French culture, monotheistic religion, and in some cases entirely abandoned their old languages.
Economically there were still many issues for the Upper Volta colony that Yaméogo and colonial officials deliberately ignored. Crop harvests were extremely low, as poor farmers continued to overuse, overgraze, and destroy their lands. Combined with soil erosion, and drought this often led to famine in the region. With 95% of the colony dedicated to agriculture it became extremely likely future reforms would be needed, lest the entire population perish in future famines.
For now though, Yaméogo was content to enjoy his new position. He dined in the finest Dakar restaurants, dated mixed women, hosted parties for the High Commissioner, and spoke to other evolved Africans. All the while his lesser subjects suffered back in Upper Volta, much to simmering anger of his voting base.
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The Rural revival
February 1955
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| During a special meeting held in December of 1954, beloved and esteemed Comrade Constantin Rotaru together with the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and other important Communist Party members, it has been commonly agreed upon that the Romanian villages will see a revival in terms of quality of life and development.
| The next congress of The Communist Party of Romania led by it`s General Secretary, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed son of the brave Romanian people, Supreme Commander of The People`s Army of Romania, The Genius of The Carpathians, Constantin Rotaru, will be hosted some time in late November to early December of 1956, meaning that the new resolutions regarding the Romanian village will be adopted only after the great VIII congress of the P.C.R.
| "The Electrification, Industrial development, total Mechanization of the Cooperatives and Paving of Romanian villages are the two top priorities with other projects such as the construction of public facilities (Schools, Clinics, Libraries, Shops...) also being planned. Furthermore it is said that Romanian villages will be connected via vast pipelines and will have access to Natural Gas in order for basic requirements of every household such as heating and cooking to be accessible to every Romanian peasant. We thank and greatly admire our beloved and esteemed leader, Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed son of the brave Romanian people, Supreme Commander of The People`s Army of Romania, The Genius of The Carpathians, for every good deed he has done for this beloved nation and it`s brave and hardworking people!" - As noted by the official newspaper Scînteia.
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
February 1955
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list]February 1955
[sub]India First[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]प्रधान मंत्री और विदेश प्रमुख जवाहरलाल नेहरू ने लोकसभा के समक्ष "इंडिया फर्स्ट" नीति प्रस्तुत की
PRIME MINISTER AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU DELIVERS "INDIA FIRST" POLICY BEFORE THE LOK SABHA[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]FEBRUARY 1955 | फरवरी 1955[/sub][/list]
[list] | [sub]Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India. He had led his center/center-left Indian National Congress (INC) party to a historic landslide victory in the 1951 general election, and was now one of the most powerful men in the country - bar perhaps the President, the great Mahatma Gandhi. He also since the inception of the position served as Minister for External Affairs (विदेश मंत्री) and was the country's chief foreign diplomat. Since the formation of the Republic, and as head of government, Nehru had regularly and consistently championed a 'non-aligned policy', generally voting neutrally and independently of the two major geopolitical blocs - the United States and the West, and the Soviet Union and the East. He viewed the West more positively, however, thanks to the leftover colonial mentality and continued strong and firm ties with the British government in London, and with the American government in Washington. On a personal level, Nehru leant more towards the West than to the East, but was sure to keep his country geopolitically and diplomatically neutral as needed. With the advent of the war in East Africa over Eritrea however, Nehru had directed for his Ministry for Defense - largely associated with army logistics - to launch a comprehensive review of the state of the Indian Ocean and neighboring powers. The motives behind this publicly were kept vague and unclear, but behind closed doors, Nehru affirmed that 'a repeat of Italy's [subjugation of East Africa] cannot take place'.[/sub] |
| [sub]Towards the latter end of 1954, the Prime Minister had consolidated his supporters and was meeting regularly with other Indian diplomatic corps officials and with President Gandhi to discuss matters of foreign policy. All agreed that neutrality generally would be maintained, but the Prime Minister brought up with them and with key allies in the Lok Sabha - the lower house of India's immense legislature - that 'new developments were arising'. He clarified he did not intend to shift the country towards any one side, but established that a 'newer foreign policy' needed to be established. Elements of the INC immediately lent their support to the ideal, with the trade and economy ministries throwing their support behind a 'comprehensive plan to put Indian growth and the Indian public first'. Formulation of the comprehensive white paper began with the External Affairs Ministry being the primary contributor; President Gandhi was taking a step back from his role in politics, due to alleged declining health and an age that was becoming more and more a burden on his personal life and his work.[/sub] |
| [sub]On 4 February, 1955, at the opening of the next session of the Lok Sabha, the presiding officer watched quietly on as Prime Minister Nehru made one of his frequent appearances on the legislature's floor. As head of his party in the Lok Sabha, he was regularly subject to praise, admiration, but also criticism and opposition from the other sides. Laying down a black binder as he stood at the podium to address the full room. To the legislature, he outlined the basis of a new foreign and economic policy: India First (इंडिया फर्स्ट), which essentially laid down three key principles: First, that India was a regional power in its own right, and the country should not fail to 'clarify' this on behalf of the national interests, second, that the conflict in the Horn of Africa brought about 'unique concerns' that necessitated 'mandatory changes' to the Indian defense forces, and third, that India possessed 'immense manufacturing potential' and that efforts to 'attract investments' should be made. In his speech, he emphasized primarily the second and third points, and generally - to the disappointment of the opposition CPI and PSP - left the first point up to vague thought. He announced that the national government would be allocating 'significant funding' towards attracting and facilitating corporate foreign investment into India, to develop the country's manufacturing industry, and pledged to boost defense spending in the incoming fiscal year budget. Furthermore, he denounced 'destabilizing regional and global powers' as 'detrimental to regional and international prosperity and joint growth'. It was noted that the speech was a shift in India's foreign policy, from one that was more morose, to one that appeared to be a 'waking up' of sorts to regional questions that the Nehru government had insofar left unanswered.[/sub] | [/list]
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
LASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE FRANÇAISE[/pre][/list]
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PALAIS DE BOURBON: PREMIER MENDÉS-FRANCE FAILS TO SWAY PARLIAMENT TOWARDS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, LEAVING EDGAR FAURE TO TAKE THE REIGNS AFTER 233 DAYS
[sub]IVTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, FEBRUARY 1955[/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF BUREAUCRATIE, ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE FRANÇAISE - | The brisk dew from the Seine had set in over Paris creating a thick fog. It was roughly 5 o'clock in the morning. A short, stocky man in a black topcoat hurried out of the old grey stone National Assembly building on the Quai d'Orsay. Minutes earlier Pierre Mendès-France had been Premier of France, the most popular, brilliant and energetic man to hold the office since the inception of the Fourth Republic. Now, ringing in his ears were the hoarse shouts and curses of his colleagues in the Chamber of Deputies still panting from the bitterest, most vindictive and unseemly overthrow of any Premier in recent French history.[/sub]
[sub]Power-hungry French politicians have a word, usé which means used-up and or soiled, for a government at the moment that it may be voted down and Cabinet portfolios redistributed. Last week the opposition, having tried out its voting strength on a couple of small issues, and satisfied itself that Mendès was just about usé, was ready for the big kill. Their hunting ground and topic of choice: the debate on North Africa. The dramatic moment came when ex-Premier René Mayer, an influential industrialist whom identified with the Rothschild interests and a member of Mendès' own Radical Socialist Party, took the podium. Mayer, whose constituency is Constantine in Algeria, was against Mendès' attempts to negotiate a North African settlement with the nationalist rebels. He was plainly on the side of the French settlers, and brushed aside talk of cruelty on the part of the French forces. "Repression always has a cruel aspect," he said calmly. "But this time it has been just. It was indispensable in order that the guilty might be punished ... It is essential that the Moslems faithful to France, who have often been the victims of assassins, be effectively protected."[/sub]
[sub]As René Mayer spoke on, his voice rose and the Assembly sensed that a presumptuous "moment of truth" was at hand. "It has been said that France must adapt herself to the evolution of the modern world. If that means adapt herself as she has done in Viet Nam, or as she has done in the Fezzan and in the French establishments in India, I answer non!" On the front bench, Premier Mendès sat immobile, and a little paler than usual, his white cuffs peeping out from the sleeves of his dark suit. Mayer turned towards Mendès: "You have already asked many times for the confidence of this Assembly. Today personally I will not be able to vote for it. For I do not know where you are going monsieur." Gaullists, Catholic M.R.P.s (Popular Republican Movement) and Radical Socialists thundered Mayer's speech with applause.[/sub]
[sub]Premier Mendès spent the dinner hour furiously revising his speech of refutation. By 9 o'clock that evening he was back in his seat. One by one the Deputies drifted back in. The dashing ex-Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, sniffed revenge. Mendès had replaced him during the Geneva Conference. Bidault set down his briefcase, and happily opened a newspaper. He was followed by 76-year-old Paul Reynaud, who sat in the fifth row, his old baggy eyes staring straight in front and his head nodding constantly with a nervous twitch. The galleries were jammed with spectators, among them Mendès' pretty wife, Lili Cicurel. Outside stretched a long line of people hoping to be admitted to the few public seats.[/sub]
[sub]With the Assembly back in session by 10 o'clock, Mendès walked briskly to the podium, opened a salmon coloured cardboard folder containing his speech, and began to speak quietly. "Monsieur René Mayer has spoken of our errors and of their catastrophic results, of our heavy responsibilities. He has shared them and he still shares them, for he has supported with all his votes what we have done. If tomorrow the Assembly condemns us and blames us, it will also condemn and blame monsieur Mayer who has discovered six months late that the government has betrayed the country, liquidated French Africa and is unworthy of the confidence of the Frenchmen in North Africa." For an hour and five minutes Mendès gave a sturdy defense of his North African policy, enduring a number of interruptions, half applause, half boos and catcalls.[/sub]
[sub]In a few snippy phrases Mendès reproached the M.R.P. (Popular Republican Movement) for seeking vengeance for vengeance's sake: "There are only two possible policies in North Africa: that of cooperation and reforms or a policy of repression and force. This government has chosen the first. A fraction of the opposition is favorable to the second. Not all the opposition. The M.R.P. will vote against because it wants to overthrow the government. So politics, revolting politics, has once more altered the course of a grand debate on the fate of the nation." Shortly before midnight he put forth the question of confidence.[/sub]
[sub]A period of 24 hours must elapse between the posing and the taking of a vote of confidence in the French National Assembly. In this period the M.R.P. caucus decided massively against Mendès. The Radical Socialists held a long, painful meeting in which Mendès and Mayer clashed. The party's Grand Old Man, ex-Premier Edouard Herriot who had himself quarreled bitterly with Mendès over German rearmament, sent a surprising message from Lyon asking the party to stick by Mendès. At 2 o'clock in the morning the Premier mounted the podium once more. His determining hour was at hand. Precise and calm as ever, he placed notes in front of him, took a sip of milk, and immediately launched into a frontal attack on the M.R.P., which had charged him with "filling the prisons" in North Africa. Though Mendès' rebuttal firmly placed the responsibility on the previous Popular Republican Movement government, his speech was grim confirmation of French colonial misrule. He said: "In Morocco we found prisoners who had not even been convicted; among these prisoners, I scarcely dare to report to the Assembly, was an eight-year-old child, who had been in prison for more than a year. In view of this, can anyone dare speak to this government of full prisons?" After a brisk, but not entirely unfriendly series of exchanges with Deputies, he concluded: "The debate this evening is not on changing Premiers, but on making a choice in North Africa. I repeat this: the choice is among the gravest which the Assembly has had to make in several years. Perhaps the fate of France is at stake."[/sub]
[sub]Ushers brought in the green urns, in which party leaders deposit either white cards meaing 'for the government' or blue cards meaning 'against'. At 5:00 o'clock in the morning, Assembly President Pierre Schneiter announced the official count: votes for the government, 273; against. 319five more than a full majority. Schneiter announced: "Confidence has been refused to the Cabinet." However Mendès was not quite finished. Taking the podium one last time, he explained that he had not one word of recrimination against the Assembly decision. Deputies, accustomed to silence from defeated Premiers, listened with astonishment as he went on: "The work accomplished by this defeated government will not be wiped out either in this field or in others. . . What has been placed in motion will not be stopped."[/sub]
[sub]Suddenly the built-up tension over the course of two days exploded in the Chamber. Deputies, outraged because they thought Mendès was appealing over their heads to the people, broke into an angry roar: "Fascist! Fascist!" They pounded on desks, booed, groaned, and shouted. Most noise came from the Popular Republican Movement. The Socialists who had supported Mendès throughout tried to drown them out with applause. M.R.P. Deputy Francois de Menthon came running down the aisle, waving his arms, charging violation of parliamentary rules. Mendès took another sip of milk, and started to say "The government has the right ..." Louder and louder boos and the shrill screech of Communist women Deputies in the upper register interrupted him. "The government has the right . . ." Assembly President Schneiter stood up, imposing in white tie and tails, and called for order.[/sub]
[sub]Mendès gripped the desk, leaning over, his face over working with emotion, his lips phrasing sentences that only stenographers could hear: "... I know I have served my country well. I pray that in the future the Assembly may give Frenchmen new reasons for hope and may conquer the hatreds which it has too often put on display. Vive la France!" Now everyone was standing, booing or cheering. Mendès stepped down, picked up his briefcase, hurried out. As he climbed into his black Citroën, Pierre Mendès-France left not only a noisy Chamber but 233 days of accomplishment: He had:[/sub]
[sub][list][pre]¶ Negotiated a cease-fire in Indo-China.
¶ Forced the Assembly to decide on EDC (against) and then to accept German rearmament.
¶ Opened negotiations for a settlement in Tunisia by offering autonomy.
¶ Reached agreement with Germany on the Saar.
¶ Reached an ultimatum with Yugoslavia over Adriatic security.
¶ Sent military aid to Greece, helping to put down the Pindus rebellion quickly.
¶ Opened relations with newly independent Cambodia, Laos, Eritrea, Donga, and Bechuana.
¶ Restricted the overproduction of alcohol, issued free milk to schoolchildren.
¶ Adopted several overdue constitutional reforms, introduced essential electoral reforms.
¶ Raised the wages of industrial workers, and some government servants.[/pre][/list][/sub]
[sub]In his 233 days as Premier, Mendès-France had visited Geneva, Tunisia, Britain, Belgium, Canada, the U.S., Italy and Germany, confronting chiefs of state as he confronted his own Parliament, with subtly chosen, blunt decisions. He scorned the usual French political practices that exalted negativism into a philosophy. Watching him, millions of Frenchmen forgot their political lethargy and cynicism, cheered "le style Mendès-France." However the politicians whom he so coldly appraised also coldly disliked him. They feared his popularity and could not forgive him his success. They joined Right and Left, to bring him down before he could proceed to the program he most wanted to put over: a dramatic overhaul of the French economic system.[/sub]
[sub]The Assembly wanted no more energetic individualists for a while. President Coty's first choice for 21st Premier of France since 1945 was Antoine Pinay, a small-time businessman with a reputation for getting along with people. He had previously held the job for nearly ten months back in 1952. Unfortunately for Pinay, whom had achieved little in the eyes of the Assembly during his first tenure as Premier failed to win over a majority vote of confidence. Thus President Coty tapped ex-Premier Edgar Faure whom had served previously from 20 January to 8 March of 1952. Considered to be part of the more conservative wing of the Radical Socialist Party, Faure had come into direct opposition with Mendès-France whom led the more leftist faction of the party. Because of this Faure was well liked in general, while his charismatic enthusiasm and dapper appearance made him all the more likable.[/sub]
[sub]On February 23rd, Edgar Faure and his selected Cabinet team would be put to a vote of confidence and approval by the monstrous French National Assembly. The iconic green urns were brought back out and Assembly President Pierre Schneiter announced the official count: votes for the government, 343; against, 249. Schneiter announced: "Confidence has been overwhelmingly granted to the Cabinet." |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
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Prague, Czechia, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic[/pre][/list]
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FEBRUARY 26TH, 1955 - [sub]One Czechoslovak Koruna[/sub]
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[list][list]CZECHOSLOVAKIA PERSUES DIPLOMACY BY TRANSIT, UNVEILS TATRA T TRAMS[/list][/list]
[B]{[/B]As protests against financial and monetary reforms still hit the streets and workshops of the nation, the government on all levels is attempting to alleviate social pressure on the matter. Whilst government aid programs are being rolled out to cope with the new monetary pressure on savings and wages, the lasting effects could take several years to repair or out right eliminate. To take social attention and pressure away from the issue, the ČSSR Foreign Ministry has announced the launch of its partnership with several public utilities and corporations, as well as the Minsitry of Transport, to launch its "Diplomacie podle Tranzitu" (diplomacy by transit) initiative. This outreach to the COMECON member states, as well as thoroughly selected Western governments, will be done through the donation, selling, and partnership of transit vehicles and infrastucture. It hopes, in the Ministry's words, to spur technical growth outside of the factory in Czechoslovakia, whilst providing lasting foreign partnerships on positive issues. [B]}[/B]
[B]{[/B]To mark off the "tremendous leap" in foreign affairs progress, as well as industrial progress at home, the release of Czechoslovakia's newest face of transit, the Tatra T1 tram. The T1 is the first tramcar based on the American Presidents' Conference Committee concept, to be produced by Czechoslovak company ČKD Tatra. With a max capacity of 95 riders, top speeds of 37 mph, and utilizing 600 V DC through newly fashioned pantograph technology, the T1 is an impressive feat and upgrade to the public transit of Prague, Bratislava, and hopefully beyond. The new rolling stock has already premiered on Prague streets since January, and will shipping out to fellow COMECON members, and other partner states, within the next months.[B]}[/B]
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[list][list]TODAY'S OTHER HEADLINES[/list]
[sub]As protests in Plzeň continue consequential of national monetary reforms, a commission has been ordered to form, at the request of the Communist Party's Central Committee. It's primary focus will be legal, as is reported from ranking memebers of the Committee, including Minister of the Interior Rudolf Barák, who is suspected to lead the Commission.[/sub]
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22nd,FEBRUARY,1955
"Birth Of A New Era"
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Despite multiple attempts by the parliament,to get prime minister,Aisy Rayyan to change his mind on the decision.Aisy Rayyan still went ahead and publicly declared the new REPUBLIC Of Maziya.
To declare the change,Aisy Rayyan went onto a podium.Located in the center of the capital city to make his speech.
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"Starting today,we will see the
birth of a new era! As we remove the last bit of the socialist and communist husk from our government.I declare that we are no longer the PEOPLE'S Republic Of Maziya.But we are the new REPUBLIC Of Maziya.The last remnant of the Wei Yuan administration is officially gone and we can move on ahead towards the future of a nation free from communist and socialist influences."
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[List]-Aisy Rayyan,the third prime minister of Maziya[/list]
After the speech,such a event made national headlines.The results of this declaration,came with a mix reaction by the general population.
[U]Reaction Of The Malays
The majority of the Malays,cheered after the declaration was made.This was seen by some as a "ideal step forward" but those in the minority of the Malay population viewed such a decision as "stupid and doesn't address any proper problems with the nation."
[U]Reaction Of The Chinese.
The Chinese,viewed this decision,in a very negative light.As the Chinese population saw this as a era where the Malays will cause much terror in the lives of the ethnic Chinese living in Maziya.
[U]Reaction Of The Indians.
While most Indians,were indifferent about the name change.Some Indians,began to think."If Maziya Parti Nasional,is so pro-Malay supremacy.Even though they ignore us now.Whats to stop them from coming after us,either now,tomorrow or next year." This led to the first ever majority Indian,major political faction.Taking inspiration for its name by the Maziyan Chinese Association,by calling itself the Maziyan Indian Association,without being majorly ideologically influenced by the Maziyan Chinese Association.
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TASK FORCE - ON THE PROWL / YUGOSLAVIA REACHES FOR THE STARS
February 29th 1955
The Militia of SFR Yugoslavia (Milicija SFR Jugoslavije) have today initiated a pilot program titled "Task Force" consisting of Police Officers deployed solely within Police Vehicles unlike in the past where Vehicles were used sparingly and usually by Traffic Police. This Task Force would be able to actively and quickly respond to crimes in progress or reports of previous crimes in a speedy manner and keep Police Headquarters constantly updated with in-vehicle Radio sets manufactured within the Country. Receiving 1.5 times the pay of a normal beat officer, Task Force members will be expected to adhere to even more stringent standards than the regular police and unlike the mere suspension from service that normal officers receive for accepting bribes Task Force Members would serve a minimum of 15 years for accepting any bribes either monetary or otherwise. Central Government figures expect the introduction of this new Force to massively help in the reduction of rural crime in particular as traditionally they had been slow to react in these areas.
Differentiating themselves from regular Police, Task Force Officers shall be issued in dark blue compared to the traditional Militia Grey in order to allow individuals to easily distinguish between the two. Further unlike their regular comrades Task Force members shall be armed with Zastava M56 submachine guns permitting high rate of fire in the event of any particularly distasteful villains making moves on them, such as the 1952 killing of three Militia officers by an older gentleman who had stowed away a PPSH from the Second World War.
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Making National headlines today was also a milestone for the Yugoslav Aviation and Rocketry Bureau, who managed with a Rocket designated "A-1" to reach 143km above the Earths surface. Though this was no great achievement in terms of global space preparations and programs, nor was it a relatively "recent" achievement since the Germans had managed to reach 80 kilometers above the surface of the earth in 1944 (with a V-2 rocket). It was an important milestone for the Program which had yet to provide any real achievements, however this small achievement was definitely seen as a huge victory within Yugoslavia and a sign of things yet to come as the list of achievements expected of them by the Marshal was practically growing by the day. There was certainly no hope of catching up to the Soviet Union or United States, both of whom had achieved the same thing almost a decade prior, however Yugoslavia still aimed to put objects and perhaps one day a man into space with mostly its own ingenuity.
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[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]
SYMPOSIUM ON SLOVENIC HISTORY BEARS NEW IDEAS ON THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SLOVENES
[list][sup]ALPINE SLAVS, NOT SOUTH SLAVS
FEBRUARY 1955[/sup][/list]
The Universities of Ljubljana and GradecSlovenias leading scholarly institutionspoured months into planning an elaborate history symposium at the picturesque Alpine town of Pliberk in the late winter of 195455. Held in the towns hilltop castle, Grad Pliberk, several dozen of the nations foremost historians assembled in February to deliver a series of talks and debates on recent historiographical developments. Nationalistic influence was unavoidable. Faced with the international enmity of the South Slavs, they had no shortage of motivation to make Slovene history as distinct as possible from the Croats, Serbs, and other Slavs to Slovenias east; so they did.
The first talk, delivered by 43-year-old professor and author Drago Leskovar, identified Noric influences on the ethnogenesis and linguistic origins of Slovenia. The unearthing of two ancient pottery shards with Noric¹ engravings in 1952 and 1954 helped serve his purposes, as one unidentified nameSLOUENIgave the perfect opportunity for Leskovar to posit a much earlier Slovene presence in the Alps than previously thought, with most historical timelines placing Alpine Slavic settlement in the region several centuries later. So too did it imply Slovenian interaction with the continental Celts, permitting Leskovar to hypothesize that the Slovenes possess a Celtic substrate. The subsequent talk, given by historical linguist Andrej Majar, built on Leskovars ideas andby demonstrating supposedly Celtic words in Slovene and identifying chasmic gaps between Slovene and its neighbor languagesinsisted that Slovene was deserving of its own language subfamily, Alpine Slavic, altogether separate from South Slavic. Slovene and Kajkavian, brother tongues, are members of a Slovenic family of distinctly Alpine origin, he concluded, which I here propose. Those speakers in the north of what is falsely called Croatia have long been denied their true identitya form of culturicide which the Yugoslavs perpetrate eagerly. Majars talk came amid a surge of interest in Slovene linguistics following the emergence of the Drutvo za napredek slovenčine (SLOVAD, Society for the Advancement of Slovene) earlier in the year.
Other orators considered the current Slovene predicamentthe placement of Slovenia between two hostile powersin a broader historical context, attempting to give historical background to the Yugoslav (Ranponian) and Italian (Arcanda) animosity toward the country. The governors of Yugoslavia resent Slovenia, one professor at Gradec explained, for Slovenia accomplished by its own existence what Yugoslavia could not for decades; it won Carinthia and Trst, and built for itself a state in celebration of the Slavic people. Italy itself despises Slovenia as a master would his runaway slave, the slave free at the expense of his abuser. Though the academic circles of Slovenia have long undergirded the nations liberal wing, a recent shift had seen demands for a political sternness in the face of Yugoslaviathe nation has so far slain several Slovene citizens without admission or apology and which invaded Albania in 1951. This drift was expected to yield re-election of the largely conservative legislature, but the rallying of Boris Furlans liberals had briefly impeded that. More realistic, though, was the election of the conservative Nikola Koprivnikar, whose ideas of the stern defense of Slovene interest were undoubtedly underpinned by the intellectuals at the symposium.
[list][sup]¹ A nearly two-thousand-year-old eastern Celtic language found on two pottery inscriptions in Austria and Slovenia in real life. In this timeline, three inscriptions have been found, and four more will emerge in 1959, 1962, 1977, and 1985.[/sup]
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[list]Winter 1955
[sub]Infrastructure[/sub][/list]
[list][list] ZÜRICH AIRPORT - A GLOBAL GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE
FLUGHAFEN ZÜRICH - EIN GLOBALES TOR ZUR ZUKUNFT
AÉROPORT DE ZURICH - UNE PORTE MONDIALE VERS LE FUTUR
AEROPORTO DI ZURIGO - UNA PORTA GLOBALE VERSO IL FUTURO
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ZÜRICH
[sub]SWITZERLAND, THE HELVETIC REPUBLIC[/sub]
| From a podium in front of the Flughof, Swiss Minister of Posts and Railways Rudolphe Rubattel would announce the plan to modernize and expand the Helvetic Republics largest gateway to the world: Zürich Airport. From its humble beginnings as a small airfield to its current status as one of Europes largest, Zürich Airport has grown and evolved over the years to become a vital transportation hub for all of Switzerland. It is home to Swissairs main hub, the nations flagship airline, with rail connections to Bern and beyond. In the early days of aviation, Zürich Airport was little more than a grassy field with a few small hangars. As air travel became more popular, the Swiss government recognized the need for a more formal airport to accommodate the growing demand. The late 1920s saw construction begin on a new airport in Zürich, with the first flights taking off from the new facility built in the village of Kloten in 1927. Over the next few decades, it would continue to grow and expand.
After World War II, It would become apparent that Zürich Airport would need to modernize its infrastructure and enhance its capacity to accommodate the growing demand for air travel. The plan would include the construction of new runways, expansion of terminal buildings, and upgrading various other facilities. The new runways would be constructed to meet the demands of larger and more modern jet and turboprop aircraft, which would require much more space to reach high enough speeds to take off than their propeller-driven precursors. The airport's main runway would be extended from 1,800 to 2,500 meters, while a new parallel runway would be added with a length of 3,300 meters. This new runway would allow for simultaneous landings and takeoffs, improving the airport's efficiency and reducing congestion. New additions to the main terminal building would be built to accommodate a range of aircraft, including the soon-to-be-released Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. The Zürich Airport plan would ensure it continues to be a world-class transportation hub, welcoming millions of travelers from all over the world every year. |
[list]| [sub]RODOLPHE RUBATTEL, Minister of Posts and Railways[/sub] | Our great republic has always been at the forefront of progress, and this expansion is yet another manifestation of our indomitable spirit. We are a small yet mighty force on the world stage, and Zürich Airport is one of our most powerful tools in the fight for prosperity, success, and peace worldwide. By investing in our infrastructure, we are paving the way for a brighter future, not just for ourselves, but for generations of Swiss citizens to come. We must take pride in what we have achieved as a nation, but we cannot rest. We must continue to push forward, to innovate and excel, and to be a beacon of hope, progress, and democracy for the world. Zürich Airport is more than just a hub of transportation. It is a symbol of our determination. It is a testament to the power of Swiss ingenuity, engineering, and the resilience of our people. Let us continue to work together with steadfast determination and passion to ensure a bright future for all Swiss citizens. Thank you, and may God continue to bless our Helvetic Republic.[/list]
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[list]March 1955
[sub]Germany Skyward[/sub][/list]
[pre]H I G H E R A I M S I N A N E W A G E[/pre]
[list][list][sub]During the Second World War, German scientists and engineers pioneered the V-2 rocket, which while used primarily for anti-Allied bombing efforts also doubled as a significant step forward in humanity's efforts to escape its earthly cradle. Research into outer space exploration and rocketry had continued in West Germany in the postwar, and officially received government attention with 1954 science and technology advancement legislation. To this date, however, the country has yet to see a postwar rocket fly.[/sub][/list][/list]
THE GERMAN SCIENCE OFFICE, BONN, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY EVENING
[sub]DIE BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND[/sub]
| In June of 1954, Chancellor Adenauer successfully championed the passage of crucial science and technology advancement legislation. Signed in the wake of reports of 'advancing technologies and eclipsing advancements' behind the shadowy curtain of the Iron Curtain, the law provided for the establishment of the aptly-named German Science Office (Deutsches Wissenschaftsbüro). Named simply and resembling other government offices directed at science and technology, the small, covert, and discreet office was publicly referred to in government documents but her role was much more secretive. It was well-known since the establishment of the Bundesrepublik that Germany held great potential as a state with history in pioneering rocket research. All that research, however, had been shipped off to the United States and the Soviet Union and the new federal government in Bonn was reluctant to revive a program so closely linked to the tragedies of the Second World War. With reports of 'new technologies' especially concerning higher aerospace research, however, the legislative proposal in June of '54 was amended to include grants for rocketry research in Germany. |
| While grants for advanced high-flying and air-deployed rockets were not handed out until November of '54, Germany's dabbling in engine research had extended all the way back to 1952, when a group of German civilian scientists and engineers formed the National Aerospace Research Group (Nationale Forschungsgruppe Raumfahrt, or NFR), which received government funding via military grants. Rocket engine research had been advanced under the cover of civilian science and technology research programs, with former V-2 engine blueprints being used as the primary inspiration for modified engines with more efficient specific impulse (SI) and utilizing newer, more stable fuels. The government officialized these programs under the German Science Office in July of last year, merging to form Pfeil Projekt (Arrow Project) - a government initiative carried out with the eye of American authorities and scientists being allowed to closely observe the program, for security and scientific purposes. Development on a new V-2 style rocket that would carry out suborbital experimental missions would begin in February of '55, after a visit by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to a technical aerospace university in Frankfurt, where he touted Germany's grants for 'expanding our knowledge about our earth and the heavens above'. While it was clear that the two major powers were far ahead in terms of rocketry research, the U.S. especially with their large pool of adopted German scientists, several German scientists within the various Adenauer ministries argued that the country could easily specialize in a more specific role, rather than attempting a costly campaign to become a heaven-poised nation. |
| The NFR has invited by the German government to set up camp at a new science and research facility in Oldenburg, northwest of Bremen in northern Germany. This facility would see the breaking ground of a new technical college directed at aerospace engineering and aerodynamics, partially funded by German aircraft companies working tirelessly on jet research and thus in need of new crop. According to a report issued by the German Science Office to the Chancellor at his request, dated February 19, 1955; |
[list][pre]Presently, Germany remains far off from possessing the technical capabilities or prowess the United States or the Soviet Union is able to wield, not only due to our monetary but also due to our social and political disadvantages. Nonetheless, Germany can continue to pursue more heavenly pursuits in cooperation with fellow European nations, such as through the European Economic Community. There is certainty that Germany will not be a pioneering space nation; however, it can still provide what expertise it can to nations who are able to do so.[/pre][/list]
| In light of the report, Adenauer reached out to the government of President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Paramountica to discuss a possible second state visit by Adenauer - not only as a reaffirmation of Germany's continued solidarity with the United States in a rapidly solidifying Cold War global scene, and as a way to reach out to Washington to discuss scientific cooperation and joint cooperation on various matters, not only thanks to the fact that the German economy was posting extremely positive numbers as of Q4 1954. |
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[sub]► Off we go into the Wild Blue Yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;[/sub]
[sub]Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At em now, Give 'em the gun! give em the gun![/sub]
[sub]Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,
Off with one helluva roar[I]![/I][/sub]
[sub]▌We live in fame or go down in flame
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force![/sub]
[sup](Chair Force)[/sup][/list]
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| GLORIA BANZA MARKS HER POWER AS SUPREME COURT OF ZAIRE IS ESTABLISHED |
[sub]20th of February, 1955[/sub]
| The first promise of Izuru has come true, with the National Congress, the Finest Assembly and the First Representative passing the SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE ACT, which in simple terms, places fundements for the establishment and the creation of the Supreme Court of Justice in Zaire. Based upon the act, the Supreme Court of Justice will be written into the Zairean constitution as the Fourth Pillar of Power in the country; the other three being the First Representative, the National Congress and the Finest Assembly.
The responsibility of the new established Supreme Court will be to "...interpret passed laws and acts by the government as to whether it serves the general public good and does not breach civil liberties...take on cases filed by ordinary citizens, as to whether the government is interfering within the sphere of their social, economic, cultural or political life with intentions of harm, injustice or not within reason..." The Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire being established is a crucial step forward for the justice system in Zaire, and for the all citizens within Zaire. The Supreme Court will be the protector of civil liberties, rights and the Zairean constitution against any and all attempts to curb them, infringe on them or destroy them. The Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire will be formed by Seven Justices from around the country. The Supreme Court will also have judicial power, as the only law court in the country, to oversee the trail for state treason, impeachment of the First Representative and the impeachment of the Head of the Finest Assembly. The serving term of a Justice within the Supreme Court is twenty years.
However, despite the Supreme Court of Justice act being passed unanimously through both the National Congress and the Finest Assembly, a moment of heated tension arose again between the First Representative Gloria Banza and the Head of the Finest Assembly, Marie Izuru. In the original act, which was proposed January 28th, the one in charge of appointing the Judges to the Supreme Court would be the Finest Assembly, a clause that Mrs Banza has rejected and vetoed the act with its first passage. The clause was then changed that it would be the National Congress choosing the judges, but yet again Mrs Banza rejected the act. On February 12th, Mrs Banza proposed her own change to the clause, which reads as following "...the right to elect the Justices to the Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire will be retained by the First Representative of Zaire, solely by the First Representative, should the First Representative be indispensable of such time due to impeachment, trial reason or serious health problems, then the next valid entity within the Zairean law to uphold such power will be the Head of the National Congress..." The clause was at first rejected by Marie Izuru until February 18th, when the two had met. On February 19th, the Banza Clause was introduced, and the act finally passed through all power sources on February 20th.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire is set to be motioned into action by March 20th, with the Supreme Court Justices to be elected by the First Representative by March 2nd. The establishment of the Supreme Court of Justice is a historical step for Zaire, and it places its courts system and law system on par with many world developed counterparts. The Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire is another pillar of Zairean growing democracy and freedom. |
[list][ GLORIA BANZA, First Representative of Zaire ]: "La création de la Cour suprême de justice du Zaïre est un symbole fondamental de la croissance que le Zaïre a connue au cours des quinze dernières années. C'est un symbole de notre démocratie, de notre liberté et de notre force. Consciente du fait que le peuple zaïrois a besoin d'un protecteur indépendant de toutes les politiques de l'époque, la Cour suprême de justice fera exactement cela. Les libertés, les droits civils et les libertés de tous ceux qui vivent au Zaïre seront désormais protégés non seulement par le Premier représentant, mais aussi par la Cour suprême de justice du Zaïre. Un moment d'histoire a été écrit."
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𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚 | 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓
[list][sub]Bhinneka Tunggal Ika | विविधतायां एकता[/sub][/list]
Jakarta Post
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REPUBLIC OF NUSANTARA
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What is this N-Day?
Victoria Harbor
[March-1955]
Vísir Journal
Progressive Party Wins Election
In a closely contested election, Prime Minister Steinþórsson of the Progressive Party has been re-elected for another term, defeating his opponent Jörundur Svanbjörnsson, Delegate of the Independence Party, by a narrow margin.
With a high voter turnout, the election was a nail-biter until the very end.
The Progressive Party and the Independence Party had been neck and neck in the polls leading up to the election, with both parties promising to prioritize the economy, healthcare, and the environment.
After a tense night of vote counting, it was announced that Steinþórsson had secured 51% of the votes, while Svanbjörnsson had won 49%. Supporters of the Progressive Party erupted into cheers, while those of the Independence Party were left disappointed.
In his victory speech, Steinþórsson thanked his supporters and promised to continue working towards a prosperous future for Iceland. "I am honored to have the opportunity to serve our great nation once again," he said. "Together, we will work towards a brighter future for all Icelanders." Svanbjörnsson, on the other hand, conceded defeat graciously, congratulating Steinþórsson on his victory. "I would like to thank my supporters and campaign team for their hard work," he said. "I wish Prime Minister Steinþórsson all the best in leading our country forward."
The election results have been met with mixed reactions, with some Icelanders expressing relief that the Progressive Party will continue to lead the country, while others are disappointed that the Independence Party did not win.
Social Democrats emerge as largest party in Icelandic Parliament after 1955 election
After a hard-fought election campaign, the Althing, has announced the results of the 1955 election. The new parliament will be composed of representatives from four political parties, each with their own distinct platform and goals.
The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the election, winning 23 seats in the Althing. Led by its charismatic leader, Jón Baldvinsson, the Social Democrats campaigned on a platform of social justice, labor rights, and economic growth. With a strong mandate from the voters, the Social Democrats are poised to make significant changes to Icelandic society in the coming years.
The Independence Party, Iceland's oldest political party, won 21 seats in the election, making it the second-largest party in the Althing. Led by its leader, Bjarni Benediktsson, the Independence Party ran on a platform of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government. Although they did not win the election, the Independence Party remains a powerful force in Icelandic politics and will likely continue to play an important role in the country's future.
The People's Alliance, a left-wing party that advocates for greater government control of the economy, won 10 seats in the election. Led by its leader, Árni Jónsson, the People's Alliance campaigned on a platform of nationalization, social welfare, and environmental protection. With a significant presence in the Althing, the People's Alliance will be able to push for greater government intervention in the economy and social programs.
Finally, the Progressive Party won 6 seats in the election, making it the smallest party in the Althing. Led by its leader, Ólafur Thors, the Progressive Party is a centrist party that advocates for greater economic growth and social welfare programs. Although they did not win as many seats as they had hoped, the Progressives will still have a voice in the Althing and will be able to work towards their goals in partnership with other parties.
With the composition of the new parliament now set, Icelanders will be watching closely to see how the new representatives work together to address the country's most pressing issues. From social justice to economic growth to environmental protection, there are many challenges facing Iceland in the years ahead. But with a diverse group of representatives from four political parties, the country is well-positioned to tackle these challenges head-on and build a brighter future for all Icelanders.
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
PREMIER MINISTRE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE[/pre][/list]
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HÔTEL MATIGNON: A DIPLOMAT ON VACATION AND A GOVERNMENT AT WORK
[sub]IVTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, MARCH 1955[/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF GOUVERNEMENT, HÔTEL MATIGNON - | Like soldiers retiring from the battlefield to regroup, France's National Assembly and newly elected Premier Edgar Faure went off last week on short vacations. For Faure the vacation was, typically, an opportunity to get work done. Chronically unable to leave his job behind him, Faure booked reservations for himself and his pretty wife Lucie Meyer at the Italian resort town of Positano, but then proceeded to load up the schedule with an imposing list of appointments such as an audience with Pope Pius XII, whom is scheduled to visit Paris next month for a meeting with President Coty, a meeting with Italy's Premier Mario Scelba and, on the way home, a short conference with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at Baden-Baden.[/sub]
[sub]Before taking off in President Coty's official plane, the Premier blandly made one parting gesture calculated to provoke a full-scale battle royale. Summoning his Cabinet, he persuaded them to endorse a new electoral law and then, without any advance warning, sprang it upon the scattering Deputies. It calls for abandoning proportional representation, which has helped to perpetuate the splintering of France's parliament into a multitude of bickering factions. Faure would return to direct vote of Deputies by districts, as it was under the Third Republic, thus making it easier for a majority party to win in a vote on legislation.[/sub]
[sub]Once more the dynamic Premier had confronted Assembly politicians with an uncomfortable decision. The Communists had been expected to fight with bared teeth against a direct-voting law, which makes it possible for the anti-Communists to band together and beat a Communist in runoff elections. The other big parties like Catholic M.R.P. and the Socialists, which depend more on doctrine than on local appeal, are not confident enough of the strength of their individual candidates to cheer for the change. For Edgar Faure and his followers, however, the change seems a way to upset party strangle holds and prepare the way to the new "grouping of the left" which Faurites prescribe for a healthier, more dependable France. However French governments that propose electoral reforms have a way of disappearing before the reform puts in an appearance.[/sub]
[sub]At weeks end, Premier Edgar Faure had won his first Assembly vote on his new electoral law at 332 to 274 and had managed to nibble successfully at the budget, which has been drastically delayed in the Assembly for three months. The Socialists, whose main business in life is looking after the government fonctionnaires (officials), were demanding all-round increases of $671 million. Faure, who had offered a mere $337 million, smiled and upped the ante to $364 million. In an atmosphere of almost dizzying good will, Faure won his second Assembly vote, 364 to 242.|[/sub]
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Prepare for the nuclear apocalypse!
The Frontiers of Niger
March 1955
The deserts of Niger had always been considered the Frontier of French West Africa. While Niamey had grown into an important bustling city, beyond that the land grow more untamed.
To the far east was the Hausa and Kanuri tribes. These people were on the fringes of French territory and rule, so generally they were left to their own devices. The region was; however, surprisingly prosperous in terms of agricultural output, especially when compared to Upper Volta or other areas. This is mainly likely due to farmers, and estate plantations being hesitant about wanting to live next to the deserts where often Tuareg tribes could move through, leaving whoever lived there at their mercy. Nonetheless the Hausa and Kanuri developed a relatively peaceful and working relationship with the Tuareg clans; allowing them to live in relative peace.
For French officials the region remained a continuous drain on French money, and military resources, as nearly constantly they came into conflict with the nomadic Tuaregs. High Commissioner Messmer would begin a series of important reforms that would shape the region for decades. Most importantly he would split off northern Niger from the colony, creating the colony of Agadez, named after the old Tuareg sultanate. He would also open sit down discussions with the Ikazkazan tribe, and the Kel Awey Confederation an important clan confederation in the Agadez region. This confederation had been in near constant war with France over control of the region. Upon being given the green light by the government in Paris, Messmer would begin to negotiate a relative peace. Under this peace, the Kel Awey Confederation would rule over the new state of Agadez as a protectorate of France.
This new protectorate would be allowed representation in the French National Assembly, as well as, maintain a degree of internal autonomy to elect their own leadership among the Tuareg clans within the region. In this new Confederation multiple clans existed including the Kel Air, Kel Gress, Kel Damergou, and Kel Dinnek. They would be allowed to elect a so-called Council of Clans from amongst these tribes to maintain things at a governmental level, while maintaining a degree of autonomy within their own lands. France would continue to control foreign policy, economics and appoint their own governor generals.
While this deal neither appeased the hardline imperialists within France, or the radical nationalists in Agadez, it nonetheless laid the foundations of a steady peace in the French colonies. No longer would thousands of soldiers, and an untold amount of Francs be dedicated to continual military occupation. The last military bases were closed, and French forces were redirected towards more strategic areas especially Agadez itself.
While this deal gave the Tuaregs their own protectorate it did cause some ethnic issues within the new protectorate. The Hausa and Kanuri themselves also lived in these territories. They had just lost true political rights in this new Tuareg state. This laid the foundations for internal strife and struggle within the new Confederation of Agadez. Economically with the discovery of uranium, and the agricultural development of the minority groups, if the Confederation could make an agreement with the minorities it could develop into a potentially economically solid land.
The leftover parts of French Niger, centered in Niamey and its surrounding states were led by Hamani Diori and the Nigerien Progressive Party. Known for his corruption, and charisma, Diori had held a steady hand on power, even before the transformation of French West Africa into a more Native African inclusive democracy. Originally a prospective part of the African Democratic Rally, the alliance to the communists, and subsequent government crackdown made Diori rescind his support from the coalition. Instead Diori deepened his ties with Léopold Sédar Senghor becoming a loud spokesperson for the idea of African Federalism.
Economically having lost the northeast, and east, the rump Niger became more financially stable. With large uranium, coal, and iron deposits surrounding it, the colony began a slow process of industrialization in its capital city, and expanded mining operations. Nonetheless most citizens remained farmers.
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[list][list][sub]March, 1955[/sub]
[sub]Turkish Delegation to Tehran[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]Start of Closer Ties?[/sub]
[list][list][sub]How happy is the one who says I am a Turk! - National Motto[/sub][/list][/list]
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[sub]Briefing Room, Republic of Turkey Morning[/sub]
[list][sub]The unexpected announcement of Iranian neutrality, which deeply concerned Ankara, and Prime Minister Hoveyda's invitation to discuss the Kurdish issue and other topics, such as trade, created an opportunity that the Menderes administration could not pass up. They immediately shifted Turkey's attention to Iran. Given the gravity of the situation, Prime Minister Menderes tasked Foreign Minister Köprülü with personally leading the diplomatic negotiations.[/sub][/list]
| The briefing room is spacious and well-lit, with a large wooden table occupying the center. Foreign Minister Mehmet Köprülü sat in the front, with his second in command, Tura Sancakli, seated next to him, as he began to address the gathered team of negotiators that will travel together to Tehran. |
[list]| [sub]Mehmet Köprülü, Foreign Minister[/sub] | Good morning, everyone. As you are all aware, we will be departing for Iran today on an important diplomatic mission. Before we leave, I wanted to go over our mission objectives and strategies. We must communicate to our Iranian counterparts that we value our relationship and are dedicated to finding common ground. We also need to talk about the recent Kurdish and larger Soviet threats. We've been invited by Prime Minister Hoveyda, and I'm sure I don't have to tell you how important it is that we put our best foot forward and present the Iranians with a professional team. If you will, Sancakli.
| [sub]Tura Sancakli, Ambassadorial Aid[/sub] | Yes, sir. While Köprülü will handle all discussions with Prime Minister Hoveyda, we will deal with our Iranian counterparts to discuss the finer points of trade and security. Our main objectives will be a mutual defense treaty, a friendship treaty, and the elimination of import taxes on trade goods between our two countries. These are our main priorities; we may discuss or accept other ideas proposed by our counterparts, but they must be approved by Köprülü. That will be the end of it if no one has any questions.[/list]
| After determining that the assembled team had no questions, Sancakli adjourned the meeting, leaving the team to finished their preparations before leaving. |
Flight to Tehran
[sub]Ankara Esenboga Airport Afternoon[/sub]
| Köprülü hadn't travel in a long time, descended from a proud line of diplomats who served the Ottoman Empire and now the Republic, a fact he still takes pride in. But, as he sits back in his chair, he reads over confidential papers that worry him greatly, documents from the internal investigation that he personally ordered after the events of the now-dubbed "Istanbul Progom," which suggest that the event was not a natural disaster but was deliberately instigated by top government officials. Tearing him morally as he was disgusted by the events, but knowing that if this was revealed, it would further deteriorate Greek-Turkish relations and harm Turkey's international reputation. But before he could ponder any more his second command took a seat next to him. |
[list]| [sub]Tura Sancakli, Ambassadorial Aid[/sub] | I recognize that look, Köprülü, but I'm guessing it's above my pay grade.
| [sub]Mehmet Köprülü, Foreign Minister[/sub] | Yes, but I'm wasting time worrying about it because we'll be in Tehran in an hour. So, how is the team doing?
| [sub]Tura Sancakli, Ambassadorial Aid[/sub] | The new guys are very excited, but our veterans are keeping a close eye on them. But what do you make of Iran's sudden neutrality when they're supposed to join the coalition?
| [sub]Mehmet Köprülü, Foreign Minister[/sub] | Oh, you weren't told? Well, from what we understand, the Iranians and Iraqis got into a "disagreement" during negotiations, and with some incompetence thrown in, and now we're dealing with the fallout. However, Hoveyda's invitation provides an excellent opportunity to strengthen our ties with Iran while avoiding using Iraq as a middleman for the coalition.[/list]
| As the two continued to talk about other topics, such as their personal lives, the great city of Tehran gradually came into view as an announcement of their arrival to the capital was made over the speaker. |
Arrival to Iran
[sub]Mehrabad International Airport Afternoon[/sub]
| The delegation's escort quickly appeared upon the planes' arrival at the airport, as the plane was parked in a private section of the airport, most likely for VIP travelers. When the delegation team disembarked from the plane, translators from both sides quickly informed Köprülü of the delegation's plans to meet Prime Minister Hoveyda and began escorting the diplomatic team to the negotiation site. |
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"The FMEP and PRI Gear Up for Historic Deputy Elections in Mexico: A Changing Political Landscape"
[list]GACETA UNAM NEWSPAPER[/list]
[list][sup]Gadiel Portillo
March, 1955[/sup][/list]
As Mexico gears up for the 1955 deputy elections, the political landscape has dramatically shifted with the emergence of the FMEP as a viable contender to the PRI's decades-long dominance. For the first time in Mexican politics, the FMEP has managed to field candidates in every deputy district, a feat the party had pledged to achieve after their defeat in the 1952 general election. Moreover, the FMEP's recruitment of candidates, coupled with their legislative victory with the passage of The Governance and Accountability Act of 1955, has helped them gain significant momentum in the polls, with some pollsters reporting a 10+ point gain in support in newly formed districts.
According to Carlos Gomez, a Professor of Political Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the FMEP's success in recruiting candidates in every deputy district and their unexpected legislative victory with the passage of The Governance and Accountability Act of 1955 marks a significant shift in Mexican politics. "If the FMEP can win a substantial number of seats in the upcoming elections, it would mark a major challenge to the PRI's long-standing dominance in Mexican politics," Gomez stated. "The PRI has been the dominant political force in Mexico since the 1920s, and they have maintained power through a combination of clientelism, corruption, and a lack of viable opposition. However, the FMEP's rise shows a growing demand for change in the country and a desire for a more diverse and inclusive political system," Gomez added. Furthermore, the FMEP's victory would signal a potential shift towards progressive policies and a more assertive stance on human rights and accountability. "The FMEP has made clear their commitment to addressing corruption, promoting transparency, and protecting the rights of all Mexicans," he said. "If they can win a significant number of seats in the upcoming election, it could be a major turning point for the country and a step towards a more open and democratic political system."
This recent legislative victory for the FMEP was an unexpected blow to the PRI's election strategy, as they were expected to campaign on The Defense and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1954 to showcase their party unity and competence. However, the PRI's internal factionalism and the FMEP's campaigning on issues such as good governance, transparency, and accountability have put the PRI on the back foot. The upcoming national conventions of both parties in Mexico City in June, right before the July elections, are expected to be highly competitive, with both parties trying to gain an edge in the highly contested race. It is worth mentioning the Mexican Communist Party is expected to become the dominant faction within the FMEP after the upcoming elections.
"This is a historic moment for the Mexican people," said FMEP leader Miguel Henriquez Guzmán. "We are proud to have achieved what no other opposition party has before us. With the passage of the Governance and Accountability Act, we have shown that the people of Mexico demand better governance, transparency, and accountability from their leaders. We are confident that our message will resonate with the people and that we will achieve a historic victory in the upcoming elections."
The National Electoral Institute (INE) has announced that they will allow election watchers from both parties in all polling locations, ensuring greater transparency and accountability in the electoral process. With the stakes so high and the competition so intense, the July elections will be an exciting test of Mexican democracy and the people's political will.
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(CCP) Peoples Republic of China / (CCP) 中华人民共和国
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ZHOU ENLAI: THE BEIJING GOVERNMENTS FACE ON THE WORLD STAGE
中国外交部长周恩来处理的台湾问题!
[sub]February 1955 | 1955年2月
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FUZHOU, FUJIAN PROVINCE, SOUTHERN CHINA | 福建省福州市,中国南部地区[/sub]
[sub]Zhou Enlai was the elder statesman of China, second only to the Communist Party Chairman and the Paramount Leader, Mao Zedong. Since the formation of the Peoples Republic in 1949, he had served as its first Premier and then as its first ever Minister for Foreign Affairs. During the Second World War, he had accepted orders from his Communist Party superiors to infiltrate the Kuomintang ranks while he served as the CCPs chief emissary to the Nationalist forces in Wuhan. He had rallied large numbers of Chinese intellectuals and artists to rally against the Japanese invaders, and conducted the public image defense and propaganda efforts of the Communist regime. During the Civil War, he worked hard to keep the Communists supplied with weapons and supplies from abroad, and successfully fought back diplomatic offensives that took place in the wake of the victory of Communist forces in October of 1949 - the month in which the Peoples Republic was formally proclaimed, and Zhou became its first Premier. In his initial months as the countrys top diplomat, he notified all governments that;[/sub]
[list][pre][...] Any and all sovereign nation-states who wish to have any form of diplomatic contact with the Peoples Republic must end any and all contacts, diplomatic, military, economic, or otherwise, with the rogue regime on Formosa Island, who continues to ferment a radical nationalistic agenda that threatens regional peace and puts at risk the hard-won tranquility we as a world have secured.[/pre][/list]
[sub]This hardline policy on the rebellious Formosa Province would form one of the formative policies of Zhous ongoing tenure as Chinas first Foreign Minister. By the year of 1950, Beijing was able to establish diplomatic connections with fellow communist nations, but the Western world had proven wary of the Communist government, and continued to favor the Nationalist forces in Taipei. Starting that same year, he worked to strengthen the countrys ties with fellow Communist nations, notably the Soviet Union, especially in the wake of the death of their former head of state, Joseph Stalin. He coordinated Chinas foreign policy with Soviet policies, but maintained a status of vigilance in terms of how China managed her own independent affairs. He supported stronger unity with the Soviets and the Communist world, but affirmed repeatedly in private to his superiors and subordinates alike that he would not be able to accept any form of subjugation of our great nation to any foreign power; not now, not ever.[/sub]
[sub]With the end of the Korean War in a unification of the Peninsula, however, the winds shifted and the Foreign Minister was called before the Chairman in May of 1954 to discuss wide-ranging foreign policy issues. Crucially, it was noted, Taiwan must not go the same way the Northern regime of Kim Il-sung had gone - absorbed into the Western sphere. There was no doubt that Taiwan formed a key defensible area so close to China, and thus if it were to fall, the Peoples Republic would be at great threat at the hands of Western powers and military and economic strength. Zhou throughout 1954 promulgated and enforced a new policy of hardlining on Taiwan - affirming his global communique and repeatedly clarifying with world leaders the position of himself and the Peoples Republic on the matter of Taiwan. Despite this hardline standings, he attended the Geneva Conference in Switzerland and was expressing interest in participating in a projected major Bandung Conference between Asian and African states. This interest embodied the foreign ministers firm opposition to neocolonialist efforts by the United States and her Western cronies.[/sub]
[sub]On a more private level, Zhou was firmly rooted in the vast Communist bureaucracy. One of the right-hand men of Chairman Mao during the wartime and then during the Civil War, he had ascended to the position of Premier - however he rarely assumed the role of the director of domestic policy. He stood firmly alongside his superior and supported efforts to grow the Chinese economy, something he practiced in tandem with his foreign diplomatic efforts. As Premier, however, he played a key role in the early years of cementing and solidifying the new governments control over the entirety of China - and solidifying what he hoped would become an important face on the world stage, in the United Nations voting halls, and beyond. At the moment, however, the Foreign Minister was seated in a food hall in the small city of Fuzhou, in southern China, enjoying a vacation, and watching across the ocean, where just striking distance away, one of the largest questions facing the Chinese government lay: Formosa.[/sub]
[sub]周恩来是中国的老政治家,仅次于共产党主席和最高领导人毛泽东。自1949年人民共和国成立以来,他曾担任其第一任总理,然后是其有史以来第一任外交部长。在第二次世界大战期间,他接受了共产党上级的命令,在担任中国共产党驻武汉国民党军队的首席使者时,渗透到国民党的队伍中。他曾召集大量的中国知识分子和艺术家团结起来反对日本侵略者,并进行了共产党政权的公众形象维护和宣传工作。在内战期间,他努力使共产党获得来自国外的武器和物资,并成功地回击了1949年10月共产党军队胜利后发生的外交攻势--在这个月里,人民共和国正式宣布成立,周恩来成为其第一个总理。在他作为国家最高外交官的最初几个月,他通知所有政府:。[/sub]
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[list][list]February 1955
[sub]Efharisto Europa[/sub][/list]
PALATIUM ARGIROCASTRUM, ARGYRÓKASTRON, (Northern-Epirus) MORNING
| On the morning of February 7th, 1955, President Konstantinos Zavitsas and his advisors nervously awaited the decision from the European Commission regarding Northern Epirus' bid for EEC membership. As soon as the news broke, they erupted into cheers and hugs as the proposal to accept Northern Epirus into the EEC as a full member state was unanimously approved. The celebrations quickly spread throughout the streets of Argyrókastron, Saranda, and other major cities in Northern Epirus. People waved flags and banners, shouting "Na zisei o Epiros" (Long live Epirus) and "Efharisto Europa" (Thank you, Europe) as they danced to the sounds of traditional Epirote music. |
| President Zavitsas, in a televised speech, expressed his gratitude to the European Commission and to the people of Northern Epirus for their unwavering support in this historic moment. He also thanked the members of the pro-European Christian Democratic Party, who had tirelessly campaigned for Northern Epirus' entry into the EEC. In his speech, President Zavitsas also praised the Epirote people for their determination and resilience in the face of adversity. He spoke about the challenges that lay ahead, but he was confident that the country would rise to the occasion and meet them head-on. The news of Northern Epirus' acceptance into the EEC was to be met with mixed reactions from neighbouring countries, particularly Yugoslavia, who had publicly campaigned for Northern Epirus to withdraw from negotiations. However, President Zavitsas remained optimistic and reaffirmed Northern Epirus' commitment to maintaining peaceful relations with its neighbours while actively participating in the European economic community. |
| Following the news of Northern Epirus' acceptance into the European Economic Community, President Konstantinos Zavitsas declared the day a national holiday named Dita e Europa (Europe Day). Schools, banks, and government offices were closed, and people flooded the streets to celebrate the historic moment. It was a day of national pride and unity, as Epirotes from all corners of the country rejoiced in the knowledge that their country was finally being recognised as a full member of the European community. Parades were held in major cities, such as Argyrókastron and Saranda, where people marched through the streets, waving flags and chanting slogans. The air was filled with the sounds of music, singing, and dancing as people celebrated late into the night. The day of festivities is a testament to the strength and spirit of the Epirote people. It will be remembered for years to come as Northern Epirus takes its rightful place among the established nations of Europe. |
| President Zavitsas then met with a delegation from the European Commission to discuss the transition period for Northern Epirus to become a full member of the European Economic Community. They discussed the necessary legal and economic changes that would need to be implemented in order for Northern Epirus to comply with EEC regulations. Zavitsas assured the delegation that Northern Epirus was fully committed to meeting these requirements and that they were eager to integrate into the European community. The European Commission delegation expressed their support for Northern Epirus's efforts and pledged to provide assistance and guidance throughout the transition and integration period. Both parties agreed to work closely together to ensure a smooth and successful integration of Northern Epirus into the EEC. |
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MARCH 10TH, 1955 - [sub]One Czechoslovak Koruna[/sub]
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[list][list]REVIEW AND LEGAL COMMISSION FORMS AT BEHEAST OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE SENTENCES AND GOV'T ACTIONS[/list][/list]
{ The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia has been totally preoccupied the past several months by rumors and reports of corruption, malfunctions in policy implementation, and bureaucratic clogs within the party, comparable to political parties of capitalist nations. Whilst the party and its apparatuses, along with the executive, have been plagued with issues, the ranking members of the Presidium of the nation's Legislature have coordinated with other fellow members within the Central Committee to organize legal action. The "legal action" intends to provide "investigative insight to the current kinks" that are currently halting the State's political progress, a representative from Chairman Zdeněk Fierlinger's office stated to Právo Paper this week. The Commission will operate as an arm of the legislature, but be utilized as a tool for the Party's operations, primarily legal and focusing on lawful actions taken by individuals within the party and issued by their offices. The Commission's actions, though only formed this week, are announced to be primarily held in secret, to provide neutrality to its members, and will obtain information on a super-legal basis, provided by insurance given the Presidium. The Commission will be headed by ranking National Assembly Member and Minister of the Interior Rudolf Barák. }
{ This Commission's newly formed existence comes at the tail-end of protests and work stoppages, stemming from effects from Czechoslovakia's recent monetary reform. Whilst masses have been arrested or temporarily detained, and emergency financial alleviations have been issued for Plzen and its district, the lasting effects of the protests still ring within the government. Adding to this, previous reports from within the National Assembly of "letters" of disapproval for party policy and the executive, have lead to a handful of members questioning the current political environment of the nation. Thus lead to the Party's decision in forming the legal Commission to begin investigative and further legal action into the nation's political system. The Commission's formation has very much received opposition from most high-profile members, but notably received support from a handful. Chairman Zdeněk Fierlinger, First Party Secretary Antonín Novotný, and of course Premier Jaroslav Haek, who also sits on the Commission, have all voiced their support for the Commission's forming. The trio additionally make up ranking members of the more staunch loyalists to Stalinist ideology within the party's many ideological factions, and continue to voice their individual political stances on the ongoing legal troubles. Premier Haek gave Právo Paper a quote on the policy impact this Commission's forming should have: }
[list][sub]"... and rest assured, this Commission's forming is for the good of the Party, so hence, good for the public. Its an effective, thorough "cleanse", of our fairly new political system, that has been taking affect through the last couple months, and now catalysts here. I for one, will make sure the effectiveness of this Commission is not challenged..."[/sub][/list]
{This is a developing story!}
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[list][list]TODAY'S OTHER HEADLINES[/list]
[sub]Exciting preparations for this summer's first COMECON Spartakiada have already begun taking place in and around the Strahov Stadium, taking up most of the traffic within the Strahov neighborhood of Prague. The city is excited to host the mass athletics event, with residents already gearing up for what could be a 1-million spectator event.[/sub]
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[sub]THE MESOPOTAMIAN DREAM MARCH 1955
| Iraq-Jordan focuses on economic development, keen on becoming an attractive trade partner and integrated with the Arab Industrial Complex. |[/sub]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1842216
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[pre]| MARCH МАРШИРОВАТЬ 1955 |[/pre]
[list][list][list][pre]USSR ★ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик CCCP |[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
SOVIET MARSHALS LEGACY, DOCTOR'S PLOT A HOAX!
НАСЛЕДИЕ СОВЕТСКИХ МАРШАЛОВ, ЗАГОВОР ВРАЧА МИССИЯ!
[pre]| Since the scratch partisan army of ex-Czarist troops, Red Guards, and workers halted a German force of approximately 15 divisions from heading toward the Bolshevik capital in open breach of the Soviet-German ceasefire agreed two months previously at Narva and Pskov in 1918, located roughly 200 miles southwest of Leningrad. Red Army Day is celebrated annually on February 23 in the Soviet Union to commemorate the Bolsheviks' first military triumph. Now, 37 years later, the Red Army has commemorated its anniversary with the usual pomp and circumstance, but this year's celebration is especially meaningful since, for the first time since Narva and Pskov, senior officers in the Red Army hold the highest political positions in the country. |[/pre]
[pre]| Ceremonial celebrations were held all over the Soviet Union and a dozen additional countries where Red Army units were stationed. The massive Central Theater of the Soviet Army in Moscow was packed with military notables, their chesty uniforms strengthened with buckram to support the weight of sparkling decorations. Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the new Premier of the U.S.S.R. and previously the top military commissar, was the focus of the event. The new Defense Minister, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, who has more military cred than Bulganin, delivered the day's most compelling address. Stocky and bull-necked Zhukov delivered a stirring, atom-waving oration in standard Communist prose, frightening the world (and especially the U.S.) with the might of the Red army, all under the watchful gaze of klieg lights and television cameras. Marshals Alexander Vasilevsky and Vasily Sokolovsky, the current army chief of staff, lined up alongside Zhukov, and Stalin's old pal, white-whiskered Marshal Budenny, was present to add a cavalry rush to the gathering. Nikita Khrushchev, the Party Secretary, stood out as a modest, unremarkable man in civilian clothing among the diamond-studded, gold-starred military uniforms. Yet, a massive banner draped over the stage to remind the audience who really held the power: [/pre]
[sub]"On to the victory of Communism, behind the banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, and the Communist Party." [/sub]
[pre]| Underneath all their grandstanding, the marshals had a message for the people of the Soviet Union. The speech was given by the egg-bald Marshal Ivan Konev, a rising figure in the changing Soviet scene. His post in Pravda last week received front-page treatment. Even though Konev was a Bolshevik before he was a soldier, the Russian people appreciate and admire him now because he is a combat marshal who earned his awards the hard way. After the Germans were driven back from Moscow in December 1941, Zhukov's great counterattack was launched, and Konev commanded the north flank. He was given command of the Second Ukrainian Army and sent to the Kursk front, where his forces broke through German lines to win the liberation of Belgorod and Kharkov. His greatest success came in 1944, when his Soviet force encircled and annihilated 10 German divisions at Korsun-Shevchenkovsky against mud and blizzard conditions. After liberating North Moldova and forcing the Dnieper, Bug, and Dniester, he led his forces across Poland to become the first Russians to reach the Elbe, where the 58th Guards Division met up with the 69th Division of the United States Army. In this place, Konev gave a Cossack charger to General Bradley (the name Konev is derived from kon, a stallion). Konev, like most Soviet generals, gained his triumphs via ruthless use of resources and unyielding determination. His stubbornness as head of the Allied Council for Austria in 19451946 earned him the description from General Mark Clark that he was "a mental robot saying just what had been written for him, as though his tongue moved only when wound by a key in the Kremlin" |[/pre]
- A Conspiracy by Doctors. -
[pre]| In 1953, a mysterious piece of information concerning Marshal Konev was revealed after someone found a key in the Kremlin. Nine of the most prominent Soviet doctors were jailed a few months before Stalin's death on charges of plotting the assassinations of military leaders like Marshals Konev and Vasilevsky and Politburocrats like Andrei Zhdanov (died 1948) and Alexander Shcherbakov (died 1945). A charge of this magnitude suggested that a significant person was about to be harmed. Yet, Stalin's death occurred at this pivotal moment. Since Lavrenty Beria was still Minister of Security, the doctors were released one month after his funeral and the plot was determined to be a fabrication. Yet 212 months later, Beria was captured; Marshal Konev presided over the tribunal in Beria's treason trial; and Marshal Konev ordered Beria's execution. |[/pre]
[pre]| No one has yet given a convincing explanation for the "Doctors' Plan," but it continues to hang over the Kremlin and could be used anytime a convenient scapegoat is identified. In his piece for the Red Army Day issue of Pravda, Marshal Konev praised the Red Army and, in the process, highlighted four men who had contributed most to the triumph in World War II: Bulganin, Khrushchev, and the two main victims of the "Doctors' Plot," Zhdanov and Shcherbakov. Konev failed to highlight the role played by former Premier Georgy Malenkov, who was well-known in Russia as Stalin's civilian right-hand man in the war effort and Zhdanov's chief adversary back in the day. A day after Pravda highlighted Malenkov's current predicament, it launched an attack on the Ministry of Electric Power Stations, which is now under his leadership. Its administration was accused of adopting ineffective methods and outdated concepts. |[/pre]
[list][list][pre]WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]ТРУДЯЩИЕСЯ МИРА ОБЪЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ![/pre][/list][/list]
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An Experiment in French-Administered Togoland
April 1955
In 1914, French soldiers landed in German Togoland, ending decades of colonization by the German Empire in the region. In the peace deal, the territory became a League of Nations Mandate, and then after the Second World War, it became a United Nations Trust Territory. Throughout this period; however, the territory was largely administered by France, while the western area known as British Togoland was integrated into Ghana.
Despite being technically a UN Trust Territory, Togoland still became a constituent part of the French Union, to an extent the French West African Federation.
A noticeable difference from the other colonies, Togoland was considered autonomous, and so, High Commissioner Messmer decided to use Togoland as a test pilot for future African independence when eventually decolonization was instituted. Messmer would create the Constitution of 1955, in this constitution, Universal Adult Suffrage to all people in Togoland would be instated. This suffrage would be used to elect the Legislative Assembly which would have considerable control over internal affairs. The Executive Body would be chosen by this legislature and would be headed by the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Togoland. With elections held immediately afterward, Nicolas Grunitzky would become the first Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Togoland.
Nicolas Grunitzky represented a victory for the Pro-French and Pro-Federalists; however, this was not a foregone conclusion. Togoland had long sat at a crossroads between joining the French community or carving out its path due to its previously German, and then League of Nations control.
Opposing Grunitzky would be his brother-in-law Sylvanus Olympio. Slyvanus would found the Party for Togolese Unity, a nationalist, anti-French, and pro-Brazilian political party. This party believed Togoland should pursue its independent path, free of rule by France, or other European rulers. Olympio came from a wealthy family, his uncle Octaviano Olympio had been an Afro-Brazilian cattle rancher who returned to Africa, and used his sizable fortune to buy up large tracts of land which he would use to raise one of the largest cattle herds on the continent. Even though highly impractical, Octaviano would pioneer using large amounts of pesticides to keep his cattle safe from insects like the dreaded Tse-Tse fly. He would find a large trading center and expand Lomé himself and expand his plantations into coconuts, and plantains. He also took a priority in education opening one of the first schools in Lomé. This had made Octaviano the richest African in Togoland, and one of the richest men in the colony in general. Sylvanus would borrow some of his family's wealth to run on a platform of free trade, political independence, and Togolese nationalism. While popular among some of the lower population, his staunchly anti-French stance alienated him from the middle and upper classes, many of whom had studied in French schools.
Grunitzky was not a self-made man either. Born to Yoruban royalty, and a German father, Grunitzky secured a path to study civil engineering in Paris. Afterward, he would work as a city administrator in Lomé before leaving to found a Construction company in the private sector. He would enter politics in 1951 founding the Togolese Party of Progress, a Senghor-aligned, Pro-French, and Pro-Federalist party. Gruntizkys pro-French attitude would see his campaign bankrolled by local elites, as well as gaining government support. His time as a civil administrator and owning a construction company that built infrastructure in more rural areas meant he had connections with rural villages, something Olympio lacked.
The election itself was widely considered to be considered unfair with irregularities, intimidation of political opponents, and the French colonial government actively interfering to ensure their candidate secured favorable results. Grunitzkys victory would be followed by weeks-long protests by Olympio, and his supporters eventually being forcefully broken up by the local police following a protest growing too rowdy.
With his power secured, Prime Minister Grunitzky would begin to develop the local infrastructure mainly roads and access to utilities which most of rural Togoland lacked. By the eventual end of colonization, Togoland would be one of the more highly developed areas of French West Africa.
On the other side, Olympio would leave politics embittered and angry vowing never to return. Eventually, he would be chosen as his Uncles successor, becoming CEO of the newly founded Mount Olympio Farms brand one of the first native African companies, which owned multiple large farms, as well as packaging, and distribution. He would like his uncle to become one of the richest men in West Africa.
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[list][list]APRIL 1955
[sub]Political Crisis[/sub][/list]
[sub][pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre][/sub]
[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!
Hail, august symbol of peace!
Thy noble presence to our minds
The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre] THE RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY [/pre]
[list][sub]In the midst of a political crisis involving President Café Filho, military leaders opposed the candidacy of JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, as he was linked to GETÚLIO VARGAS, in the strategy of forming an opposition, coalition of center-right party leaders, supported by JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO and the generals, decided to nominate JUAREZ TÁVORA to oppose Kubitschek.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT AFTERNOON
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| Already suffering from serious economic problems, Brazil has recently gone through its most serious political crisis since the resignation of ex-President Vargas. A risky political deal involving President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO¹ led to the resignation of two ministers from his cabinet and the failure of the governments plans for a controlled transfer of presidential power in the October presidential elections. With Café Filho barred by law from running for president, two new stars, both state governors, have moved into the center ring of the Brazilian political circus. Both are fascinating and skilled politicians, although their styles are different. The smiling JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK², 53, governor of Minas Gerais, well dressed and showing confidence. The 37-year-old smartass JÂNIO QUADROS³, once labeled the most talented actor in the history of Brazilian politics. Kubitschek is a die-hard presidential candidate. Quadros is losing the race this time, but from the sidelines he has greatly improved Kubitscheks prospects. |
| The main military leaders are strongly opposed to the candidate Kubitschek because he is linked to the Vargas regime. After Kubitschek managed to become the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, headed by Vargas son-in-law, a coalition of center-right party leaders, supported by Café Filho and the generals, decided to nominate JUAREZ TÁVORA⁴, Café Filhos chief military adviser. According to the Brazilian constitution, state governors who intend to run for the presidency of Brazil must resign at least six months before election day. As the April resignation deadline neared, Jânio Quadros said he is considering running for president. It was doubtful that Quadros would actually give up governing Brazils richest state just six months after his election to run for president, but his bluff sent leaders of the Távora alliance into a panic. Asked to name his price for staying out, Quadros demanded three positions in the federal Cabinet and the presidency of the Bank of Brazil, in addition to a large federal loan to the state government. Leaders of the Távora alliance convinced President Café Filho to sign a written commitment promising Quadros everything he had asked for. |
| To the consternation of Távora men, the press discovered all about the clandestine business, reported it in headlines to a scandalized nation. The Minister of Finance, EUGENIO GUDIN⁵, resigned, and the Minister of Transport and Public Works did the same. Gudins resigns sent inflation-battered Brazils cruzeiro sliding downward. Warned by generals to withdraw from the election, Távora said he decided not to run. The anti-Kubitschek coalition unsuccessfully elected another candidate for the presidential election: ETELVINO LINS⁶, ex-governor of Pernambuco and leader of a dissident faction of Social Democratic Party (Kubitscheks party). Meanwhile, Juscelino Kubitschek, who had resigned as governor of Minas Gerais, was smiling and confident. The political crisis that rocked Brazil for fifteen days has calmed down. The process of reshuffling the Cabinet was still underway, but President João Café Filho continued with his plans to leave Rio for a nine-day trip to Portugal [sup]Jasumaa[/sup], the Brazilian motherland. The reason for his peace of mind is that the 36th International Eucharistic Congress is scheduled to take place in Rio this July. With 1,000,000 Roman Catholic visitors expected, leaders of all factions want to maintain a hospitable appearance. As far as the Federal Cabinet is concerned, a new Finance Minister has taken on the challenge of dealing with Brazil's economic problems, haunted by inflation. Minister JOSÉ MARIA WHITAKER⁷ is a man with a white mustache. 76-year-old São Paulo banker with 13 children, 68 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Brazilians were warmed by his pledge to avoid hasty solutions and his reputation as a dogged financier. Whitaker was called an unexpected miracle, and the free market cruzeiro has risen from 86 per dollar to 80, roughly where it was before the political crisis. |
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[sub]¹ JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]² JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, was governor of Minas Gerais (1951-55) and 21st President of Brazil (1956-61).[/sub]
[sub]³ JÂNIO QUADROS, was mayor and governor of São Paulo in the 1950s. Later, in the 1960 presidential elections, he was elected the 22nd president of Brazil but resigned in 1961.[/sub]
[sub]⁴ JUAREZ TÁVORA, was a Brazilian general and politician active during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.[/sub]
[sub]⁵ EUGENIO GUDIN, was a Brazilian liberal economist, Minister of Finance (1954-1955) under the government of Café Filho.[/sub]
[sub]⁶ ETELVINO LINS, was a Brazilian lawyer, prosecutor and politician, governor of Pernambuco (1952-1955) and minister of the Federal Court of Accounts.[/sub]
[sub]⁷ JOSÉ MARIA WHITAKER, was a Brazilian lawyer, banker, civil servant, Minister of Finance (1930-1931) under the government of Getúlio Vargas and again Minister of Finance (1955-1955) under the government of Café Filho.[/sub]
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[list][list]MAY 1953
[sub]Top of the World[/sub][/list]
[pre] C L I M B I N G E V E R E S T [/pre][sup]A Singular¹[/sup]
[list][sub][pre]People do not decide to become
extraordinary. They decide to accomplish
extraordinary things.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] SIR EDMUND HILLARY,
Explorer and the first to summit EVEREST, with Tenzing Norgay[/sub][/list]
THE JOINT HIMALAYAN COMMITTEE, Great Britain Gb AFTERNOON
[sub]LONDON, Great Britain Gb[/sub]
| EDMUND HILLARY born to Percival Augustus and Gertrude Hillary in Auckland, in 1919. His father, a military man who served in Gallipoli. His interest in climbing began at the young age of 16, when he said he wished to see the world. During the WAR, he applied to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and after conscription became a navigator. It was during the peacetime that HILLARY would begin down the road of a pursuit that would make him one of the most revered men of the Commonwealth in known history a climber. In 1948, he climbed New Zealands highest peak, MOUNT COOK, called Aoraki by the locals. In 1951, he was part of a British reconnaissance expedition to the greatest of mountains, the tallest of heights, MOUNT EVEREST, led by one Eric Shipton. During this period of time, the Nepalese government only allowed one to two expeditions a year. In 1952, a Swiss expedition (in which TENZING NORGAY partook) attempted to reach the summit, but failed 240 meters short of the summit. HILLARY made it his goal to advance and become one of the first men to summit EVEREST the top of the world. |
| In 1952, he and one of his friends, GEORGE LOWE, were informed that they had been invited by the JOINT HIMALAYAN COMMITTEE for the 1953 British attempt. This attempt would be led by COLONEL JOHN HUNT, who wrote of Hillary |
[list]| [sub]JOHN HUNT, Expedition Lead[/sub] | [Hillary is] Quite exceptionally strong and abounding in restless energy, possessed of a thrusting mind which swept away all unproven obstacles. [His] personality had made an imprint on my mind.[/list]
| Hillary, who served on the planning team, was paired with sherpa TENZING NORGAY as one of two teams named for the summit attempt. They forged a strong friendship, and in May, the climb began, with the HUNT EXPEDITION totaling: |
[list][pre]- 400 persons, divided into;
- 362 porters, 20 Sherpa guides
- 10,000 lbs (4,500 kg) of baggage[/pre][/list]
| BASE CAMP was set up by the expedition in March of 1953, and on May 26, 1953, the first summit team composed of Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans made the first attempt to summit EVEREST. This, however, failed when Evanss oxygen system failed. The pair had reached the SOUTH SUMMIT 300 vertical feet (91 m) short of the peak. Two days went by, delaying the second attempt by Hillary and Tenzing then, on 28 MAY, they pitched a tent at 27,900 feet (8,500 m), while their support group descended the mountain. Of the final obstacle, a 40-foot (12 m) rock that months later would be dubbed the Hillary Step |
[list]| [sub]SIR EDMUND HILLARY, Explorer[/sub] | I chopped steps over bump after bump, wondering a little desperately where the top could be. Then I saw the ridge ahead dropped away to the north and above me on the right was a rounded snow dome. A few more whacks with my ice-axe and Tenzing and I stood on top of Everest.[/list]
| At the summit, Tenzing left chocolates, and Hillary a cross given to him by Hunt. They returned to KATHMANDU a few days later and were informed that Hillary had been appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. This news broke on the British Isles on the day of the QUEENS coronation a coronation gift, the press called it. |
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[sub]¹ A Singular: being a one of one post on a matter, expanded upon possibly at a later date without a pre-drafted connection.[/sub]
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[list]APRIL 1955
[sub]The Archives of Korea[/sub][/list]
[pre]Korea's archive recording
it's complex modern history.[/pre]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1842452
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How do I get onto the RP Map?
[list]April 1955
[sub]Industrial Outlooks[/sub][/list]
[pre]D E U T S C H E S I N D U S T R I E I[/pre]
[list][list][sub]Economic reports for Q4 1954 and the early half of Q1 1955 show strong economic outlooks for the Federal Republic, as industrialization continues to aggressively ramp up, and Germany's industrialists dabble in the possibility of taking the mantle of Europe's largest producer of rail and trains.[/sub][/list][/list]
SIEMENS HEADQUARTERS, MUNICH, New Provenance MORNING
[sub]FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY[/sub]
| The Ministry of the Economy's offices in Bonn had grown in a way that greatly resembled the growth of the German economy (which it had directly managed, handled and cultivated) over the past few years. It had started off small, and was now one of the larger government buildings in the administrative capital of Germany. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer regularly had lunch in the cafe just across from the Ministry building, occasionally with Ludwig Erhard, the Economy Minister who was presently spearheading the effort to revive the German economy and turn it into a juggernaut. To an extent, it was working - and then some. Erhard told the press in a monthly 'outlook' (Ausblick) conference at the start of April that the economic outlooks for the country was looking 'more promising than ever'. The reports released on the fourth quarter (Q4) of 1954 reported significant growth, especially in the steel and mining industries. The recent agreement with the French over the Saarland had revived German industrial investment into the mining industry, considering that the Saar was practically the entirety of the industry right along the German border with France. Steel was also growing significantly, as the German housing markets grew and the demand for family homes grew in parallel with the continued rise in incomes seen since around 1951. |
| Incomes were rising, and companies in the country were profiting. The German middle class was establishing itself, with new jobs, provided with benefits and safety nets thanks to the occasional intervention or significant socioeconomic legislation by the progressive Social Democrats, and the economy was thriving. On the streets, this much was seen, as families walked about, children played on the sidewalks outside their homes, while the smell of homecooked meals wafted from the open windows of the single family homes and especially apartments that lined the streets. There was a sense of peace and serenity that hadn't been felt since the Roaring Twenties. Indeed, the specter of Soviet communism and the threat of war from the East still hung over the heads of practically everybody, with posters against espionage and urging citizens to report potential communist spies to the proper authorities, but things were changing for the country. |
| An industry that was reaping the benefits of rising incomes was the rail and train industry. Germany, through companies like Siemens and now Deutsche Bahn as well, had been at the forefront of the development of rail technology. At this time, financiers were pushing to keep Germany on the top. With a rise in income in recent years came the parallel demand for greater travel, for business trips and for vacations for oneself and for the family. This resulted in the opening of newer passenger rail lines especially from Munich and Bonn, to Frankfurt, and to France and the Benelux. The construction of these new railways were a testament to the growing European unity that Bonn had helped foster through the new European Economic Community, which had recently welcomed its first new member - the Republic of Northern Epirus. German rail was only expected to reap these benefits, and more. Financiers and investors were dropping significant capital into the development of new railways and new trains especially, with more efficient cargo trains and more comfortable, middle-class oriented trains being designed by the industry leaders - the aforementioned Siemens and Deutsche Bahn. Siemens was the traditional leader; having been established way back in the 19th century. Deutsche Bahn AG was the 'new kid' on the bloc, owned by the great industrialist Oskar Schroder. The growth of German rail was embodied especially in the opening of a new grand station in Bonn, reported on by the press, in the last week of March of this year. |
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NEW UNION TREATY ADOPTED
April 5th 1955
Finally four years after the liberation of Albania the Yugoslav Chamber of Republics has voted to adopt the New Union Treaty within which Albania shall become a fully fledged member. As a result of its passing the designation of the State was additionally altered from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia into the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Multiple benefits before refused to Albania will now apply to them such as proper integration into the Chamber, equal share of National Financial Resources along with the issuance of Passports to Albanians (formerly limited to official Republics). As Deputies within the Chamber noted to Journalists the Bill in essence ratified the creation of the Albanian Socialist Republic, which while had already been enacted was not officially enforced. Vital to the passing of the New Union Treaty was the continued decline of Albanian militant separatism, which reached its lowest year of intensity since the liberation took place.
The current borders of all Republics were formalized on paper for the first time, in particular the border changes between Serbia and Albania as well as Serbia and Croatia (which was given the Jamena Concession in 1951 in return for the lands needed to create a Slovene Socialist Republic). Though a highly televised and reported on event in reality not much real change had occured, and in fact it only meant the formalization of various smaller treaties and verbal agreements over the past half decade, finally put to a single paper for the first time.
Additionally it was the first time that Yugoslavia had officially on paper listed the areas of Slovenia owned by the Slovene Rebels not as part of the Slovene Socialist Republic but instead as "Currently Occupied by foreign Power", downplayed heavily in the media though it was in essence indirect acceptance that Slovenia was indeed a Nation State in de-facto terms. This did not stop the same article to include guarantees of said land to the current Slovene Socialist Republic nor did it negate previous declarations which in essence give all Slovenes outside of Yugoslav Territory the right to migrate into the Nation without prior approval, as they are considered De Jure Citizens. Currently it stands as the only treaty adopted while Grand Marshal Tito himself was not present, perhaps a nod to the fact that while big news for the media the Marshal himself had resolved to making the changes many months or even years ago.
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[list][list]APRIL 1955
[sub]Umbanda[/sub][/list]
[pre] A F R I C A N R O O T S [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]With those who know more,
we will learn. To those who know less,
we will teach. But we are not going
to turn our backs on anyone.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] ZÉLIO DE MORAES,
Founder of the Umbanda religion.[/sub][/list]
SPIRITIST UNION OF UMBANDA, Brazil Toucan MORNINGTIME
[sub]RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| ZÉLIO DE MORAES¹ was born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, in 1892. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the Brazilian Navy. What led him to believe in spiritism was when a miracle happened to him, one day after being hospitalized he was already cured of paralysis. He was very interested in the Brazilian spiritist movements, becoming a spokesperson for a spiritist entity called Caboclo das Sete Encruzilhadas. Later, MORAES said he had contact with other entities, including Father Antônio, the spirit of an old man. Between 1918 and 1935, MORAES established several temples for Umbanda. In 1939, the SPIRITIST UNION OF UMBANDA IN BRAZIL (União Espiritista de Umbanda do Brasil, or UEUB) was founded. During the Vargas Era until the early 1950s, Umbanda suffered strong political repression. In 1934, a law placed these religions under the jurisdiction of the Departamento de Tóxicos e Mistificações (Department of Toxins and Mystifications) of the police, they had to have a special registration to function. |
[list]| [sub]ZÉLIO DE MORAES, Brazilian Medium[/sub] | Everyone is free to practice what they believe in. Brazil is a nation that brings together people of different religions, this must be taken seriously.[/list]
| During years of repression, members remained clandestine or, when they registered, declared that they were not of African origin, simply registering as spiritists. This omission or deafricanization, which denies the influences of African religions, was established in the I CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ESPIRITISMO DE UMBANDA (First Brazilian Congress of Spiritism and Umbanda), held in 1941, stating that Umbandas roots came from ancient religions in India [sup]Bhaarat Lok[/sup]. Brazil is an immense and diverse nation, home to 62,701,031 Brazilians and, therefore, everyone should have the right to have the religion that suits them. Brazil was the last nation to abolish slavery, there should be policies that favor Afro-Brazilians as REPARATION for years of slavery rather than repression and deafricanization. |
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[sub]¹ ZÉLIO DE MORAES, was a Brazilian medium who is considered the founder of the Umbanda religion.[/sub]
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April 1955
Political State of The New Nation
The Head Government
Since 1952 Ba U has been the President of Burma along with the Prime Minister of U Nu who is also the head of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League party, which is the ruling party. Both have vowed to help preserve democracy in the nation. With elections coming up in 1957 the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League party has retained power ever since independence from Great Britain. Burma seems to most likely stay with the current party with the public weary of conservative parties due to their strong association with Britain's colonization of Burma and too weary of The Communist Party of Burma due to the extreme violent behavior associated with them.
Internal State of Burma
Still recovering from WW2, Burma has been accepting foreign aid while also pursuing a foreign policy of neutrality. Recently the government has been more harshly cracking down on Communist Insurgencies due to their increasing prevalence. Burma has been making strong efforts towards recovery from WW2 a recent statement by the minister of finance saying, "The Burmese government is determined to develop Burma and is helping stability to the newly formed nation". Rangoon, the capital of Burma has seen significant changes since independence with most incomes generally gone up and has almost completed reconstruction. Although many rural areas have still been affected by the war as well as have faced Communist insurgents. Part of Burma's eastern border with the People's Republic of China has been occupied by troops from The Republic of China after their defeat by the Chinese communists in 1949. The occupation has put pressure on Burma's relationships with both The Republic of China and The People's Republic of China.
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I got completly destroyed in an instant. =(
Spainard
[list]April 1955
[sub]A New Crisis[/sub][/list]
[list][sub][pre]Reconciling our issues
with Rhee, are superseded by keeping
Korea stable.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] Chang Myon,
Leader of the Democratic Party[/sub][/list]
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF KOREA
[sub]SEOUL, Rutannia MID-MORNING[/sub]
| The clicking of footsteps rang out around the building; people rushing to meetings; speeding to their work stations; others lingered in the hallways talking to their co-workers. Despite the political gridlock of the past year, the building was bustling as civil servants busied themselves away with casework; committee work; and building up ministers files. Koreas introduction to democracy had been rocky, and when compared to Japan many would call it a resounding failure, however many admitted they preferred it to Japans occupational administration. For many, breaking the deadlock was seen as the key to Koreas growth, and for President Rhee he considered it vital to his political legacy. |
| For Rhee his solution had viably presented itself when he got wind that the American Embassy had been pressuring political figures over their support for the Red Bloc administration. |
[list]| [sub]YUN POSUN, Prime Minister[/sub] | Mr. President. I am here to inform you that-
| [sub]RHEE SYNGMAN, President of Korea[/sub] | -you can no longer command the support of the majority in the National Assembly?
| [sub]YUN POSUN, Prime Minister[/sub] | Yes, yes. It has caused chaos in the Assembly. There are no viable governments to be formed, Im here to present my letter of resignation as Prime Minister.[/list]
| President Rhee would merely nod as he accepted the envelope that was extended to him by the now outgoing Prime Minister, his friends in the United States had served him well in this regard, now he knew he mustn't fail them in ensuring a stable and right-leaning government. |
| As midday approached, Rhee sat and listened to Yun Posuns official resignation speech to the public over the radio, he couldnt help but give a small smile as Yun went through the standard formalities of such a speech. He knew that no government could be formed; his supporters were practically tied with the Red Bloc in the Assembly, and the Democrats had no interest in dealing with him and the feeling was mutual. Leaving him with only one option. |
| Adjusting his tie he awaited the cue from the team behind the cameras, scooting around the technicians prepared for the live broadcast from the newly finished Blue House. Silently counting down with his fingers the director would give the thumbs up to indicate the president was now speaking live both on television and the news. Speaking of the chaos of the last few months, he confirmed he had accepted the resignation of Yun Posun thanking him for his time in office and his willingness to serve in government. Carefully balancing his words to not sound gleeful that his point had been proven when it comes to the left-wings incompetency at governing. |
[list]| [sub]RHEE SYNGMAN, President of Korea[/sub] | Having accepted Yun Posuns resignation as Prime Minister, the leaders of the groups in the National Assembly met with me in an attempt to form a stable and ideological unified government. However during the course of this meeting it became quite obvious that no such government could be formed. So it leaves me with no other course of action other than to call for fresh elections, this is not a decision I take lightly or with much joy, however it is the most stabilising course of action for the future of this nation. As per the constitution upon my authorisation an election must be organised within ninety days, the election date will be July thirteenth-[/list]
| Rhee would continue on with his speech for several more minutes before winding it down, the speech would come to an end and the live broadcast would cease cutting back to regularly scheduled programming on the television and radio. Standing from his desk Rhee would give a small chuckle as he walked over to his advisers; before exiting into the corridor to make his way into the residential area of the Blue House. Rhee had successfully navigated the issue of the Red Bloc; and now securing the election for his party was key to Koreas economic success. |
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[list]APRIL 1955
[sub]Overview of the La Platan Nation[/sub][/list]
[pre]The main page of La Plata[/pre]
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[list][pre]April, 1955 | Akordet, The Free State Of Eritrea[/pre]
THE FREE STATE[/list]
The conditions of the Eritrean Free State, eight months after the Moscow peace accords
The Cities
With the era of peace now settling in for many Eritreans, the young countrys leadership has wasted no time in its mission of stabilizing the state and ensuring that a government of the people must exist to govern the Eritrean people. Since the establishment of an autonomous status for Eritrea within the Ethiopian empire as a Federation and through its war for independence, the affairs and politics of the Eritrean state have been entirely managed and administered by the Eritrean Council, a group of representatives for each of the five original regions making up Eritrea.
Following the Accords, Eritrea would lose two of its most populated regions to the Ethiopian occupation: the southern region and the central region, which is home to Asmara, the former capital and largest city. Ethiopia would also take control over the southern half of the Red Sea region through the occupation of Massawa and the majority of the eastern coast, leaving Eritrea with no seaport and the southern half of the Gash Barka region south of Gulch. With Asmara and Massawa lost, the two largest cities, the free Eritrean state maintains control of NakFa, Teseney, Gulch, Barentu, Akordet, and Keren, almost retaining a reasonable number of the population.
Back To Work
The return of refugees from Sudan through the use of the train track system had provided the population boost needed to begin reconstruction efforts in Gluch, NakFa, Barentu, and especially Teseney, which saw the second worst level of bombings behind Maswa. Much of the workforce would be hired by the Eritrean Transportation Commission, which, in a contract with the Sudanese Railway Corporation and various Brazilian, Slovenian, and Saudi construction firms, would mobilize that workforce for the construction of additional train tracks connecting the southern population centers to NakFa and from there to the newly established port project of Hashmet, and then connecting that same planned town to Tokar and the Sudanese Red Sea train line. Though the war was over, it seemed that the Eritrean council had maintained this sense of urgency regarding the affairs of the state. Returning citizens and workers were immediately put to work to help prop up the new state. Most people had no say in where they were to work or what it would be; those whose hands and legs were not taken by war were dispatched to the frontlines of the farms or the tracks. Workers were subject to 50 hours of work a week, 10 hours from Sunday to Thursday, and were indeed earning about 2 cents an hour, only to walk home at the end of this 10-hour shift having made 2 pounds. The council had assured the Eritrean people that the massive public works program was deemed necessary to ensure the young state.
The New Life
Two aspects of life in the new Eritrea had been deemed necessary by society after the war: faith and loyalty. Eritrea was on a path of destruction; her people were bound to be enslaved and oppressed by the brutal Ethiopian occupation, its identity destroyed, and its people scattered. But the war was now overthis war to the people was a miracle, a mercy from the God that brought upon them their nation and their safe, promised land upon the west. This was a victory that the Eritrean people saw as proof that their faith had paid off and their undying loyalty to their homeland. Though Eritrea was divided, the Free Eritrean flag still fluttered in the Eritrean winds, tethered to the soil of a free state.
The light banner of Eritrea now decorated the main streets of every town and city, and the mosques and churches continued preaching about the resistance and the duty all Eritreans have to maintain their sovereignty. The schools across Eritrea now lecture children on the war and how, despite the peace accords, future generations must stay ready and prepared. Every day they are reminded how close their lives came to an end, and photos of their classmates who would be labeled as Martyrs of the War hang around the walls of the school. Eritrea was creating a society devoted to national loyalty and ones devotion to the Free State.
Eritreas field hospitals and whatever remaining hospitals were left behind from the war continued to be overwhelmed dealing with health concerns and crises from those who had survived the war. Despite the much-needed aid they had gained from Brazilian doctors, many hospitals would still require constant mental and physical care after having suffered food insecurities and the inhalation of harmful contents pertaining to smoke, ashes, and other materials dispersed into the air from the bombing campaigns. The land itself was burned and the majority of Eritreas agricultural lands lost to the occupation, forcing the young state to entirely depend on the farming areas of Sudans Kassala region to survive until new agricultural programs are set up to meet the nations domestic demands.
The Eritrean Council, consisting of twelve representatives from each of the six major population centers of Eritrea, along with President Awate, would usher in an age of absolute rule over the state. Though the young nation seemed to still be shaken and wary of its larger neighbor to the south, bringing with it a feeling of paranoia over its population, the council had still promised a gradual transfer to democracy. The freedom of the press and assembly would be guaranteed, as women veterans of the war began demonstrations in Akordet calling for the greater expansion of women's rights. As a new state, Eritrea still has a long way to go before it is even recognized within the African community, and a long way to go before the Eritrean people recognize that the existence of their very nation was worth the sacrifices they fought for.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1840835
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ayo bro it's long read after 2000 years later
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[list]March 1955
[sub]The Question of Communism[/sub][/list]
[pre]A Q U I N O & C O M M U N I S M[/pre]
| Immediately after his ascension to the presidency, Ramon Magsaysay issued a handwritten personal letter to a small family home on the outskirts of Tarlac, in central Luzon. The letter was delivered by priority air mail and reached its recepient within no time. The letter was addressed to one Mayor Benigno Aquino Jr., the mayor of his small town and a former alumni and close friend of the President. The letter invited the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila alumni to serve as the national government's chief emissary to the various small communist rebel groups in Visayas and Mindanao. While an overwhelming majority of the rebels joined Luis Taruc in accepting a government-led compromise for societal reintegration in 1949 and 1950, there remained various groups across the country who were attempting to effect the level of nationwide influence that Taruc - who had passed fairly recently after serving as a congressman and a perennial presidential candidate - had carried during his time in the guerilla force. These groups posed no significant security threat to the general population, but the presence of the communist forces was a political liability for Magsaysay, who had campaigned on a platform of crushing 'radical forces' who 'threatened the public safety and general society'. Aquino received his appointment enthusiastically, as he had been a college friend of the President and had been looking to leave his small-town position for possible national aspirations. |
| On 12 August 1954, Aquino was sworn into his new position as Presidential Chief of Staff on Special Domestic Turbulence, shorted usually to PCOS-SDT or S-DOT. He immediately met with Sotero Cabahug, the Secretary of National Defense and formerly a member of the Cebu provincial board. They discussed over the next few weeks the Magsaysay government's plan to tackle the issue of communist insurgents scattered across the country and their subsequent integration (should they choose to surrender to the government terms for re-integration into society); their discussions culminated into the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) program, which oversaw the swift, smooth, and secure re-intrgation of communist insurgencies back into Philippine society. Former guerilla force leader Luis Taruc (who served as a congressman until his death and as a perennial presidential candidate in 1946 and 1950) had undergone the predecessor to this program, which was generally widely praised as it generated strengthened workforce rates for rural and agricultural areas while integrating former guerilla personnel into society. |
| In February of this month, Aquino visited communist guerilla forces in eastern Visayas to head a new round of negotiations opened by the Magsaysay government. The President himself was more occupied with the social welfare debate raging in the halls of Congress in Manila, while the Defense Secretary was busy working hard towards the establishment of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) - thus, Aquino was appointed to lead the delegation. It was in Legazpi, south of the great Mayon Volcano, that Aquino sat down for the first time and was grounded into the realities of his new position. The communist guerillas were amicable, and obviously extremely exhausted. They agreed to sit down with the government on the condition that their amnesty from jail time would be guaranteed from the start - to this, Aquino signed an official agreement with a few of the commanders. This month, Aquino wrote in the Manila Bulletin that; |
[list][pre]"[...] The job of [PCOS-SDT] is taxing, to say the least. But it is an honor to be working hard towards a safer future for my children, and for my grandchildren."[/pre][/list]
| Aquino also, furthermore, met with top members of the House Committee on National Defense in a series of roundtable discussions this month. He met for the first time Congressman Ferdinand Marcos from Ilocos Norte, and with Congressman Oscar Castelo of Nueva Ecijia. |
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APRIL,1955
Maziyan People's Liberation Army
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One night,in the town of Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi.A few members of the now defunct Maziyan Communist Party entered the town by bribing the military men,who were on guard at the entrance of the town.These men went to meet with Yap Wei Bai,the leader of the Maziyan Chinese Association at a small apartment on top of a book shop.They were meeting for a very specific purpose.To create a communist/socialist rebellion,to overthrow the current government.This rebellion was given the name:
"Maziyan People's Liberation Army"
Yap Wei Bai,would then lead the current members of the Maziyan People's Liberation Army deep into a jungle,with all of them carrying shovels.When she found the spot she wanted,she began telling them to dig up at the exact spot she has her shovel handel on.Once a hole was dug up,it revealed a few EXP-02.A automatic rifle used during the fight against the Japanese during the Japanese occupation.However due to the extensive amount of time,the guns were underground.They've already degraded to quite an extent.Without any proper cleaning materials the guns are more prone to failure.
The next day,Yap Wei Bai would begin her recruitment plan.She set up with others of the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,posters written in Chinese proclaiming
"The government has failed us.Now is the time to rise up against our Malay oppressors! Join the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,together we can take the future for ourselves."
Many Chinese youths who had a majority of their remembered childhood in this town,connected with the prospect of the Maziyan People's Liberation Army.With this,the individuals who had joined the Maziyan People's Liberation Army cause,were majority Chinese in their teenage years or young adults.
Then came one man,named Albert Ho.A man only 35 years old,who lived in the south of China for a majority of his life but with his family moved to Maziya during the second world war to escape the Japanese threat.Who had served during the later war period against the Japanese.He later on joined the Maziyan People's Anti Japanese Army,to continue fighting against the Japanese.Once the war was over he was discharged.He later on went on to have a career in designing and making clothes.He moved to Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi,before the act that made it legally impossible for people to move in and out was created.He went to the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,meetup to see if he could design uniforms for the rebellion.
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[list]December 1954
[sub]End of an Era[/sub][/list]
[pre]SHIGERU YOSHIDA RESIGNS AS PRIME MINISTER! ICHIRŌ HATOYAMA BECOMES NEW PRIME MINISTER![/pre]
NATIONAL DIET BUILDING
[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon MORNING[/sub]
[sub]With the collapse of the Taisei Yokusankai in 1945 the rocky transition from totalitarianism to reformed democratisation saw an influx of prime ministers enter and leave office, with some managing to stay for either a few months or at minimum, a few weeks. The October 1949 general elections would be the first elections that a single candidate would secure a majority within the House of Representatives. The beginning of the Yoshida Era ushered in rapid recovery with Yoshida overseeing the end of Japanese occupation, signing peace treaties with the Allies, overseeing the creation of the Japanese Armed Forces and beginning a rapid expansion of Japanese business in the international market. Over the six years of governance, Japan began to see its economic situation steadily improving with several economic reforms influenced by the United States.[/sub]
[sub]As several months passed with dwindling popularity within his party the prime minister knew that sooner or later, a motion of no confidence would be presented to his colleagues within the National Diet. The 1954 general election saw the Liberal Partys first major change in seats as many Representatives defected towards the Hatoyama faction of the party ending the Liberals majority within the House of Representatives. To avoid embarrassment and the potential shame, Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida would render his resignation in front of the National Diet, with cameras and microphones on him as he began to deliver his speech.[/sub]
[list]SHIGERU YOSHIDA, 日本国内閣総理大臣: [sub]My fellow colleagues in this chamber. The last few months have been very difficult to say the least. However I believe it is time to pass the torch to someone who has a different perspective on how to govern our great nation. I speak to you today announcing my resignation as Prime Minister. The last six years have been very productive and we have accomplished many important things which have improved the lives of our citizens, and rejuvenated our economy. We have secured trade deals with potential partners in Africa, Europe and North America. My vision for this country is still very clear. However with current conditions I cannot fulfil them myself. I wish the new leader of this party the best of luck and that they will continue the process of building the nation to its best potential.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Ichirō Hatoyama a staunch conservative senior politician first elected in 1915 was a controversial figure in Japanese politics. Becoming victorious in the 1946 general elections under the previous Liberal Party the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers General Douglas MacArthur would bar Hatoyama from taking the position of prime minister on suspicions of involvement with the Taisei Yokusankai. In the recent months of 1954 the staunch conservative began to gather support from other right-wing groups within the National Diet. A firm believer of getting rid of Article 9 of the new constitution and pardoning some Class A war criminals opponents of Hatoyama began to raise eyebrows, expressing their outrage over his pre-war and risky views. Although his views were controversial his leadership was seen as a strategic play, with his anti-Communism and pro-Capitalistic stances. As Prime Minister m, Ichirō Hatoyama would command and unify the Liberal Party within the National Diet.[/sub]
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KABUSHI GAISHA SEGA
100 years of Excellence
Sega Co., Ltd. was founded in 1855 for the purpose of selling weaponry, toys and almost anything that was available making it a kind of multi-purpose store. The business went well and soon enough during right after the start of the first world war, they had been providing resources to both the allies and the axis powers. When the Allies had won, Sega was able to cover up their tracks. Soon enough the Second World war had started and for some time Sega thrived as they were providing many necessities needed by many. Soon enough, the Empire of Japan waged war and demanded resources from them. Though we had to stop supplies to America, we made a lot of profit by the end of the war. We have now started with Naval, and Avian technology. Our company has switched from a miscellaneous company to a Technological Company focused and based on Military and changing the lives of people.
This is the official History of Sega Co., Ltd that has been published
TRANSLATION-
株式会社セガは、1855 年に、武器、おもちゃ、および利用可能なほとんどすべてのものを販売する目的で設立され、一種の多目的店になりました。 事業は順調に進み、第一次世界大戦が始まった直後、彼らは同盟国と枢軸国の両方に資源を提供していました. 連合国が勝利したとき、セガは彼らの足跡を隠すことができました. すぐに第二次世界大戦が始まり、しばらくの間、セガは多くの人が必要とする多くの必需品を提供していたため、繁栄しました. すぐに、大日本帝国は戦争を繰り広げ、彼らに資源を要求しました。 アメリカへの供給を止めなければなりませんでしたが、終戦までに多くの利益を上げました。 私たちは今、海軍と鳥類の技術から始めました。 当社は雑多な会社から軍事に焦点を当て、人々の生活を変える技術会社に変わりました。
これは、公開されている株式会社セガの公式の歴史です。
We would like to thank Fusajiro 'Sega' for starting this company and we hope the new leader of Sega Ltd, Toshofumi 'Sega' to lead and guide it well and make it thrive!
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The Division of French Sudan
May 1955
French Sudan had not been a great colony. Largely considered a backwater, it had spent most of its early years as a military outpost not unlike Niger, and Mauritania. Facing the same issues as Niger and Mauritania, the colony frequently came under raids by Tuaregs that garrisoning French soldiers would be forced to put down. Up until the 1920s the colony had been a net drain on French finances.
The colonys luck began to change with the first successful growing of Egyptian cotton in 1921. Prior to this most of the colony had largely been rain grown food, with very little investment in irrigation. With the successful growing of Egyptian cotton, a massive irrigation campaign was carried out on the Niger River to modernize the colony. France had originally hoped this colony would rival the United States and Egypt in terms of cotton. Unfortunately for France, due to conflicts with native families, forced resettlements, and conflicts over land rights, their dream of a cotton farming empire never materialized.
Religiously the colony had been largely Muslim, and this led to increased conflicts unseen in other parts of the Empire. French officials attempted to legislate Islamic schools, and crackdown on Islamic law, forbidding the spreading of their beliefs. This went so far as France outright preventing Muslims from governing non-Muslim communities. Further to increase the prevention of the growth of Islam, France had bolstered traditional religious, and Christian communities using them as a useful counterbalance. In the 1940s a pseudo Islamic offshoot known as Allah Koura began, based upon visions experienced by a local man. France would foster and support this religious as a useful block against the growth of Islam. Of course this led to growing conflicts within the colony itself between Muslims, French officials, and offshoot.
Much like in Niger there was also the so-called Tuareg Issue. The Tuaregs had continuously fought rebellions against France who they had seen as intruding on their way of life. As with the foundation of the Protectorate of Agadez, High Commissioner Messmer would have a conference with the members of the various members of the Tuareg clans of the far north. Eventually, the clans and Messmer would come to an agreement to found the Protectorate of Azawad, led by a Council of Tuareg Clans. One near poison pill for the entire concert was the issue of slavery. The largest Tuareg families usually held household slaves, and France had actively been attempting to eradicate the practice from their colonies. In order to allow the creation of the Protectorate of Azawad, High Commissioner Messmer forced the Clans to officially abolish slavery in name. It should be noted; however, most large Tuareg families still continued to hold slaves; however, the name was changed from slaves, to servants or household help.
The rest of the leftover colony would be led by Deputy Modibo Keïta. He hailed from the legendary Keïta family, claiming direct lineage to Mansa Musa Keïta himself. This made Keïta a powerful local symbol and an important one for the various political factions to have on their side. While more left wing than others, Keïta would eventually establish ties with Léopold Senghors party, while also remaining a member of the newly reformed African Democratic Rally - Sudan. The RDA-S would be important for gluing the two factions of the RDA, and Federalists together.
Keïta himself was a rather weak politican. Quick to anger, slow to learn, and relatively unremarkable in terms of economic theory, he would be controlled more as a figurehead rather than any true leader. His colony now halved in size, continued to struggle. With no true economic output besides the failed cotton industry, Keïta turned towards an idea that worked well for his ancestors, the gold mines.
For now, he was content believing he was the leader of his colony, and future president of a grand federation, only time would tell if his ego would continue to be placated, or if he would realize his predicament and snap his own strings. If Messmer, The Federalists and the African Democratic Rally werent careful, Keïta could be the death of not only French West Africa, but potentially their entire experiment.
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