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THE BARUKAN JOURNAL
JULY 1954 | Rubber refinery, Sea port and Airports under construction and a new tank
| Government sources reveal that a rubber refinery is under construction. "This refinery will finally make us able to make use of a raw resource that we couldn't before.", they said, "Our exports are likely to boom after the refinery is finished." |
| At Phnom Penh and Kampong Som, the construction of two airports has begun. Kampong Som has additionally seen the beginning of the construction of a Sea Port. These projects will undoubtedly bring our nation closer to the world in more than one ways. |
| A new tank has been spotted on the trial ground, the few information we could scrounge up together appear to make up the following story: "After finally succeeding in adapting a naval engine for land vehicles, the military leadership decided to start a Main Battle Tank project, utilizing an improved version of the Type-2 high velocity 90mm gun dubbed the Type-2B." Sadly, we could not get any information on the exact specifications of the vehicle. Furthermore, it appears that this tank has been dubbed the Type 3. |
[spoiler=OCC]I have updated the Factbooks, now they are easier to read through, once they get full enough that it would cause problems before.[/spoiler]
Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
All that Romains
[Vidin, Bulgaria]
July 1954
| As the first phase of Bulgarias industrialisation project comes to completion, work has finally commenced on the first of the three proposed bridges that will connect Romania and Bulgaria. Prime Minister Chervenkov has been pictured on site in Vidin where a bridge will be connected to Calafat in Romania. In a speech given upon his return from meetings with his Romanian counterparts, The Prime Minister was quick to heap praise on the project and paint it as a great step forward for two socialist allies before posing for photographs with workers. It is the first of the three bridges that are expected to improve ease of access over the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria.
Chervenkov is expected to visit a number of other industrialised areas on his way back to Sofia in an attempt to raise morale and to continue to extend his personality cult over the nation. The last few months have seen some serious shifts in focus as the government continues to broaden its horizons. Whilst still following Moscows lead on industrialisation, the Bulgarians have continued to work on their individual relationships with close allies such as Yugoslavia and Romania, whilst also trying to stamp authority on potential local threats such as Greece, though this has had mixed results.
Meetings are set to take place in Sofia next week to discuss the current economic situation and to discuss the current industrial output of the newly built factories. State-affiliated media has reported that the new factories have been performing at optimal levels and there is no concrete evidence to suggest otherwise. Any upward trajectory may be responsible to measures put in place earlier this year that saw incentives and penalties introduced to guarantee adequate production on all fronts, but this is so far unconfirmed.
It is not yet apparent whether Bulgarias next moves will be internal or external, but it is anticipated that the next moves will seek to cement Chervenkovs status and justify Bulgarias continued use of authoritarian methods and silence any murmurs from within the party that suggest otherwise. |
Mentions: Socialist Democratic Republic Romania,
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Hashemite Kingdoms, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]
THE OTHER FACE OF SLOVENIAAN EXAMINATION OF THE NEW STATES SHORTCOMINGS
[list][sup]FOR NOT ALL IS ETERNALLY SUNNY
JULY 1954[/sup][/list]
Much attention has been given in Slovene historiography to the successes of the young Republic. Its first woman president, its economic boom racing even Germanys, its international industrial contracts and its ongoing cultural revival have lent an air of optimism to the nation, and rightly so. Its steady development in the family of Western nations has proven a welcome development to the more than five million Slovenes in the Republic. However, nothing is ever universally well. Almost a decade of independence has yielded several failings in addition to Slovene successes. An unfortunate array of political repressions, industrial misfires and miscalculations has befallen Slovenia, as it would any other, and an honest appraisal of the Republics shortcomings is needed to illustrate that it is a state of both success and limitations.
The draconian Kopinič trials of the early Republic were among the first examples. Even in 1954, high-profile Slovenian communist Josip Kopinič remained imprisoned on tenuous charges, laboring on behalf of Slovene corporations; electric motor maker Domel purchased his servitude from the Slovene government in late 1947 after he finished work on the LjubljanaMaribor high speed rail line planned by Feliks Lobe in 1945. Until his projected release in 1960, he would continue to toil at Domels elezniki facility, building the motors that Slovenian vehicle manufacturers sent abroad in their vehicles. Over two thousand convicted seditionists partook in this industrial slavery in the latter half of the 1940s alone; its proponents continually reminded the public of its economic advantages, while human rights activists conversely pushed for more transparency in the process. The treatment of Italians, too, was substandard. It did not resemble the cruelty of the fascist Italianization the Slovenes themselves suffered, but still, the Italians in Slovenianever afforded legal citizenship after the Slovene Risingremained mired in legal webs specifically spun to encourage emigration. In public the use of Slovenian was made de facto obligatory, Slovenian authorities addressing Italians as if their language did not exist. Thus, the Italian physical, lingusitic and cultural presence steadily waned year after year.
Limiations extended to the ambitious Slovenian industrial efforts. The Slovensko uransko rudarsko drutvo (SURD, Slovenian Uranium Mining Association), was a costly failure that aggressively sought out uranium deposits in Slovene borders. Between 1949 and 1952, it sapped government funds in its fruitless search; while the economic damage of the failure would ideally be mitigated by the international success of already-established Slovenian industries, it was the first true hitch in Slovene development. Two industrial disasters also marred the early Republic. In 1953, the petroleum refinery Riglermeant to transform the crude petroleum imported from Saudi Arabia (Sudesam)burned virtually to its foundation, setting development back by years and temporarily clogging the Sava with dead fish. Two years previously, a highly anticipated pulp processing plant in exploded and caught aflame in what remains one of the most destructive fires in Slovenian history, shaking the confidence of the Republic as a whole. The accidents were the flashpoint for comprehensiveand costlysafety reforms first seen at the sprawling aluminum plant at Prelogi opened in 1954.
Slovenias successwhile congratulated in the Westwould remain accompanied by miscalculations and missteps. Even if the headlines were to be dominated by successes and ambition, much work would be needed to free the Republic from its troubled past, or even the elements of its recent past.
Paramountica, Arcanda, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Sudesam, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
Foreign Observer: Government Restructuring in Portugal
July 1954
Prime Minister Vicente has announced the abolishment of both the National Assembly, and the Corporate Council. The new prime minister criticized the institutions at great length for their corruption, weakness, and inability to pass or create laws.
Following the abolishment of the previous legislative bodies, Portugal announced the reformation of the legislature into the one house Chamber of Corporations. This body is made up of 250 seats, and are elected from their specific sects of society including:
-Provinces and Municipalities
-Universities and Trade Schools
-State Trade Unions
-Employer Organizations
-Social Welfare Organizations
-Farmers
-Small Businessman
-Overseas Territories
Elections for seats were non partisan; however, all candidates would have to be approved by the National Electoral Commission, a body made up of members of the National Union who would approve candidates based upon ideological beliefs, public reputation, and record. Candidates themselves ran with no political party as all were technically banned. While the government was de jure non-partisan, de facto all members of the Chamber of Corporations were selected by the only allowed political organization.
The Chamber of Corporations also had their powers increased from the past legislature. Laws could now be passed by the chamber, they also gained veto rights over decisions passed by the Prime Minister. The chamber was also responsible for the election of the Prime Minister and the Presidency.
The Presidency itself would also be greatly empowered. The President would now be allowed to promulgate laws passed by the Chamber of Corporations, and could also veto laws, though they could still be overturned by the Chamber. The president while somewhat empowered remained a largely ceremonial figure.
The National Electoral Commission would be responsible for setting what was called the national current. These were acceptable forms of opposition members that could be allowed to run for election. During this early period there were three major forms of political thought. There was Catholic Corporatists, these were those that followed the ideas of Pope Pius XI and his idea of tripartite corporatism, social conservatism, desecularization of the state. The way the catholic corporatists greatly diverged is they believed the state should be more neutral in economic matters, serving as mediator than master. The other strain was the Nationalists this was the group Vicente belonged to. The Nationalists believed in more worker representation in the workplace, and the support of cooperatives as an alternative mode of capitalist production. They also believed that while the state should mediate, they believed that all economic activities should ultimately bend to the state, which should have a more heavy hand in the market. The final group were known as Statists. The statists believed that the economy should be dominated by state owned enterprises, and private industry should only exist on smaller scales. They believed that the state should be the mover of economic activity rather than at the whim of capitalist forces. They also advocated for strong government centralization, and the continuation of integration efforts in the remaining colonies, while some argued that the government should attempt to retake Angola.
While many have praised the Prime Ministers disempowering of his own position, many more have criticized his establishment of near continual National Union control. They also have criticized the National Electoral Commission which the Prime Minister and National Union appoint. Foreign observers have noted the changes to the government have merely softened the party dictatorial elements, and proceduralized a form of authoritarian democracy.
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
JULY,1954
WEI YUAN MANIFESTO
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Wei Yuan would release his manifesto titled as "Wěi Yuán Xìnyǎng/偉源信仰" it was written only written in Chinese.This manifesto was only written in Chinese because,a majority of readers would be Chinese and Wei Yuan wants those readers to grow up to have beliefs similar to his own.The book itself has 7 chapters with a total of 35 pages.Each chapter was a dive into one core aspect that Wei Yuan believes in and wants to pass onto the next generation.These chapters are:
[List][I]
Chapter 1:Comradeship With People.
( 與人為友。)
Chapter 2:The Ethnic Wall That Needs To Be Torn Down.
( 需要推倒的種族牆。)
Chapter 3:Integration Of Other Cultures.
( 其他文化的融合。)
Chapter 4:Influences Of Greed In Economics.
( 貪婪對經濟學的影響。)
Chapter 5:Importance Of Workers Condition.
( 工人狀況的重要性。)
Chapter 6:Importance Of A Democratic System.
( 民主制度的重要性。)
Chapter 7:Reinterpret Views Of Other Party's To Ones Own.
( 將對方的觀點重新解釋為自己的觀點。)
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[U]How The Manifesto Is Distributed
Wei Yuan would release his manifesto by utilising the lowest rank members in the party to carry out duties of selling them on the street as if they were paperboys,rather then puting his manifesto in stores.
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[list][list]DECEMBER 1953
[sub]Macmillans Housing[/sub][/list]
[pre] N A T I O N A L H O U S I N G [/pre][sup]A Singular¹[/sup]
[list][sub][pre]Too many people live too much
in the past. The past must be a SPRINGBOARD,
not a sofa.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] MAURICE HAROLD MACMILLAN,
Minister of Local Government and Planning, Churchill Ministry[/sub][/list]
THE MACMILLAN RESIDENCE, Great Britain Gb AFTERNOON
[sub]LONDON, Great Britain Gb[/sub]
| HAROLD MACMILLAN was a third-generation book publisher by profession, and was the grandson of a poor Victorian Scot who rose from rags to riches. His mother was the daughter of a small-town American doctor, and his wife the daughter of a duke. Elected to the COMMONS in 1924, his book THE MIDDLE WAY had promoted welfare-state policies within his own CONSERVATIVE Party. Following the Tories 1951 victory in the polls under SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, Macmillan was appointed from the Commons to the post of MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PLANNING, effectively putting him in charge of the British Postwar housing effort. He was regarded as a pragmatist and a realist, and had been a member of the British delegation to the Council of Europe discussions. Upon his appointment, the PRIME MINISTER entrusted to him the responsibility of the bold new goal of building 300,000 new houses per year - a 100,000 increase from all previous goals. Macmillan took up the position with slight reluctance, understanding well the state of the BRITISH HOUSING MARKET in the Postwar World. |
| In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Britain was left with an immense shortage of houses and condominiums a problem severely exacerbated by the fact that there was in addition an immense demand for housing, with the return of hundreds of thousands of British conscripts and military personnel from the Wars End in Europe. The British government under ATTLEE provided the necessary provisions to temporarily house veterans for the foreseeable future. With the appointment of Macmillan to the post of the chief housing minister, he began initiating several reforms to establish a program of NATIONAL HOUSING a general term for a series of government policies that sought to drastically boost the supply of houses to keep up with the rising demand in Postwar Britain. Macmillan endeavored to strongly promote housing development, advocating for policies like rent control rollback to make it more enticing for developers to lease and rent out more residences, and for policies like boosting the private home building industry which Macmillan viewed as crucial to the industrys general success. |
[list]| [sub]HAROLD MACMILLAN, Housing Minister[/sub] | [...]Not one doubt that the role of private industry in the construction of new homes for British veterans, for British families and for the British youth is no less important than the role of the government in encouraging lower prices for rents than ever before.[/list]
| HOUSING AUTHORITIES were also encouraged. These governmental bodies provided for a regulatory and operational body to govern housing on the local rather than the national level, and provided low-rent or free apartments to qualified residents. Generally, the Conservative government avoided handouts of free residential properties, but was lukewarm towards the idea of supporting War veterans by providing access to low-rent residential facilities in various cities like Liverpool and Bristol. |
| Initially, Macmillan was a skeptic of his appointment. He considered the Ministry position as a poisoned chalice, and the PRIME MINISTER reported to his diary that the position could make or mar ones political career. Nonetheless, he sought to pursue the goals set forth by the Conservative government elected in 1951 after years of Labour governance, and by 1953, the national housing report that was released indicated that this was, indeed, a massive success. By the end of the year, MACMILLAN had successfully achieved his national housing target of 300,000 new homes, a year earlier than projected His success led to his informing by fellow Tories like LORD BEAVERBROOK to encourage him to consider a higher position in the party, and others like R.A. BUTLER, who Macmillan accused of viewing him as a political rival. |
| The success of the CONSERVATIVES in tackling housing as an issue in a rapidly changing Postwar Britain bid well for the Party's future. The country had been mourning the loss of the labor- and the union-friendly LABOUR PARTY's style of governance, which saw the enactment of legislation that restricted urbanization and countryside disfigurement, and established institutions like the NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE However, the CHURCHILLIAN ELOQUENCE that had guided the country through the Wartime was keeping the Party above water, for the present. |
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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][pre]July, 1954 | United Nations Headquarters At 10017 First Ave Manhattan, New York City, New York State, The United States Of America[/pre]
MAINTAINING THE WINDS OF PEACE, THE ERITREAN RESOLUTION[/list]
Sudanese Foreign Secretary Hosni Sayed had arrived at the very pinnacle of human civilization, the grand city of towers that reached the heavens, New York City. Secretary Sayed would arrive on a rather warm day for the city after having just been a guest at the American White House in Washington DC, to meet with President Dwight D Eisenhower last night. He arrived in New York today to deliver a speech regarding a resolution to the United Nations, Headquartered in Manhattan. By the side of Secretary Sayed, hed be accompanied by a special guest of his who had been sent with the Sudanese envoy, on behalf of the free Eritrean Government, Ali Nahom. Representative Nahoms task was to act as nothing short of an observer, reporting back to Akordet, the acting Eritrean capital, of any essential information and updates regarding this resolution.
The Resolution that Sudans Hosni Sayed wished to submit to the United Nations essentially called upon wider international recognition of the existence of the Eritrean State, as one that is sovereign and independent. Though the Free Eritrean nation had made great strides in gaining support from the Arab and Muslim states, who share the same struggles as Eritrea, the time had come when Eritrea must become established on the global stage. Secretary Hosni, having been assigned clear instructions from the Pro-Eritrean government in Khartoum, had been tasked with providing a clear speech to the United Nations on behalf of the Sudanese government and the Eritrean people, advocating upon an international recognition of the young, grieving, yet hopeful nation.
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Secretary Hosni Sayed :| It has only been two months since the Eritrean War would end with a cease-fire, brokered by a community of African nations, though largely led by the diplomatic efforts of the Zairean people, whose dedication to peace in the continent had always been one of their greatest attributes. It is with this diplomatic solution for a cease-fire and the de-escalation of tensions in the region that we begin to see winds of change and peace blow throughout Eastern Africa. We have seen and explored tremendous possibilities for growth and development on both sides of this demilitarized zone, which is currently guarded and protected by the Egyptian military. We have seen the expansion of infrastructure with highways and rail, the expansion of maritime harbors on the coast, and even the continual and peaceful flow of trade and development, all thanks to a fragile peace, but an adequate state of peace. But again we see dark forces starting to encroach on this peace, disturbing the very delicate balance of peace in the region, and the name of this darkness is silence . The silence of a nation stuck in limbo. The Eritrean people have fought, they grieved, and they have lost blood and love for their country. Though they may be divided and in ruin, whats left of their country was saved, saved for the very reason of building on whats left and its next logical step is recognition, the recognition they very well deserve. I truly do believe that it is within my right when I say that on behalf of Sudan and Eritrea, we would like to show our deep thanks and appreciation for our Arab and Muslim brothers, for their outright support and love in these trying times both in Eritrea and in Sudan, providing their help for refugees washing up on Sudanese shores. That gratitude of course extends to Zaire once again, to Brazil, to France, and to all those who have helped with the kindness of their hearts. Ive come here to say this. There now exists a state of adequate peace in the region, and that peace solely relies on Eritrea gaining the international recognition it deserves after months of fending for its rights. May Allah bless you all who have taken the crucial time needed in maintaining the great vessel of humanity, may Allah bless the United Nations, the Eritrean people, and our dear planet. Thank you.
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With the conclusion of the speech, the 1954 Eritrean Resolution would now be proposed for a vote to the United Nations General Assembly by Sudanese Foreign Secretary Hosni Sayed and the delegation from Khartoum, calling upon greater international recognition and the admittance of the Eritrean Federation as a member state of the United Nation.
[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
[list]July 1954
[sub]Flying High[/sub][/list]
[pre]G E R M A N Y F L I E S[/pre]
| During the wartime, Germany led the world in the area of aerospace development, experimental jet development, and missile and rocketry development. The defeat of the Wehrmacht at the hands of the liberating Allied forces saw the country's key technologies sent off to the Soviet Union (Osivoii) and the United States (Paramountica) for investigation, dismantling and study. The new Federal Republic did not mind that technology formerly under their authority was in the hands of a close Ally and a strong Enemy, but the government in Bonn much more minded the threat from the East posed by the German Democratic Republic, especially in the wake of heightened patrols along the German-East German border. The establishment of the German Bundeswehr had done much to assuage fears among the German parliamentarians in the nation's administrative center, but many believed that more needed to be done. More specifically, members of the Bundestag believed that the German government needed to fund the development of the nation in terms of knowledge and scientific growth and process. It had in the 1800s sent the Prussian state and the German Empire forward, allowing it and its people to prosper - with the age of flying higher and faster now rapidly dawning and the Jet Age starting, Germany itself had to keep up with the times. |
| A national education package had been passed in June of 1954 with multipartisan support from the CDU/CSU and the SPD, but was opposed by the FDP - who had since then been fraying from their coalition partners the Christian Democrats - and the right-wing Konservatives, which by this point was already on the verge of collapse. The package had been passed with little conundrum, because expanding support for the national education network (Nationales Bildungsnetzwerk) and for expanding grants for German science and technology programs was a generally popular policy position. Chancellor Adenauer wrote the bill into law in early July, as the Bundestag voted - this time with the CDU/CSU, the SPD and the FDP voting AYE - to approve an immense science and technology spending package, coupled with the establishment of the new MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. The Ministry would be chaired by Vice-Chancellor Franz Blucher, but would also be partially operated (more discreetly) by the new position of Special Advisor on Science and Technology (Sonderberaterin für Wissenschaft und Technologie), to which one H.R. Muller was appointed to, on U.S. assignment to Germany. |
| The new position of Special Advisor had been established especially for Muller to sit in its place as the first Special Advisor. The German scientist during the War had dabbled in developing advanced aerospace technology for the German military, and had been moved to the United States under Operation Paperclip. In an agreement between the U.S. and German governments, Muller returned to Germany - as a U.S. citizen with a special German visa - on assignment from Washington, and subsequently received appointment from Chancellor Adenauer to head Germany's renewed advanced science and technology research programs. Initially, Muller received a portfolio from the Chancellor that focused on expanding the amount of advanced laboratories relating to advanced aerospace and theoretical rocketry research by at least 25% within three (3) years. In a more discreet fashion, however, particularly away from the prying eyes of the East, Muller was also appointed to head a German program to develop domestic jet engines and jet aircraft, both for civilian and potential military purposes. The program was officially run by the new Ministry of Science and Technology (Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Technologie), but also had ties to the Bundeswehr, who was openly sharing these information with the U.S. military. |
| Furthermore, the legislation approved the allocation of a 'serious' amount of funding from the German government for 'sensitive programs' not limited to the jet engine and jet aircraft research program, but also to programs relating to theoretical rocketry research, biomedical and medicinal research, and more. Private industry was also being invited to compete for government grants and contracts to push German innovation all the way, this time for peaceful purposes rather than lethal ones. |
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[list]July 1954
[sub]North-South Links[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]नेहरू सरकार उत्तर और दक्षिण के बीच बुनियादी ढांचे, रेलवे लिंक का विस्तार करने का प्रयास करती है!
NEHRU GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO EXPAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND RAILWAY LINKS BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]AGRA, JULY 1954 | आगरा, जुलाई 1954[/sub][/list]
[list] | [sub]Indian Railways (IR) is the statutory body that operates India's national railway system. Operated and owned by the Ministry of Railways, under the Indian government, the de-facto government organization ran one of the largest railway networks in the world, linking the former British Raj together using passenger and cargo networks that hastened intercity and cross-Raj travel. Rail in India was born in 1832 when proposals for railways in Madras were made, and the first lines opened from 1836 onwards. India's first passenger train, operated by Great Indian Peninsula Railway, ran for 34 kilometers (21 mi) from Mumbai and Thane in 1853. From then on, trams (initially horse-drawn) opened in major cities like Calcutta and Bombay, and in the 1870s onwards state railways were laid down across Hyderabad and other regions of the Raj. In 1925, the first electric passenger train ran between Victoria Terminus and Kurla. India's railways were emphasized as the primary mode of intercity transport both for passengers and companies that needed to move cargo and supplies to and from Point A and Point B, as the advent of aircraft during the Second World War and in the immediate Postwar had yet to catch on rapidly enough on the Subcontinent. The granting of independence to India by the British colonial government (Great Britain Gb) placed Indian Railways under the Railways Ministry and thus under the Indian government.[/sub] |
| [sub]In 1951, Indian Railways initiated the organization of the newfound Republic's railways into regional zones, establishing the Southern, Central and Western zones. Each would be administered by their own local body, but the size of the rail tracks would remain similar to allow for future integration or shifting as necessary. The same year, fans and lights were mandated for all passenger trains in all compartments. The Railways Ministry under Jawaharlal Nehru's premiership saw limited reforms, but immense amounts of funding boosts. The Indian Prime Minister strongly supported the rapid development of Indian railways, pointing to the success of the rail in America and Britain and Europe as 'key reasons' why India should follow suit. Furthermore, he cited advisors who said greater railways - especially running between the north and south - would strengthen national resolve (राष्ट्रीय संकल्प) by encouraging inter-state travel.[/sub] |
| [sub]In a resolution ratified by the Lok Sabha's immense Indian National Congress (INC) party supermajority, plans for funding boosts for Indian Railways, the Ministry of Railways, and the development of of rail lines from Delhi to Hyderabad through Agra and Patna to Kolkata. The rail lines would see the development of routes for both passenger railway and freight railway, the latter of which was seeing greater developments with the enthusiastic support of the government's ministries on trade and finance. Furthermore, the Home Affairs Ministry put its backing behind the projects, outlining to the lower house of India's parliament how the projects would create new jobs. The resolution was ratified in June of 1952, and planning continued until January of 1953, and construction began two months later. The necessary permits secured and the backing of the local governments secured, the primary line from Delhi to Hyderabad through Agra began construction. The north-south railway would initially have rail for passenger train usage, but plans to expand and add a freight line and additional stops along the route would also be planned.[/sub] |
| [sub]In January of 1954, Prime Minister Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Minister for Railways, and Kailash Nath Katju, the Minister for Home Affairs, attended the opening of a new station expansion in Delhi. In his speech, Minister Shastri discussed how 'railway has come a long way since this project began', pointing to smaller projects like railways from Kochi to Madurai in the south that were initiated in the time since and are now closing to completion. By March, the government railways reported showed that the link between Delhi and Agra would be opened within 'three months at minimum', and that the Agra-Hyderabad stage had reached Jhansi, south of the city of Gwalior. Expectations were that Nagpur, one of the major stops along the stage, would be reached by late 1955, and the line to Hyderabad would be able to be officially opened by late 1956 to early 1957. In July, this month, the two ministers again attended the opening of a new train depot in Agra.[/sub] |
| [sub]Beyond rail, the Ministry for Road Transport and Highways, also managed by Lal Bahadur Shastri, also initiated multiple road projects across the country. New roads were built and old roads modernized in Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur and of course Delhi, and investments into highways to link the capital with Jaipur, Agra, Kanpur, and eventually Ahmedabad were also made. These projects would be initiated between 1952 and 1954, and would all be poised for completion by late 1955 to early 1956, with the exception of the Delhi-Ahmedabad highway that will run through Jaipur. The investments also called for government efforts to encourage car ownership, with Nehru, as External Affairs Minister, issuing announcements of his plans to invite foreign companies to invest in India's automobile industry in an effort to boost quality of life and create new jobs in the country.[/sub] |[/list]
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P O L S K A R Z E C Z Y P O S P O L I T E L U D O W A------------ T H E P E O P L E ' S R E P U B L I C O F P O L A N D
POLSKA FLIES HIGH
THE OPENING OF THE MAIN TERMINAL AT WARSAW
Prime Minister Bolesław Bierut has inaugurated the new, state-of-the-art main terminal in the Warsaw-Okęcie Airport. This will boost the capacity of the Warsaw airport to 1 million people and improve connections/flights to international and other communist and socialist states such as Berlin (East Germany Ddr), Moscow (Osivoii), Brussels and Amsterdam (Bayern Kahla), etc. It will also improve connectivity in domestic flights in cities around Poland, such as Krakow, Lodz and Gdansk.
THE NEW DOMESTIC AIRLINE OF POLSKA
The Polish Air Commission (PAC) has started planning for a new airline, this time domestic. It will connect most of Poland's main cities and some regional hubs around other countries such as Berlin, Minsk and Bucharest. It has raised money from around the country and donations from other socialist nations. All planes were bought from the USSR, which are Ilyushins and Antonovs.
THE AIR FORCE'S UPGRADE
The Air Force has struck a deal with the Soviets for 60 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 for 20,000,000 zloty. This will improve the Air Force's strength and quality. Also, the Soviets let the Air Force make a new and improved variant of the Soviet airplane
LONG LIVE POLAND!------------NIECH ŻYJE POLSKA!
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The Hot Seat
[Sofia, Bulgaria]
July 1954
| Returning from his trip to Bulgarias new industrial heartlands, Prime Minister Chervenkov was confronted with an unfortunate reality, one that he had been anticipating for months.
Upon his desk in his office was a document awaiting his signature, one that tendered his resignation as general secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and appointed Todor Zhivkov as his immediate successor. Chervenkov would be allowed to continue as Prime Minister, but he knew that this left him in a position of weakness.
His plan all along had been to extend his personality cult over the peoples republic in the hope that it would secure his place, even as Stalinism became outdated across the rest of the eastern bloc, but no such luck. Chervenkov signed the document, committing an act of self preservation that would guarantee he wouldnt be deposed by military coup. Of course, there was no surprise. He had been expecting such a measure since March, when whispers of liberalisation has turned into murmurs, but that didnt mean he wasnt rocked when the moment came.
Zhivkov himself was a committed communist. His appointment didnt mean anything like the end of communism or even a move away from Moscow, in fact it meant the opposite as Zhivkov viewed the Soviet Union as crucial to the survival of Bulgarian Communism. Zhivkov was committed to the politics of Khrushchev and was even more unlikely than the Prime Minister to step out of line. Zhivkov was also painfully aware that he couldnt just fire Chervenkov immediately. He would need to allow him to steer the ship and stay in the hot seat just a little while longer whilst industrial projects were firing up. However, the writing was on the wall and it was clear that Chervenkovs days in power had become startlingly numbered. All that was left was the Politburo, as soon as those aligned with Zhivkov had control, it would be over for Bulgarias Prime Minister.
His loyalist advisors told him to make a last ditch effort to liberalise on his own, but he was not yet sure whether this would be enough. The winds of change had reached Sofia, but other than that, very little was guaranteed. Nobody could say when Chervenkov would be ousted and nobody could say who would take his place, but it was now obvious to all that something was coming and coming fast. |
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[list][list]July 1954
[sub]The Great Arab Stride![/sub][/list]
TRIPOLI, LIBYA, (Kotakuan Ii) MORNING
| The Nasser government has embarked on a series of ambitious infrastructure projects aimed at modernising and improving Libyas infrastructure, named the Great Arab Stride. One major project is to construct a network of roads and highways that connect the cities and towns across the country, particularly aiming at providing greater ease of access between the coastal cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, providing much-needed connectivity and making transportation of goods and people easier. The highways are also designed with the harsh desert climate in mind, featuring robust drainage systems to prevent washouts during flash floods and other weather events. The highways are also to be built with a broad and strong roadbed, able to withstand heavy loads and traffic. From Benghazi, highways can be connected to ensure a constant stream of traffic across the coast of Egypt initially to Alexandria and then onto the Suez Peninsula. |
| Another primary focus is the improvement of the country's water supply systems. New wells are to be drilled, and pipelines are to be laid to transport water from sources to communities. This ensured that Egyptian-Libyan citizens had access to clean and ample water resources for drinking, irrigation, and other purposes. New wells will be drilled, and pipelines will be laid to transport water from sources to communities. The water supply systems are designed with the harsh desert climate in mind, incorporating robust pumping and storage systems to ensure a reliable water supply even during drought. In addition to drilling new wells, the Egyptian government will also invest in rehabilitating existing wells and water sources, improving their efficiency and increasing the water supply. Efforts will also be made to educate the population about water conservation, promoting the responsible use of this precious resource. In addition to the water supply system, efforts are underway to upgrade the sewage and waste management systems. This is largely to prevent contamination of water resources and to promote public health and hygiene. To facilitate this, sewage treatment plants shall be constructed and equipped with the most modern technologies for processing and treating waste. In addition, pipelines shall be laid to transport waste from communities to the treatment plants, ensuring that sewage is properly managed and disposed of. All of these aforementioned infrastructural developments are aimed at increasing public health, which will double to increase prosperity and productivity with a more connective road system within Libya, allowing for greater growth for the Arab people of both Libya and Egypt. |
| This Great Arab Stride also comes after the Syrian University of Damascus, a beacon of knowledge and culture in the heart of the Arab world, joined forces with the esteemed University of Cairo and the dynamic University of Libya to form a trio of excellence. This elite grouping of Arab universities represents the culmination of decades of hard work, dedication, and a commitment to providing a world-class education to students from across the region. With a shared passion for innovation and deep respect for tradition, these institutions are poised to drive the future of higher education in the Arab world. Together, they symbolise hope, a catalyst for progress, and a testament to the power of collaboration in the pursuit of greatness. It also marks a radical shift from Egyptian nationalism toward what seems to be increased hope of Pan-Arab cooperation, particularly between Syria and Egypt, and with the inclusion of Libya, embarking on the formation of a distinct Arab identity. |
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[list][list][sub]𝚅𝙸.1954[/sub]
[sub]IL MIGLIORE: TOGLIATTI NELL TRIANGOLO ROSSO[/sub]
IL MIGLIORE: TOGLIATTI IN THE RED TRIANGLE[/list]
[list][list][pre]Palmiro Togliatti,
Red Maverick and leader of the PCI,
Between Soviet allegiance and emancipation.
His voyage to Italy's "Red Triangle" of Bologna, Florence and Pisa.[/pre][/list][/list]
BOLOGNA, EMILIA-ROMAGNA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub]Palazzo d'Accursio[/sub]
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub][/list]
[list]| The people of Bologna La Rossa (The Red), la Grassa (The Fat, for the town's famed cuisine), la Dotta (The Learned, for its university) were assembled on the Piazza Maggiore. Or at least its fervent Communists, waving red banners and flags, sparsely holding up portraits of Stalin, Khruschev and Togliatti. They had streamed from all the corners of the city to its large main square, walking in groups below the centennial arcade-laden streets of the red-stoned, red-voting city; walls had been plastered with PCI posters announcing Comrade Togliatti's arrival, and amid anti-monarchy slogans, defaced portraits of King Umberto II and other political posters, Togliatti's face could be found in every corner of the city. |
[list][sup]| First Secretary of the PCI, PALMIRO TOGLIATTI: |[/sup] "Comrades! Proud workers and people of Bologna!"[/list]
| As Il Migliore appeared on the town hall's balcony, along with Bologna's red mayor Giuseppe Dozza, and the head of the local PCI Federation Arturo Colombi, the crowd erupted in a mighty roar of applause, waving red banners and placards reading "EVIVVA L'UNITÀ", "DOWN WITH CLERICAL AND NOBILITY PRIVILEGES" and "UMBERTO II, ILLEGITIMATE KING". Holding his fists up in the air, Togliatti smiled from ear to ear as he looked on at the crowd, which had been massed on the square and even occupied the surrounding streets, so much that police officers and their trucks could barely be seen. Bologna, a town of students, workers and artists, had enjoyed relative prosperity under Dozza's rule. Having suffered bombings and massacres at the hands of both Volkist and Fascist forces during the war, it was now again a city aglow with the fires of industry and the torches of art. Upon taking power in the aftermath of destruction, Dozza had urged citizens to rebuild. Nearly ten years later, they had done so, almost independently from Rome. Then, he financed the city's first factories; today, Bologna is first among equals as Italy races to modernize and become an industrial power. And by creating tax councils, he also sought progressive taxation to soften the blow of inequality. The middle class could live comfortably in Bologna, and the working class decently. |
[list][sup]| First Secretary of the PCI, PALMIRO TOGLIATTI: |[/sup] "Grazie, grazie mile for your welcome! I am delighted to stand here today in this city, beautiful as a dream, kept alive and by you, the workers and the people, the men and the women of the working class, of the struggling class. I have come with a message A message of hope. A hope that one day, one day very soon, this country wil be a Republic, of the people and by the people, with no privileges. A dream of a country reunited around the supreme values of equality and workers' rights, far away from the hands of capitalism, corruption and greed that grips it now... A land of free men and women where we are no longer pitted against one another and at the mercy of ruthless capitalist practices. [...]"[/list]
| For another two hours, the indefatigable Togliatti would calmly address the crowd on his staple subjects: The Republic, the clergy's influence, corruption, workers' rights, unemployment, and the perceived alliance between the DC, the King, and the United States. While the PCI had once been more moderate in its pursuit of a broad popular front in the '48 elections, it had reneged on some of its efforts to appear more palatable. While Togliatti kept up dialogue with Pietro Nenni's Socialist Party, still a close ally, as well as minor figureheads ranging from liberals to left-wing Catholics, he had since 1948 ramped up his discourse against Italy's Western alignment, the DC's perceived corruption, and especially, the King. While not outright calling for his ouster, he now called for a new and "fair" referendum on the issue. Indeed, multiple accusations had surfaced in the wake of the first vote: Entire districts in the heavily war-damaged, and communist North, had been understaffed or not open at all; meanwhile, the fervently Catholic Mezzogiorno regions south of Rome had benefitted from better organization. And despite the Monarch's virtual absence of declarations and appearances outside of a strictly constitutional role, frustration remained high in the Italian left. Concerning the PCI's alignment to Moscow, Togliatti had not fully reverted to his pre-'48 stance; there remained an understandable gap between Western Europe's largest Communist Party and its Soviet counterpart. Links between the two remained cordial and friendly, although Togliatti was a more fervent supporter of Tito. In line with his international moderation, and the end of Stalin's rule in Russia, Il Migliore had propagated a new concept: the via Italiania al comunismo, or Italian way to communism, which envisioned a national developement of Italian communism, and opened the door to Socialists and moderate Catholics as well. |
| As the sun lowered on the horizon, Togliatti would pack his suitcase. He was awaited in Florence. As he lighted a cigarette, he'd watch from his car window, and beyond the cypress-lined road, the red hue of a sunset over the city's hills, dotted with olive trees, reminded him of something in his heart. In Florence, he would meet one Giorgio La Pira. La Pira, as town mayor, had done much to reconcile his own DC voters with many centrists and leftists. A devout Catholic and a reformist like Amintore Fanfani, he practiced Christian charity by displaying an unusual open-mindedness, and regularly meeting with his Red adversaries. He himself advocated a compassionate, family-friendly Catholic socialist worldview. Since La Pira's election a few years ago, an orderly, human-scale reconstruction took place; schools, churches and theaters went up again, as did the tree-lined avenues connecting them. Local shops, public gardens and markets were meshed in this small network of urban islands throughout the city, lending it an air that had something of the refined, of the popular and of the sensual. One had to watch, on Sunday mornings, the small stalls selling mist-covered flowers near the Florentine churches; young women with sunlit faces and floral dresses crossing paths with black-clad priests on their way to mass, to say that Florence was indeed at peace, ten years after suffering the worst. |
| From Bologna to Florence and Florence to Pisa, the "red triangle" had come into shape lately; those artistic cities had developed as new industrial centers and outposts of the Red North The industrial giants of Milan, Turin and Genoa , pointing towards Rome and the Catholic, Monarchist South. Masses of educated workers lived there, and had organized breathing and living Communist organizations. Their agricultural counterparts were not ignored, either; they had organized in cooperatives to share the costs and the profits of their labor, and their methods and equipment were more advanced than anywhere else in Italy. |
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THE FURLAN LIBERALS RALLY IN 1954 ELECTIONS, FORCING AN LIBERAL-SLS COALITION GOVERNMENT
[list][sup]THE CALL OF THE JURIST
JULY 1954[/sup][/list]
All had seemed well for the center-right Slovenian Peoples Party, or SLS, of Prime Minister Andrej Gosar as election season drew near in Slovenia. Economic growth was substantial, as were the prospects for future industrial ventures. Minor local corruption scandals had quickly been dealt with, and the SLS had largely pioneered a transparent government respected by Slovenes. However, their confidenceand consequently sluggish campaigningwas misguided. An unexpectedly large cohort of Slovenes attributed what failures the government had made to the conservative administration of Prime Minister Andrej Gosar, and the continued limbo of the status of Italian citizens and resultant discrimination drew uneasy comparisons to the ethnic hatred of the interwar period. Former President Boris Furlan, too, notably appeared in an acclaimed series of campaign speeches throughout Carniola and the Littoral, even appearing in the Brkini Hills to speak at Kozina and visit the hilly villages of Brezovica and Gradičica to meet provincial fruit farmers. The result was the end of the conservative coalition government of the SLS and nationalist SNS; the SLS won only 26% of the national vote in the subsequent elections, while the Liberals rallied to win 33%. The nationalists polled 9%, and the left-wing Levica 7%; the remaining quarter of the electorate went to independent, agrarian, and other political-minority candidates. Now unable to reform the conservative coalition won in the 1950 elections, a big-tent good-faith Liberal-SLS coalitionlike that of the first parliamentary election in the days of Furlans presidencywas demanded.
The coalition of today was different, still. It would doubtlessly share the old Liberal-SLS coalitions comparatively ponderous rate of legislation, as forced compromise would much more dominate the National Assembly. However, major players had shifted; staunch anti-communist Miha Krek had departed the Liberals as they shifted leftward, instead becoming part of the most conservative wing of the SLS. SLS parliamentarian Nikola Koprivnikar, Speaker of the Assembly, would be missing altogether, having not run for re-election in anticipation of a 1955 presidential campaign. Interestingly, this parliament saw the return of Josip Vidmara socialist briefly imprisoned after the Kopinič trialsfor Levica. Though Vidmar was a respected advocate for independence from the Kingdom, many conservatives objected to his presence on rumors that he sympathized with Josip Broz Tito; Vidmar responded to these claims with reminders that Tito was a man of inexcusable violence, and he was not. The conservatives also objected to the Liberal speaker that the Liberal plurality leveraged. Now heading the National Assembly was the elderly and methodical Josip Ferfolja, a seventy-three-year-old Assemblyman from Trst, who was largely uncontroversial; his fame largely derived from his fight against fascist Italianization in the interwar period, and thus was unassailable among Slovenes. His efficacy at the head of the lower house of the Slovenian Parliament was yet to be seen. The upper house, as always, remained an un-elected corrective mechanism that was entirely nonpartisan, made up of set blocs of industrialists, union leaders, tradesmen, artists, local politicians and others elected by their fellows.
The leading question of the elections was that of the Premiership. Andrej Gosar had fought off controversy well, but dissatisfaction remained, and the Liberal plurality enabled the Liberals to force their preferred candidate into authority; in the end, the choice was forty-year-old politician Sergej Kraigher. Though some called into question Kraighers leftist originshis uncle Alojz having made prominent socialist writingsKraigher had long testified that the violence of the Titoist movement had thrust him from Marxism and firmly towards moderate Christian socialism. Largely trusted and respected for his firsthand actions during the Slovene Rising, it was thus he who would take up the mantle. So stretched the influence of the former president; almost entirely recovering the Liberals position in spite of the rampant reactionary nature of Slovenian anti-communism, Boris Furlan had once more carried the Party into another cycle of governance.
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[sub]| REPUBLIC OF CHINA - 中华民国 - ZHONGHUA MINGUO |[/B]
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Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare[/sub]
Free China: Sun Yat-Sens Revolutionary Principles Endure On Formosa!
[sub]| Taipei City, Republic of China
| July, 1954[/sub]
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6 years after the fall of the mainland, President Chiang rules a reduced republic from Taipei but the Chinese Nationalist Party remains unquestionably in power.
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The 1949 retreat from Mainland China represented a crushing defeat for the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China. The CCP had swept the country in just a few years following the resumption of hostilities and the KMTs flight to Formosa had essentially signaled the end of the Chinese Civil War. Still, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Sheks Free China remains militarily capable and many senior leaders cling to hopes of liberating the mainland. But for now, the internationally recognized government of China gazes warily across the Taiwan Strait, vigilantly prepared for the communist assault.
Years after what some considered a catastrophic defeat, Chiang Kai-Shek clings to power as President of China but also, and perhaps more importantly, as Director-General of the Kuomintang. The Dang Guo principle of one-party rule has allowed him to monopolize political power through the KMT, unquestionably controlling all major governing institutions. Any legal or practical limits to Chiangs power had been swept aside in 1947 with the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, enforcing martial law and largely gutting the constitution. Mirroring his political rise in the Warlord Era, Chiangs reign has always been based on his military authority as Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army, formerly the National Revolutionary Army. Though it was nominally transferred to civilian legal control with the 1947 constitution, Free Chinas military is still heavily intertwined with the KMTs leadership and in reality, still holds a subordinate position to the party along with the civilian government. Chiang had come to dominate all three of these institutions and in some ways, the retreat from the mainland had only cemented his rule by consolidating his position.
Despite the developments of the Civil War, public life in Taiwan in some ways had hardly changed. The KMTs military rule had always been heavy-handed and targeted disproportionately at the indigenous population. But as the new political status quo cemented itself, Chiangs government has become increasingly repressive via a campaign of state violence known only as The White Terror. The campaign is directed by the Taiwan Garrison Command, a military office that coordinates the entire nations military and security forces with the goal of suppressing dissent and maintaining the KMTs rule. The Presidents son, Chiang Ching-Kuo, leads the TGC and has broad informal authority over military and security policy. With this power, he enacted policies of mass surveillance, censorship, arbitrary arrest, and torture on behalf of the party and his father. He has also pursued a complete reformation of the ROC Armed Forces aimed at re-propagating the KMTs influence. The power and presence of political officers have been expanded considerably through the Political Warfare Department and the Military Intelligence Bureau has effectively become a tool of party surveillance over the military itself as well as the civilian government.
While the party and specifically Chiang himself were responsible for most national-level policy-making, the civilian government of the Executive Yuan still has a crucial role in the domestic administration of Taiwan. Premier Chen Cheng is the current head of government and is a senior KMT leader considered deeply loyal to the Generalissimo. Serving since 1950, Cheng has been a key implementer of national policy. Together with Yen Chia-kan, the Minister of Finance, he has focused on financial and economic reform to stabilize the Republics economy. During the Civil War, China was plagued by hyperinflation motivated by climbing military expenditure and the war with Japan. This was resolved in part by the issuing of the New Taiwan Dollar in 1949. The government was able to further stabilize the financial situation using the roughly $300 million dollars in gold Chiang had spirited away to Formosa in the last days of the Civil War. For now, the islands economy is dominated by agriculture and therefore the primary focus of the KMTs economic policy has been land reform. The 37.5% Arable Rent Reduction Act, a law that capped the share of crop yield landowners could tax as rent from peasant farmers. Previously rents could be as high as two-thirds of a crop, perpetuating the poverty cycle. This was accompanied by a sell-off of publicly owned land to small farmers or previous sharecroppers, increasing the share of small landowners. As a culmination of the process, the government began to directly break up large land holdings, often turning them directly over to those who worked the land. The leading figure in the process of agricultural reform is the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, a jointly run program of economic aid and coordination. The process has considerably increased the average farmers income and rapidly changed economic dynamics in rural Taiwan. The governments economic goal is to provide rural farmers with as high a standard of living as possible, so accumulated expendable income will be used to invest in industrial development, promoting urbanization in the long term.
And in the years since the retreat to the mainland, the ROCs relationship with the United States has become evermore crucial. Chiang effectively relies on Washington for protection from the PRC as well as for the rivers of aid money which have stabilized Taiwans economy and maintained the ROC Armed Forces. While the military has been reduced since the fall of the mainland, some 360,000 troops remain on active duty, down from the half million who initially fled in 1949. With small industrial and tax bases, Taipei would be unable to maintain the expenditure without American aid and support.
In 1954, the Republic of China stands tall from Formosa as the internationally recognized government of all Chinese. But it is precariously positioned and certainly without the upper hand. In spite of this, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek has not wavered and the grip of the Kuomintang is galvanized. Many in the party, including Chiang himself, strive for an opportunity to mount a liberation of the mainland. The Three Principles of the People survive for now but against the rising threat of the Peoples Republic of China, their future is uncertain
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[spoiler=[sub]In the name of Generalissimo Chiang,[/sub]
GLORY TO THE THREE PRINCIPLES!
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Nationwide official visits
July 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| Comrade 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 leader of all Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru, has begun his tour of Romania, with the duty of inspecting the growing Romanian industry, the Agricultural sector and the various construction sites throughout The Socialist Republic of Romania.
| Villages, Towns and Cities throughout The Socialist Republic of Romania have waited for the official delegations and have greeted them with an enthusiasm never before seen. 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 leader of all Romanian people has been served with various traditional delicacies. The esteemed and beloved Comrade was very pleased with the people, shook hands and discussed with them about the great progress the Republic sees now.
| 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 son of the Romanian people, has embarked on a tour of Romania in order to motivate and inspect all aspects of the Romanian industry, agriculture and other domains regarding the well being of Romania and the growing standard of living reported.
He also has visited the cities of Calafat, Giurgiu and Turnu Magurele where the foundation of three "friendship" bridges are over the Danube that are expected to begin construction this September, connecting The Socialist Republic of Romania and The People`s Republic of Bulgaria.
| With the yearly harvest slowly beginning, his uppermost concern was the Agriculture and Industry.
He has shown dislike to the non effectiveness of the mostly Soviet Tractor towed Harvesters, some of them dating back to the 1930`s and has been quoted as calling them "primitive", he wishes that modern Harvesters to be assembled in Romania in order to increase the production of grains in Romania while also easing the work of the farmers and increasing their morale.
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
July 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list]August 1954
[sub]Ang Ating Presidente[/sub][/list]
[pre]F I R S T T W O M O N T H S[/pre]
| On June 31, 1954, after being elected President-elect on May 9 the same year, Secretary of Defense Ramon Magsaysay tendered his resignation and took his oath of office as the Third President of the Republic of the Philippines, succeeding Manuel L. Quezon (1935-1941, 1944-1950) and Manuel Roxas (1950-1954) as the commander-in-chief of the Philippine Republic. He had run a 'People's Campaign' and was considered to essentially be an Independent candidate, possessing many liberal and progressive policy points and was especially a strong backer of agricultural subsidies and funding for farmers. He and his vice president, former Senate President Pro Tempore Camilo Osias, had run a pro-worker and pro-Filipino campaign, and intended to run a pro-worker and pro-Filipino government as well. In the Senate, the Nacionalista Party with Sen. Eulogio Rodriguez at the helm swept the polls once more, securing 14 of the 24 Senate seats. The Liberal Party under Mariano Jesus Cuenco was demoted back to minority status, with 8 seats. The Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat (down to 1) and the Philippine Progressives held their only Senate seat, occupied by Carlos P. Garcia. In the House of Representatives, the Nacionalistas had secured the smallest of majorities, with 51 out of 98 seats. 49 seats was needed for a majority. The Liberals followed suit with 39 seats, the Liberal Democrats 7 (a loss of a dozen more or less) and the PPP with 1 seat, held by Ramon M. Durano. Jose B. Laurel, Jr. ascended to the Speakership, and Daniel Z. Romualdez, member of the prominent Romualdez clan of Leyte, ascended to the post of Speaker pro Tempore. Arturo M. Tolentino, regarded as the House's version of firebrand Senator Jose Avelino, was the Majority Leader. |
| The NP's legislative majorities in Congress allowed them to pass legislation, starting with austerity bills pushed through a compromise cut to the national defense budget. The war in Ethiopia had seen Liberal President Manuel Roxas sign legislation to boost defense spending, but President Magsaysay - albeit hesitantly - signed in the bill, cutting 4.5% national defense spending. His more conservative party members satisfied, the new President immediately embarked on his 'Maka-tao Program', signing executive orders directing the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Works and Highways to develop 'farm-to-market' roads and expand access to the fruits and vegetables sold by more remote farmers. Urbanization of Metro Manila was also approved by the new Nacionalista mayor of Manila, which saw new sidewalks and expanded cleanliness programs be initiated. Interest rates were brought down as the country saw sustained economic growth over the past few years, and the first bill of the new Congress saw income taxes for the middle class be cut by 5%. True to his electoral promises, he formed the Presidential Complaints and Actions Committee, an executive branch body committed to hearing greivances and recommending remedial action. Under Manuel Manahan, soft-spoken but tireless, this committee would establish goals to hear up to 85,000 complaints in a year, with a secondary goal to directly or indirectly settle 85% of that. R.A. 1160 saw the formation of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA), which moved to resettle dissidents and landless farmers. It was aimed primarily at rebel returnees from communist groups that Magsaysay as Defense Secretary had worked to dismantle, providing them with farmlands and home lots in Palawan and Mindanao. It took possession of over 65,000 acres managed by the Economic Development Corps (EDCOR) and stabilized and amplified its functions and purposes. All these legislation were passed by Congress and signed into law by President Magsaysay by the early days of August. |
| President Magsaysay made agrarian reform and grievance assuaging the main aims of his new administration. In foreign policy, Magsaysay backed ever stronger ties with the United States and Western allies, and was a particularly strong backer of a potential Asian equivalent of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, telling the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines that 'free Asia must be unified against communism too'. In one of his first acts as President in the fight against Philippine communism, journalist and advisor Benigno Aquino Jr., a UP Dilliman and Ateneo graduate, as the chief government emissary to the remnant communist groups, that had mostly fractured when Luis Taruc entered politics under the PPP banner (and subsequently passed away in 1953). Aquino had run for and successfully secured a House seat with the Liberal Party in the 1954 election, and remained one of the bridges between Magsaysay and the opposition. In infrastructure development, he supported projects with international partners, and on the hot issue of Japan, he believed that reparations would be the 'best first step to reconciliation'. |
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[list][list]AUGUST 1954
[sub]Getúlios Two Enemies[/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] ENEMIES AROUND ME [/pre]
[list][sub]CARLOS LACERDA was elected representative for the state of Rio in 1950. He was known for his fierce opposition to the government of President Getúlio Vargas and even demanded that Vargas step down. Throughout his political career, he had allies, but also enemies.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT NIGHT
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| In the fight against communism, corruption, and Vargas, Rio Journalist CARLOS LACERDA¹ has friends and enemies. The 40-year-old editor of Tribuna da Imprensa was attacked by men for criticizing the Army, arrested for denouncing police corruption, arrested four times for political reasons, and attacked at home after accusing a senior official of corruption. An armed man tried but failed, to shoot Lacerda. |
[list]| CARLOS LACERDA, [sub]Rio Journalist[/sub] | They tried again . . . these men better be ready for whatever happens.[/list]
| One night these men tried again. Lacerda, after finishing a speech at a rally in his campaign for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, was taken home along with his 15-year-old son Sérgio by Air Force Major RUBENS VAZ². In front of his apartment, Lacerda and the major were talking. Lacerda saw two men on the other side of the street, quickly said goodbye to the major, and walked to the door. Before Lacerda entered the building, one of the men ran toward them, hid behind a car, and began firing a .45 pistol. The first two bullets hit the major. The third hit Lacerdas foot. He pushed his son into the buildings garage, with Lacerda behind a wall, and fired back with his own .38 pistol. The attacker fired the last shots from his weapon and fled. Major Vaz passed away. Lacerda, with his foot bandaged, asked for paper and a pencil and wrote an editorial: |
[list][pre]Rubens Vaz, was a hero . . . father of four, passed away. My son was also at risk, it will also be a risk for all Brazilians if we continue to live under a corrupt government. Anyone who is against corruption ends up being a victim of violence . . . When I remember what happened . . . I can only think about that and nothing else. But I hold only one man responsible for this crime. He protects thieves, whose impunity gives them the opportunity for acts like this. That man is the President of the Republic GETÚLIO VARGAS . . . Rubens Vaz acted . . . against those men who are part of the Vargas government . . .[/pre][/list]
| Few of Lacerdas colleagues cared or dared to go that far, but the entire capital was shocked. Another Rio newspaper, Ultima Hora, declared that this crime has no justification. Major Vazs colleagues said that if this is not resolved, we will, and began their own investigation into the crime committed. A taxi driver who was transporting one of the killers as a passenger was arrested, but the attackers have yet to be identified. Lacerda knew where these men came from: |
[list]| CARLOS LACERDA, [sub]Rio Journalist[/sub] | I cannot as a journalist make that accusation, but as a victim, I can. Im sure these men were part of GETÚLIO VARGAS³ bodyguard.[/list]
| When this reached the Presidents ears, Getúlio was standing in the middle of the Ministerial Room smoking a cigar beside him was his daughter Alzira, 40, one of the palace officials entered the room and told what happened and then Vargas said: |
[list]| GETÚLIO VARGAS, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | I considered Carlos Lacerda my greatest enemy. No one other than Lacerda wanted to harm my government so badly. Now I consider him my enemy number 2 because enemy number 1 is the man who shot him.[/list]
| As new leads emerged, they pointed directly to the Catete Palace. First, the taxi driver identified a former Vargas bodyguard, but he fled the palace before the police could arrest him. Then, Air Force officers, who were carrying out their own investigation, arrested another man and said that he would have done the deed on the orders of LUTHERO VARGAS⁴, the Presidents son. True or not, these revelations threatened to topple Getúlio Vargas from power. The opposition demanded Vargas resignation. A crowd of 2,000 people invaded Avenida Rio Branco, shouting: DOWN WITH VARGAS, tore down Lutheros campaign posters, and set fire to a car with pro-Vargas slogans. Faced with these clues that pointed to the palace, President Vargas dissolved his personal guard and replaced the Rio de Janeiro police chief. Luthero went to Air Force investigators for questioning: |
[list]| LUTHERO VARGAS, [sub]Vargas Son[/sub] | I swear before God and Brazil that I did not participate in this crime.[/list]
| There were even rumors of a military coup. Generals and admirals met in emergency conferences, and some officers felt it was time to depose the President. But they needed the support of the army, and for that, they needed to convince the head of the army, War Minister General EUCLYDE ZENOBIO DA COSTA⁵. The War Minister denied this: |
[list]| EUCLYDE ZENOBIO DA COSTA, [sub]Brazilian War Minister[/sub] | The Army must guarantee Brazils constitutional freedoms and democratically elected government.[/list]
| After finishing the words of the Minister of War, President Vargas would add a few words whose objective is to make it clear that he was a President elected by the people and would end his term as he should have. |
[list]| GETÚLIO VARGAS, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | I was democratically elected by the Brazilian people and I will serve until the last day of my mandate.[/list]
| Although the palace still had many questions to answer, President Vargas appeared to have weathered yet another storm. But things were uncertain, the President must always be on the alert, and there are enemies who want him out. Politics is a dangerous game that must be played with extreme caution. |
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[sub]¹ 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]
[sub]³ MAJOR RUBENS VAZ, was a Brazilian Air Force major.[/sub]
[sub]³ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
[sub]⁴ LUTHERO VARGAS, was the oldest son of former President Getúlio Vargas.[/sub]
[sub]⁵ EUCLYDE ZENOBIO DA COSTA, Minister of War (1954-1954) under the Vargas government.[/sub]
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Foreign Observer: The Death of the Technocrats
August 1954
While Prime Minister Vicente has done his best to present a positive face outwards, he is still willing to use the tactics of his predecessor to remove opposition. All those who were deemed members of the so-called technocrat faction have slowly been retired, purged, or integrated into the new system.
Those retired were generally those who were unwilling to integrate into the system or deemed unable to be integrated. They were; however, unlikely to pose a threat due to age, personality, corruption, or other traits the government deemed useable. These men were merely blackmailed, and told to resign. If they did, then they would retire with full honors and continue to be allowed to collect state pensions. This happened to a vast majority of those removed, as most were unwilling to die or face imprisonment for their beliefs.
The next were those integrated into the new system. They either had beliefs that neatly fit into one of the three allowed political currents, or they had proved themselves willing to reform their beliefs and change. This happened especially among more politically savvy technocrats, who were mostly wishing to increase their own power, regardless of who was in control.
The last were those who were to be purged. These were members who continually showed active opposition to the new system, were unwilling to retire, or were too popular to be submitted. These were usually young idealists, or intellectuals who were unwilling to bend to the demands of the new government. These dissenters were rounded up by the newly created Ministério da Segurança do Estado Novo which was led and operated by Minister Victor Ismael Alvim. On his orders the houses, and offices of those who were to be purged were raided. Their belongings rummaged through, and often evidence of criminal activity was planted among the evidence. With this justification around 7,500 politicians, civil servants, and theorists have been arrested since the removal of Salazar in June. These men and women have been imprisoned in Peniche Fortress, ironically the same place Salazar under their influence had sent National Syndicalists, Communists, and other political prisoners. Already the government has begun hanging out sentencing from the death penalty, life imprisonment, and 20 years in prison being the three choices.
Due to the thousands having been imprisoned, the government has had to find new areas to house these prisoners. In Cape Verde, the Tarrafal concentration camps have been expanded into a series of 5 camps on Cape Verde to accommodate 7,000 prisoners.
Notably Antonio Salazar has been unseen in public since is removal by the MSEN speculation has run wild within the population with some saying he may be dead. The government has steadfastly denied these claims instead saying Salazar is in custody until it can be ascertained the extent of his crimes including purges, repressive violence, and dictatorial policies. Of course it is likely the government is merely holding Salazar until they can decide if he is too dangerous to be alive or not. Salazars long term fate is unknown, as while he could be an important figure among technocrats, and society as a whole, he is also sickly and had become increasingly withdrawn over the previous years.
Largely, as with the government reforms society as a whole has largely been passive. The mood around cities like Lisbon has been one of subdued quiet as people watch to see what will happen next. While some cheer the removal of corrupt officials, many more lament the loss of technocrats who were attempting to bring the Estado Novo into the post world war 2 world, while the new government is seemingly attempting to run backwards. A common saying has begun to spread throughout Lisbon society, Moving forwards, while facing backwards the entire time.
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PREPARING FOR THE INEVITABLE - MOLDING A SUCCESSOR
August 5th 1954
For quite some time comrade Marshal Tito had been pondering the era that would inevitably follow his death, and how without a proper successor his achievements may be thrown to the wayside by a cabal of power hungry and corrupt individuals. Who however could take up such a position, and more importantly who could be trustworthy enough to stay the course? The answer as far as Tito himself was concerned was his grandson Josip Broz, commonly referred to as Joka Broz to more easily differentiate him from the marshal. Being only seven years old at the current time the Marshal had struck at just the right time, as he planned to take on the boy as a sort of pupil until his eventual death. It was decided that upon reaching twelve years of age tito would officially become his mentor, molding his ideals and mindset throughout his important teenage years and beyond.
Many of Tito's former comrades and friends from the days of the guerilla war against the fascist regime had been trying to slime their way into having more influence but the stoic marshal was having none of this, to him proven candidates came top of the list. Now however there was a clear hierarchy of succession, after all no simple man alone could follow Tito, they would need to share the same energy and spirit as he did, as well as a lack of preference for any one of the nations Republics. For young Joka the change would not be paralytic either, Tito had always virtually paraded his grandchildren around to the public in order to spend as much time as possible with them, being an avid family man.
Whether or not this strict mentoring will benefit the boy in the long term however will have to remain to be seen, as stifling his childhood may in fact have unintended side effects or even push him further away from his grandfather. For the moment however nobody would dare to suggest that such an idea would not work, after all it was Tito himself who came up with it.
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| WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST |
[sub]19th of August, 1954[/sub]
| The second historic Worldvision Song Contest has happened in Kyoto, Japan! Glamour, Japanese welcome and the political event that nearly ruined the whole event! Celebrities, and musicians from all across the world have made their way to Kyoto to celebrate a moment of unity and harmony. The Concert Hall in Kyoto offered thousands to watch the event live, whilst elaborate radio and television transmissions allowed many around the world to catch in onto the live event. The success of previous contest being shown around the world in cinemas, has pushed this year event to record the event as well. The beautiful night came to an end with the results being revealed from the international jury, revealing the final score and the winner of this year worldvision. |
[list][ OFFICIAL RESULTS OF WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST 1954
1st Place - FRANCE with 223 Points!
2nd Place - SLOVENIA with 221 Points!
3rd Place - UNITED KINGDOM with 176 Points!
4th Place - SOVIET UNION with 168 Points!
5th Place - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with 166 Points!
6th Place - ZAIRE with 151 Points!
7th Place - YUGOSLAVIA with 140 Points!
8th Place - NORTHERN EPIRUS with 138 Points!
9th Place - WEST GERMANY with 113 Points!
10th Place - SOUTH AFRICA with 101 Points!
11th Place - MEXICO with 99 Points!
12th Place - POLAND with 98 Points!
13th Place - JAPAN with 89 Points!
14th Place - CZECHOSLOVAKIA with 79 Points!
15th Place - SPAIN with 76 Points!
16th Place - ITALY with 73 Points!
17th Place - EGYPT with 64 Points!
18th Place - SUDAN with 61 Points!
19th Place - EAST GERMANY with 60 Points!
20th Place - KOREA with 55 Points!
21st Place - ROMANIA with 47 Points!
22nd Place - BRAZIL with 39 Points!
23rd Place - MALAYSIA with 32 Points!
24th Place - INDIA with 25 Points![/list]
| The winner of the second Worldvision Song Contest is EDITH PIAF from FRANCE. Mrs Piaf took the stage once more that night to collect the Golden Microphone and say a few words on the stage, and in her heartfelt speech Mrs Piaf had called upon the strength of music, claiming that music knows not of politics and barriers. The Worldvision Song Committee will reach out after the contest to the French government about organizing the contest next year in France.
However, despite the beautiful words of Mrs Piaf, it seems that music does know about politics. During the performance of the Slovenian singer, Dijana Moravec, two men ran upon the stage holding a map of Europe where Slovenia is split between Italy and Yugoslavia, a situation that was aired live. Ms Moravec was offered the opportunity to perform again, and she did so at the end of the contest before the jury sent their votes in. The two men had been detained by the Japanese police, but their identity is yet unknown. However, a big distaste had been left and Ms Moravec refused to attend the after party, accusing the Yugoslavian Worldvision Committee of planting and sending the men. Security was also very tight around the American and Soviet representatives, Sudanese representative refused to sit anywhere near the Ethiopian committee. However, despite the brewing political tensions, the contest yet again has proven to be a success that at least on the surface allows the people to forget about political squabbles. |
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[list]AUGUST 1954
[sub]CAPE TOWN-KAAPSTAD UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]|CHANGING LANDSCAPE AHEAD OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS[/pre][/list][/list]
[LIST][LIST][pre]|VERANDERENDE LANDSKAP VOOR SPESIALE VERKIESINGS [/pre][/list][/list]
[B]|[/B] As South Africa gears for its first election since the dissolution of the United Tribes, a monumental shift in the political landscape would occur. Set for October, the Special Elections are set to be a defining moment in South African electoral history. Both parties and independents alike seek to gain office with transformative and revolutionary policy positions in an era of immense change and uncertainty. The public, exhausted of the same unsuccessful rhetoric and policy, look to these transformative policy positions and monumental shifts with great interest and ultimately to decide who should lead the country for the next half-decade.
Once thought to be a major player in the South African political sphere, the United Party has run into considerable challenges. The lack of a solid position on many of the pressing issues facing South Africa has pushed away potential voters, while also causing several of its seated MPs in the National Assembly alongside other party members to defect and establish the National Democratic Alliance. The NDA, with solid positions on republicanism, race relations, reigniting the economy and South African Reunification have captured a large portion of the UPs base, and has been an attractive alternative to many across racial and socioeconomic lines. To capitalise on its growing momentum, party leaders such as Bast van Den Heever have held routine meetings with his counterpart in the Social Democratic Party to form an electoral coalition to strengthen chances of winning the election.
In Similar fashion to the United Party, the African National Congress (ANC), whom in the coalition government formed the largest single party has also fallen on hard times given the temporary split of the state. Having found the majority of its base in the east of South Africa, the ANC now stands virtually decapitated in its ability to win the election. Although optimism still runs high, the party is silently set on becoming the official opposition and offering solidly credible policy solutions to what it deems societal and economic policy proposals from the NDA, UP and WP. The ANC does however find new competition among its existing base from the Union Democratic Movement founded by former ANC member Xolani Mxenge and National Party member Hans Hertzog. The UDM, promising expansion of social services, nationalism of industries and full incorporation of Southwest Africa has won its popularity amongst the further left of the ANC bloc. Although posing a credible threat to the ANC, it remains to be seen if the newly formed party can mount a credible campaign and truly win over voters.
Despite the changes to the political landscape, there is political consensus on two issues related to South Africa. All parties contesting the election to the National Assembly, except for the United Party, are in support of a referendum on the status of South Africa. Furthermore, all parties including the United Party, are in support of the reunification of the state. Beyond these two relatively key issues, there remains overlap in party platforms however the competition remains tough and the election bitter. Voters however, excited by the refresh of attitude and policy are electrified and in two months time will provide a definitive answer to the question of the Special Election. |
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[list]AUGUST 1954
[sub]CAPE TOWN-KAAPSTAD UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]|WORLD RUGBY: A NEW CHAMPIONSHIP[/pre][/list][/list]
[LIST][LIST][pre]|WÊRELD RUGBY: 'N NUWE KAMPIOENSKAP [/pre][/list][/list]
[B]|[/B] Rugby Union, brought to South Africa by migrants from the British Isles has become the premier sport in the Union of South Africa. The game, in its years since introduction, has become a defining characteristic of what it means to be South African and has been a tool of the state to bridge the socioeconomic and racial gaps found in the country. South Africas premier division draws consistent crowds and has galvanised and revolutionised the state of play. The Springboks, the countrys national team, is subject to many global invitations of play and has proved to be able to stand toe-to-toe with giants of the Five Nations, and those in Oceania. South Africa, recognising the nations love for the game and the top-down development of the premier division, now seeks to establish a consistent global contest of nations not only to better exchange and play, but also strengthen the nations soft power reach.
In its bid to establish a consistent global contest similar to the Olympiad or World Cup, South African Rugby Board has invited the participating nations of the Five Nations Championship namely England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as Australia, New Zealand, Italy and La Plata to participate in the World Invitational Championship. The Championship to be hosted in South Africa will commence in a year's time and every fourth year afterwards. Although managing the first rendition of the Championship, SA Rugby Board has sought the cooperation and participation of the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and all participating national boards to further the cause of establishing a consistent international competition of nations. Nonetheless, SA Rugby Board with the support of the Ministry of Sport and Culture has stated the Championship if successful will see continued renditions of the tournament despite the participation of the IRFB in order to build a true international competition of competing nations. |
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THE BARUKAN JOURNAL
AUGUST 1954 | Railway, Airport, a truck manufacturer and tackling the homeless problem
| Matev's office has announced a project construct a railway that will connect Kompong Som to Poipet and all cities/town along the way. |
| The ministry of transportation has announced a project to construct an airport at Siem Reap. |
| Khmer Heavy Vehicles, a brand new company, has announced that it's putting in production three vehicles. A cargo truck, a bus and a self-propelled multiple rocket launch system. We are told that the third was designed in a bid to secure a contract with the military. |
| The ministry of labor and social policy has announced a new program to tackle homelessness, mainly, that the homeless who apply to work on government projects will be provided with a house or an apartment along with a monthly wage. |
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1834901
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[sub]GUNS IN AQABA AUGUST 1954
| Qasim ponders his next steps while the Hashemite Federation settles a contract for British arms. |[/sub]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1834891
[sub]Hashemite Armed Forces: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GoSxP6ZcySPW2YGLtH5Gbn8R3W8Lzs-0oIZe22Q-Kto/edit?usp=sharing
Troop Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=15-3M72mf8v4I1nfWkz_ljOPEi1FW_1I&usp=sharing[/sub]
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[list][list][sub]August, 1954[/sub]
[sub]Turkey Renounce the Treaty of Diyarbakir[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]Renewal of Turkish-Kurdish hostilities?[/sub]
[list][list][sub]How happy is the one who says I am a Turk! - National Motto[/sub][/list][/list]
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Grand National Assembly
[sub]Ankara, Republic of Turkey Afternoon[/sub]
[list][sub]The Treaty of Diyarbakir since it's inception has not only been a national embarrassment but a disgrace to the honor of all Turks. Force to secede rightful Turkish land to the Soviet Union and recognize a widely viewed, illegitimate Kurdish state carved out of Turkish land. Resulted in a build-up of a decade of hatred and resentment from the people to the political elite of Turkish society. Now the anger driving the people them cannot be ignored.[/sub][/list]
| In the halls of the Grand National Assembly, every elected member and influential leader gathered, as a pivotal vote takes place that will decide the status of the hated Diyarbakir treaty, and likely the future relationship between Turkey and Kurdistan. As everyone took to their seats and the building waited in silence, the speaker took his stand on the podium. |
[list]| [sub]Tekinay Sirin, Speaker[/sub] | Gentlemen and ladies of parliament, today we gather with one bill of discussion; beginning with [The Diyarbakir Act], the sponsor of the bill may speak now.[/list]
| As the speaker gave the floor to the bill's sponsor, Mr. Cumali stood up with the entire parliament staring at him. If all goes well, he'll be marked within the history books and score a big achievement that no other Turkish politician will be able to easily match. |
[list]| [sub]Murat Cumali, member of parliament[/sub] | Thank you, speaker Sirin. To my fellow members of this esteem assembly, we've all taken an oath of allegiance to our motherland and fulfill the will of the people. But can we honestly say with pride we're fulfilling our obligation of service when a part of our country is occupied by radical socialists and thousands of our people live under an oppressive dictatorship? No! I say, and I say it again NO! So long as an inch of our land is occupied and a single Turk is oppressed, we have not fulfill our obligation of service to our motherland. Now I ask you all, as a fellow Turk, will you standby and allow the continued existence of an illegal treaty imposed on us by force, or will you stand up and say no to those who stand in the way of Turkish unity? If you believe in the allegiance we all took, then you will vote today with pride knowing you are taking the first step to liberating our countrymen.[/list]
| Starting with a single clap from a single member gathered, quickly grew into thunderous applause from the entire assembly as hundreds stood up in solidarity with Cumali. Taking advantage of the moment, Cumali began to sing the national anthem through his speaker resulting in the assembly stopping its applause and joining Cumali in a barely coherent but prideful singalong with him. Eventually, as everyone settled down and took their seats again, the speaker took charge again. |
[list]| [sub]Tekinay Sirin, Speaker[/sub] | If someone has something to add please speak...... Seeing that no one has anything to add, all members of parliament say 'aye or nay' when your name is called.[/list]
| After nearly two hours of calling each member's name and counting their votes, the speaker is finally able to announce the result. |
[list]| [sub]Tekinay Sirin, Speaker[/sub] | With [480] ayes and [7] nays The Diyarbakir Act passes with a overwhelming majority.[/list]
| With the announcement of the bill's passing, the entire assembly erupted into a frenzy of cheers of celebration. With speaker Sirin known for his stoicism, giving a faint smile as he enjoyed the moment like his peers before steeping down. It's still his duty to hand over the results to the Prime Minister for him to announce to the public and publish it within the Official Gazette. |
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Public Declaration
[sub]Prime Minister Announcement Adnan Menderes[/sub]
[list][sub]With the passing of the Diyarbakir Act that renounces the treaty of Diyarbakir as illegal and no longer holding any legal bearing in the Republic, it's Prime Minister Menderes responsibility to announce this to the country.[/sub][/list]
| In front of the Grand National Assembly, with multiple members of parliament on one side and the president on the other, prime minister Menderes faces a large crowd made-up of city residents and news reporters. |
[list]| [sub]Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister[/sub] | To my fellow countrymen and countrywomen, our beloved republic has endured much through the years. Gently guiding our way between peace and all-out war during the second world war, facing a devastating civil war and the partition of rightful Turkish land, to a devastated economy. But with each hardship we've endured, we've only grown stronger, and so has our republic, and it's time that we put an end to the shames of the past and right what was wronged. Today I announce with pride, that we have made the first step to righting the wrongs of the past! As of today, the Republic of Turkey renounces the Treaty of Diyarbakir and we refuse to acknowledge the cession of Turkish land to Kurdistan an view it as nothing more than an illegal occupation of Turkish territory![/list]
| With the Prime Minister's announcement of the Diyarbakir Act, news spread all across the country like wildfire. With tens of thousands across the country celebrating the historic news, with the capital in particular flooded with thousands of cheery civilians, waving the Turkish flag and singing the national anthem. While this news was being celebrated across the nation, sparking a sense of national pride. The cracks of an unpopular government were beginning to show, and it would only be a matter of time before they became visible. |
[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]
THE SLOVENIAN COUNTER-OFFER: THE PEACE OF THE KOLPA RIVER PROPOSED TO YUGOSLAVIA
[list][sup]STEP AFTER STEP, WORD AFTER WORD
AUGUST 1954[/sup][/list]
The Liberal-SLS coalition government elected in the summer of 1954 brought comprehensive administrative restructuring to Slovenia. Among the most impactful changes, however, was not the product of any partisan entanglements at all; acclaimed Foreign Minister Leonid Pitamic, who had a career stretching from Versailles to the present, would be retiring. Applauded for his steady hand in securing Slovene independence and calmly refuting Yugoslavian claims, Pitamic was hailed as the father of Slovenian diplomacy and a respected member of SAZU¹his retirement culminated in a speech to the National Assembly that was met with a ten-minute standing ovation. His replacement was 39-year-old Anton Vratua, a doctor of Slavistics and graduate of the University of Ljubljana. Though an academic at heart and deeply rational, Vratua had long been attracted to the idea of a peaceful Slovenian annexation of Zagreb and its environs, feeling that the northern Croats were, in truth, genuine Slovenes named Croats for political purposes in the nineteenth century. His support of the idea was sterile and scholarly, rooted in his Slavistics training; it was thus comparatively tame in the realm of Slovene irredentism, but his ascension to the post of Foreign Minister still marked a new escalation in Slovenian territorial philosophy. His response to Yugoslavian proposals of a Zagreb peace plan (https://i.imgur.com/75rsbqP.png) that would see Yugoslavia annex Reka (Croatian Rijeka) and the region of Medimurje (Croatian Međimurje) was thus a counter-offer methodically outlining his beliefs.
Vratua officially put forth the Peace of the Kolpa River in August 1954; it would see Zagreb and a series of other surrounding territories in which reside Kajkaviansso-called Croats who speak a dialect mutually intelligible with Prekmurje Sloveneincorporated into the Slovene Republic, using the Kolpa River as an approximate boundary line. Slovenia itself would forfeit no land. In exchange, the Slovenian government would extend full recognition to Yugoslavia (Ranponian) and permit the mutual establishment of diplomatic missions in Belgrade and Ljubljana. I do not expect Marshal Tito to be so kind-hearted or well-intentioned to the Slovene people that he would permit its entire unification; however, he has now been afforded the chance, Minister Vratua offered in an August letter to magazine Dom in svet, which also featured in August a political cartoon of a young boy in a tank flying the Yugoslavian flag. The proposal was the first time the Slovenian government had officially acknowledged the irredentist claims of nationalist author Dr. Dragan anda, a fact which Vratua touched upon; the truth of Greater Slovenia is one which is so self-evident that it has nearly become a platitude: they who live in Zagreb are Slovenes. There is little more to discuss. Upon the cession of Zagreb and surrounding regions to Slovenia, Vratua reaffirmed that Slovenia would extend recognition to Yugoslavia. Until thenso long as the nation remained sunderedthere could be no treating with Slovenias neighbor.
[list][sup]¹ The Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, or Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts: a national academy and assembly of respected members of artistic and scientific fields in Slovenia.[/sup]
Paramountica, Arcanda, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li
Equatorial Foreign Observer: Whispers of Rebellion, Foreign Executives Evacuating
August 1954
Today, an attack was carried out on the under construction railways leaving Stanleyville. Small transport trains usually would reach the under construction terminals, and drop off supplies that would construct rail lines further inland. An important shipment that not only carried supplies, but weapons to resupply mercenaries and overseers were attacked. This shipment was intercepted by paying bribes to disgruntled workers, and foremen who leaked the shipments manifesto and timetable. This attack has slowed all construction on the Stanleyville line, and many German overseers have already begun to depart, further slowing construction to a near complete halt.
In armories near Stanleyville, Beni, and Coquilhatville all experienced attempted raids by so-called rebel forces. While Stanleyville, and Coquilhatville were both easily repulsed, Beni was raided. The doors of the armory were blown open, and the garrisons murdered. Despite only a minor success, these raids are notable from other attacks by angry tribes, or rebels due to their extensive planning taking place almost simultaneously. This has deeply troubled many, and sent panic throughout Equatorial high society, that the feared rebellion is on the horizon.
Across Equatoria, thousands of white businessmen, administrators, and upper class men have begun to leave Stanleyville in droves. They have cited the increasing instability, interference with work by rebels, and the recent raids. As they have left, they have taken their personal fortunes, and political backing for President Kasa Vubu with them. This has seen the exponential rise in power by Prime Minister Joseph-Désiré Mobutu who has been staffing the cabinet, advisory boards, and administration with people from tribes loyal to him. This has allowed Mobutu to increasingly grow more openly unhinged, expressing a belief in his own superiority, and his desire to return Equatoria to its African roots. While before he could be capped and checked by Kasa Vubu, now as the President has grown increasingly weakened, it has allowed the eccentricities of his personality to bleed through.
Notably, Mobutu has begun to parrot some of the rhetoric of Lumumba, and the Patriceans, albeit in a significantly reduced down form. Already, Mobutu has decried those leaving as European Parasites and has seized many of their now defunct factories turning them over to his personal allies. Noticeably many of these allies are also European, or Africans that worked for European businesses. So while Prime Minister Mobutu is pretending to be Lumumba, the average Equatorial citizen are still largely against him seeing through his propagandistic claims, as their lives have actually begun to deteriorate.
This does not; however, mean President Kasa-Vubu is finished. He has used his last favors, and much of his control over the nations finances, to purchase the help of foreign mercenaries, especially Benelux, and Anglo mercenaries. While he may be losing his power, a small professional core of soldiers will ensure he is at least able to keep some breathing room in the chaos. While Kasa-Vubu nominally remains allied to Mobutu he knows even if Lumumba is defeated, he may soon have to turn his mercenaries onto a new task: assassinate Joseph Désiré-Mobutu.
Lumumba who recently returned from negotiations with Sudan, has brought with him Soviet firearms and explosives, traveling though Sudan. These weapons have allowed the rebels to begin arming and preparing for a final war against imperialism. In the jungles, small villages, and even in the important clan nobility the rebellion is slowly growing, and gaining speed.
In cities Mobutu and his supporters prepare, and Kasa-Vubu calls in foreign mercenaries. In the country side and jungles, the Patriceans swell in strength and power.
Africas Heart is Beginning to Beat Once More
Arcanda, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, New Rizzland
P O L S K A R Z E C Z Y P O S P O L I T E L U D O W A------------ T H E P E O P L E ' S R E P U B L I C O F P O L A N D
THE GREAT POLISH LEAP
THE 10 YEAR PLAN
The Polish Prime Minister Bolesław Bierut has introduced a 10 year plan for Poland. The plan was split into 5 two-year phases. The phases are:
1.Connectivity and Transportation around the Republic
2.Industrial and Manufacturing Development
3.Economic Growth
4.Farming, Agricultural and Rural Devolopment
5.Political and Diplomatic Stability
This will improve the situation and improve the conditions of not only the nation, but also the people and their lives. The Prime Minister said, "This plan will help the nation and its people break away the chains of poverty and unemployment and bring our great Poland to a new golden age of prosperity and turn Polska into a shining beacon and role model of the Eastern European states.". The main cities that the plan will focus on will be:
1.Zakopane
2.Warsaw
3.Gdansk
4.Bialystok
5.Gdynia
6.Szczecin
7.Lodz
8.Katowice
9.Lublin
10.Poznan
THE LEGNICA MINE
The Mayor of the town of Legnica has proposed the construction of 5 factories in the town. These factories are mostly for copper and silver as it has one of the biggest mines in the whole of Poland and is a hub for mining and collecting natural resources. The mayor said that it will improve the economy of not only the town, but the Voivodship of Legnica and Poland as a whole. It will also develop the town and increase the population as workers and their families will come to work and live in the town. It will turn the town into a industrial and mining hub of the entire region.
LONG LIVE POLAND!------------NIECH ŻYJE POLSKA!
Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Osivoii, Pontianus, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Kewtpuff, Hatzburg, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
[list][list]August 1954
[sub] The Syrian Armed Forces ! [/sub][/list]
DAMASCUS, (Bescania) EVENING
| The Syrian army has made significant military advancements by purchasing top-of-the-line weaponry from the Soviet Union. The acquisition of 150 T-55 medium tanks and 100 T-34 tanks has revolutionised the army's ground offensive capabilities. With the T-55s being some of the most advanced tanks in the world, equipped with state-of-the-art armor and firepower, the Syrian army is now better equipped to take on any ground threat. This is particularly poignant with the increased tensions in the reason following the actions of the Hashemite Kingdom and Turkey in relation to Kurdistan. The weapons purchased form the Soviet Union will be aimed to be fully delivered within a year and a half, with small arms being the easiest delivery. |
| But the Syrian army's modernisation is not limited to just ground forces. The government has also procured 20 of the MiG-17 fighter, providing the Syrian Air Force with air superiority. This cutting-edge aircraft will allow the Syrian air force to swiftly and effectively respond to any aerial threats. In addition to the purchases made on land and air, the Syrian army has also acquired the RPD machine gun, Makarov pistol, AK-47 assault rifle, and the AZP S-60 anti-aircraft gun. These weapons will further enhance the Syrian army's firepower, allowing them to respond to a wide range of threats with agility and precision. The RPD, AK-47 and Makarov Pistol will become standard issue small arms within the Syrian army. |
| Along with the procurement of advanced weaponry, the Syrian army has also made significant investments in increasing training and manpower. With new equipment comes the need for soldiers to be trained on how to effectively use and maintain them. The Syrian army is to undergo a comprehensive training program to ensure that their soldiers are up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques. This includes not just technical training but also physical fitness and drills to improve their overall combat readiness. |
| This training will be overseen by Egyptian advisors, who are seasoned warriors with decades of experience. They will be dispatched to Syria to provide comprehensive training after talks between the Nasser and Aflaq governments. Egyptian advisors will share some of their tactics, honed in the heat of battle, and impart their knowledge of advanced infantry techniques. |
| The Syrian army has also begun the process of increasing its manpower, recruiting and training more soldiers to join the ranks. This will allow the Syrian Armed Forces to better handle multiple fronts and respond to threats more effectively. The increased size of the army has also gave them a larger pool of talent and expertise to draw upon, leading to a more efficient and capable force. The existing capable active armed personnel force of 50,000 Syrians will be gradually expanded to 75,000 active soldiers. |
[sub]Weapons Purchased From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:
150x T-55 Medium Tanks
100x T-34 Tanks
20x MiG-17 Fighter
(To become standard issue) RPD Machine Gun
(To become standard issue) Makarov Pistol
(To become standard issue) AK-47 Assault Rifle
200x AZP S-60 Anti Air [/sub]
[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Kotakuan Ii, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Northern-Epirus, Barukan
[list][list][sub]𝚅𝙸𝙸.1954[/sub]
[sub]IL RE NEL MEZZOGIORNO[/sub]
THE KING IN THE MEZZOGIORNO[/list]
[list][list][pre]In a rare public appearance,
King Umberto II visits Monarchist Naples.
He meets its millionaire mayor and dines with a loyal ally.[/pre][/list][/list]
NAPOLI, CAMPANIA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub]Via Roma[/sub]
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub][/list]
[list]| Along Naples' main avenue, the creased faces of some older parishioners, the women white-haired and covered with a thin black veil, contrasted sharply with the sun-kissed faces of the young men, their hair slicked back and dressed in impeccable Sunday clothes for the occasion; nearly all had brought their families, often comprising five or six children. As the King's motorcade passed, shouts rang out from the crowd that had welled along the avenue: "EVIVVA IL RE! EVIVVA LA CASA SAVOIA!". Citizens belonging to religious organizations, the largest being Azione Cattolica, held up portraits of the Royal Family and bore large crosses. |
| In his motorcade, King Umberto II waved. It had been a calm eight years as a monarch, as he avoided exposure, well aware that he was reviled in much of the country's northern half. This fact remained a thorn in his side, as he privately lamented his failure to achieve unity. Under his smile, he'd ask his close aide and confidante, who was sitting between him and his wife, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Queen Marie-José. |
[list][sup]| His Majesty, KING UMBERTO II: |[/sup] "This is well...But do you think, Alberto, do you think I'd be received this well in Turin? They'd throw tomatoes at me. In my own city."[/list]
[list][sup]| Alberto: |[/sup] "The people respect you, Your Majesty. Red agitators have excited them. But if you allow me, there could have been some way to bring them to heel."[/list]
[list][sup]| His Majesty, KING UMBERTO II: |[/sup] "Those are my subjects you are talking about. The matter is not of submission, but consent and unity. Good Lord, we live in civilized times now, Alberto."[/list]
| The King often chided his suite of advisors and aides Even his own family, sometimes when they made such remarks. An erudite and sophisticated man, he had conversed with Palmiro Togliatti in the aftermath of the Fascist regime and had found in the man a serious and committed foe, but one that could bear contradiction. He felt, in this way, much closer to centrists and some DC leaders who were more conciliatory with the other side, like Alcide De Gasperi, Luigi Einaudi, the current Premier, or Giorgio La Pira, mayor of Florence, than to staunchly conservative or even reactionary Monarchists. Accepting this small escapade to a Monarchist city such as Naples was to King Umberto a cowardly act, but he remained constrained in what he could say and do. |
| In the South of Italy, not much had changed since the War. The lack of destruction meant less reconstruction funds. Old ways were still very much alive; agriculture remained family-based and traditional; what few factories there were had been priced out by the more efficient northern ones; the small shipbuilding industry entirely outrun by Genoa's and those of Greece [sup][nation=short]Adriatican Islands[/nation][/sup] and Slovenia [sup][nation=short]Amsterwald[/nation][/sup], and could not use the loss of Trieste to grab a potentially warm place in the sun. Unemployment was therefore rampant, and prompted many to seek better fortunes in the factories of the North or in foreign lands. Its religious population was almost entirely acquired to the cause of the King and fiercely anti-communist, but its living standards were well below that of the Red North. As the King passed, the crowd would remain joyful. Traditional dances would take place until the evening, and the cafes, restaurants and hotels would have a fat night as many Neapolitans and other admirers of the King Some had made the voyage from Sicily, mostly wealthy families would dine by the bay and below the brooding Vesuvius, under the glitter of the stars. |
[sub]At the Achille Lauro Estate[/sub]
[list][sup]| Achille Lauro, Mayor of Naples: |[/sup] "Baron, the Communists in the North have it all The agriculture, the factories, the roads and the harbors. Our Mezzogiorno here has good people, but they're destitute, and have nothing of this sort. If the worst happens..."[/list]
| Achille Lauro, the Mayor of Naples, had found the right words to tell the truth to Baron Amedeo Guillet, and obliquely, to the King he highly admired, who presided over the dinner in Achille's estate. The feelings were not mutual as Umberto looked onto the small, white-haired, slightly rotund mayor, who also happened to be his city's main industry A one-man industry. A millionaire, leader of a flotilla of passenger and merchant vessels that grew prosperous under Fascist rule, Lauro owned everything in Naples, from the football team to the local newspaper. A populist and a demagogue, he was an ardent and flamboyant supporter of the Monarchy, but embodied everything about this impoverished yet garish, pious yet corrupt Mezzogiorno that the King lamented. Unfortunately for him, Lauro was his host, and between two bites of fried amberjack, he was forced to converse with him. |
[list][sup]| Baron Amedeo Guillet: |[/sup] "They own the factories, we have the Army, signore sindaco. Of course, it should never come to that. They are aware any disturbances would mortally divide our country, and nobody will dare or want to break national unity. His Majesty is well aware of that, and there is no cause for alarm."[/list]
| This opinion came from Baron Amedeo Guillet, who had been invited by the King as a guest of honor. A cultured nobleman, sporting a thick moustache, one could see an intelligent and clever look behind his deep, dark eyes. Nicknamed the "Devil Commander" after leading a very effective guerrilla war in Ethiopia before the surrender, and having been commanded for his gallantry toward the local population, Guillet had always been a ferocious opponent of Fascists, and now Communists. His loyalty to the King was strong, and reminded his Monarch of the knightly honor of old. This was an ally, perhaps a friend even, he was keen to keep by his side. |
[list][sup]| His Majesty, KING UMBERTO II: |[/sup] "You are right, Barone. We should not even begin to think about it. This is why you should not expect me again here very soon, Mr. Mayor. The people want a King, but I am in no place to parade as a victor. National unity is paramount, and if it is to remain, we should all tread very lightly around such matters."[/list]
| The King sipped some wine, adrift in his thoughts, as the conversation continued. On his mind was the subject of his father. Vittorio Emanuele III, who had died some time after the referendum, was reviled in much of the country for having permitted the Fascists' ascent. Upon his death, he was buried in the family crypt on the hill of Superga, to avoid what would have been a controversial and messy burial in Rome. That had remained an issue for Umberto who, despite all his conciliatory and progressive leanings, still wished to see his father Overbearing and tyrannical during his youth, but who reigned for 46 years entombed in the capital, where his place ought to be. He had long delayed the decision, and with each passing year, he came close to taking it. |
[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Commonwealth of Liberty
[/sub]EVVIVA L'ITALIA!
]
[nation]AbaBemba[/nation]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Alzarikstan[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Anglo Channel[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Bayern Kahla[/nation]
[nation]Bescania[/nation]
[nation]Brazil Toucan[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Central Arstotzka[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]East Germany DDR[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Greater Kurdistane[/nation]
[nation]Hashemite Kingdoms[/nation]
[nation]Hatzburg[/nation]
[nation]Honghai[/nation]
[nation]Israelli[/nation]
[nation]Kewtpuff[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]La Granadinas[/nation]
[nation]Ma-li[/nation]
[nation]Maziya[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Moroavia[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nippon-Nihon[/nation]
[nation]Nonador[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Paseo[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Provenancia[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Reyzen[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Socialist Democratic Republic Romania[/nation]
[nation]Spainard[/nation]
[nation]Sri-Lanka[/nation]
[nation]Sudesam[/nation]
[nation]Taiiwan[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Black Star-[/nation]
[nation]The Sun States[/nation]
[nation]Turkiye 1st[/nation]
[nation]Ubertica[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation]
[nation]Vietnam SV[/nation]
[nation]Virnall[/nation]
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April to August round-up
April
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1835162
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June
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1835178
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August
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1835197
Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
[pre]| AUGUST АВГУСТ 1954 |[/pre]
[list][list][list][pre]USSR ★ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик CCCP |[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
IN THE DEFENSE OF KURDISTAN:
BASES AND A OFFICIAL PROMISE TO THE KURDISH PEOPLE!
В ЗАЩИТУ КУРДИСТАНА:
ОСНОВЫ И ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ОБЕЩАНИЕ КУРДСКОМУ НАРОДУ!
[pre]| As tensions rise in the once semi-peaceful region of the Middle East and a target is placed on the Kurdish people even more by their neighbors. The Soviet Armed Forces has decided to make their intentions no longer just a spoken policy, but a official policy and a treaty of mutual defense between the Soviet and Kurdish People [The Kurdish Collective Defense Treaty, signed in August 1954]. Alongside this Treaty, the Soviet Armed Forces would begin the construction of Soviet Military infrastructure across Kurdistan heavily centered towards the Hashemite border. The 191st Motor Rifle Division would be tasked with deployment from Sktyvkar to the New military infrastructure in Kurdistan. |[/pre]
- 191st Motor Rifle Division -
[pre]- 15,000X Infantry Men[/pre]
[pre]- 280X Tanks [200X T-55, 80X T-34-85][/pre]
[pre]- 220X APCs [220X BTR-50][/pre]
[pre]- 100X SU-76[/pre]
[pre]- 25X PT-76[/pre]
[pre]- 25X T-10[/pre]
[pre]| Five Soviet Military bases would begin immediately by Kurdish and Soviet Forces to provide a adequate and rapid response against any threat to Kurdistan. Two Air bases and three Soviet Red Army Bases would be approved by the Kurdish government. The 191st would Man all positions of the three Land bases while the two air bases would house the 237th Guards Parachute Regiment detached into two Battalions to defend the Air bases with an initial force of 500 men each. Each base would house a network of air defense capabilities with the use of: KS-19s, AZP S-60, and ZPUs|[/pre]
- Soviet Bases in Kurdistan -
[pre]- Ahmed Joint Soviet-Kurd Air Base[/pre]
[pre]- Erbil Soviet Air Base [Will be built as a addition to the nearby Erbil International Airport][/pre]
[pre]- Kalak Soviet Red Army Base[/pre]
[pre]- Dihok Soviet Red Army Base[/pre]
[pre]- Koy Sanjaq Soviet Red Army Base[/pre]
[pre]| The Soviet Armed Forces welcome these bases as the first step for a keeping of International peace in the region. Reminding all of those in opposition to Kurdistan, an attack against the Kurds is an attack against Moscow. |[/pre]
[list][list][pre]WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]ТРУДЯЩИЕСЯ МИРА ОБЪЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]KARKERÊN CÎHANÊ BIKIN YEK![/pre][/list][/list]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Greater Kurdistane, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
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я так подумал ссср, сша, я обливляю вам войну. ЯДЕРНЫЙ АРСЕНАЛ КУБЫ МОЖЕТ УНЕЧТОЖЕТЬ 15 РАЗ СССР 5 РАЗ США
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Post self-deleted by Kuba Faks Lazcaivia.
ВОЙСКА КУБЫ ПРОДВИНУЛИСЬ НА СОВЕТСКОМ НАПРАВЛЕНИЕ 30 КМ НО ПОТЕРИ СИЛЬНЫЕ 2500 ПОГИБШИХ КУБЫ 100 ТАКОВ 10 ВЕРТОЛЁТОВ НО МЫ ВЗЯЛИ 5 СЕЛ 1 ГОРОД 4 ВОЗВЫШЕНОСТИ.
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НА АМЕРЕКАНСКОМ НАПРАВЛЕНИЕ. ОЧЕНЬ ТЕЖЕЛО ВРАГА ВОЕНЫХ МНООО НО МЫ ПРОДВИНУЛИСЬНА 24 КМ. ВЗЯЛИ 2 СЕЛА 1 ГОРОД
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[sub]MOSUL: A DIVIDED CITY AUGUST 1954
| An article about West Mosul, a Cold War flashpoint in northern Iraq. |[/sub]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1835301
[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, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Greater Kurdistane, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
23 August 1954: 10 years of the liberation of the Romanian people, official speech by Constantin Rotaru
23rd August 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| On a bright sunny day, worthy of the national day of Romania, Comrade 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 leader of all Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru, has held a speech in Bucharest while also attending a parade in honor of 10 years of the people`s liberation of the 23rd of August 1944.
In his speech he has congratulated the Romanian people for their effort in developing Socialism in The Socialist Republic of Romania and also explained how Romania must stand firmly against the foreign powers of the world, defending it`s independence, integrity and sovereignty.
Constantin Rotaru: "Dear Comrades and friends, citizens of the Socialist Republic of Romania. I would like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to you in your undying love for our motherland, The Socialist Republic of Romania to which we all belong. Your work in developing Socialism in the Republic has been admirable, on behalf of The Communist Party of Romania, i thank you. 10 years have passed since the people of Romania stood up and chose their fate, the fate of being a prosperous industrial Socialist republic and while a lot has changed for the better, there is still work to be done in order to ensure the continuing development of the standard of living, industry and agriculture throughout Romania. It is our duty in these challenging times to be united in order to ensure the independence, integrity and sovereignty of Romania, quoting the song of the revolution of 1848; "Rather we die in battle, in full glory, Than be again slaves in our ancient land!"
Romania establishes trade relations with Iran and Liberia
| The Socialist Republic of Romania has completed trade agreements with Iran and Liberia in order for the communal developments of industry and the quality of life.
|Romania and Liberia have agreed upon 10,000 tons of Iron and up to 13,000 tons of Tobacco annually in exchange for 50x3 monthly vehicles and equipment, ranging from the new U45 tractor to romanian made SEMA S3 sowing machines, designated for grains such as wheat and barley, as well as the SR-101 Truck.
| Iran and The Socialist Republic of Romania have agreed upon a bigger agreement, regarding the trading of a total of 905 monthly vehicles and Locomotives, in exchange of Iranian chemicals and steel as well as vehicles such as bulldozers, dump trucks, excavators, rollers, asphalt pavers, and forklifts.
| Romania is happy with the progress of friendly and peaceful relations with Liberia and Iran and is looking forward to develop the cordial relations even more, on a diplomatic level.
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
23rd August 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Ubertica, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1835317
[sub]Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs[/sub]
Nonador, Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
VARGORIE PEOPLE'S NEWS: SUNNY FORDALLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Welcome to Sunny Fordalla International Airport, LARGEST AIRPORT in all of the Caribbean. It is located 10km east of Peyargo City. It is in the heart of the Caribbean, so YOU can easily go on your dream island vacation. Want to have fun while waiting? Visit our INDOOR theme park, with many attractions waiting for you! We are also planning to build terminal 3 and 4 in the nearby future. So come on people! What are you waiting for? Visit the wonderous Republic of Vargorie.
Vargorie, Our Island, Your Dream
----- Made by the Vargorie Newspaper Association. AUGUST 1954 -----
Paramountica, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Brazil Toucan
[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: END OF INDOCHINA WAR DECLARED AS FRANCE WITHDRAWS FROM THE STALEMATE
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, AUGUST 1954 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | With more and more French troops losing their lives by the hundreds in a growing unpopular conflict far off and seemingly irrelevant to the daily livelihoods of ordinary French citizens, the time has come for Paris to make the ultimate decision. The Indochina War has officially been declared over with the vast majority of French troops withdrawing from the mainland. What started out as a colonial war for France has quickly captivated the whole world and has now become part of the global struggle and crusade against communism.[/sub]
[sub]Thus far 74,220 have been reported dead on the side of French Union with another 64,127 wounded and 36,979 captured. The State of Vietnam has reported 58,877 dead or missing. While it may seem like a heavy price to pay, it is estimated that the Việt Minh have lost somewhere between 175,000 and 300,000 personnel. This is largely due to the heavy use of napalm strikes which have been used to burn the Việt Minh out. The official end of the nearly eight year long Indochina War is among us, however a completely new war has just begun. One that includes greater foreign participation on a scale that the world hasn't seen since the end of World War Two. With orders being sent down throughout the Ministry of National Defense, French troops have been ordered to withdraw from mainland Indochina entirely save or the island of Phú Quốc located in South Vietnam where a base and airfield will be maintained. It is from this base that France will continue to provide support to the State of Vietnam alongside the United States. Secret covert operations are already in the making which will be launched from here in due time.[/sub]
[sub]It is fully expected that France's role in the new stage of the conflict in Vietnam will be primarily advising and acting as liaison to South Vietnam while focusing more on the issues arising at home in French Algeria. France will also continue its support to Cambodia and Laos which have supported France through the French Union in much of the conflict. Part of France's continued role in the conflict between North and South Vietnam will be the relocating, negotiation, and extraction of prisoners of war or POWs which fought on the side of the French Union. It is estimated that at least 40,000 prisoners of war remain trapped within Việt Minh and North Vietnamese POW camps. |[/sub]
[list]______[/list]
[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Northern-Epirus, Barukan
Post self-deleted by Metropolitan Francais.
Out of time.
[Sofia, Bulgaria] [Народна република България]
September 1954
| Todor Zhivkov speaking at the Bulgarian Communist Party general meeting -Today we must tackle the issue most at hand. Changes must be made to our policy and our own behaviour.
For too long, oppression has been the order of the day and this can go on no longer. We must denounce these ways and we must refute these methods of authoritarianism and terror. Today, I say to you, we must change and we must change now. The old order must be destroyed and replaced.
In a speech made before the Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov denounced authoritarianism and authoritarian regimes.
Whilst he did not name the Prime Minister directly, it was clear to all who were present that the newly appointed General Secretary of The Bulgarian Communist Party has his sights set on having him removed from office.
The Prime Minister was present at the meeting and remained unmoved and emotionless as the General Secretary addressed the audience. Many eyes turned to him for a reaction, but there was not even a slip in his gaze as the meeting went on.
Valko Chervenkov assumed office at the beginning of 1950, but whether he will still be in office when 1955 remains to be seen. Chervenkov is set to hold a meeting with his advisors next week, however the agenda has not been communicated to relevant parties as of yet. Insider sources suggest that Chervenkov is set to use his meeting to discuss potential solutions to what one advisor allegedly called the Zhivkov problem. |
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie
[list][list]August 1954
[sub]Peace at Last: Moscow Accords Signing Brings End to Hostilities in Eritrea, Egyptian Peacekeepers Return Home in Triumph! [/sub][/list]
PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE, CAIRO, (Kotakuan Ii) EVENING
| After much conflict and turmoil, the Moscow Accords have now marked a new chapter in the relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The signing of the peace agreement has officiated the end of hostilities and the beginning of a new era of cooperation and reconciliation. As a result of the successful negotiations, the Egyptian peacekeeping force, which had played a crucial role in maintaining stability and preventing further violence, was no longer needed. President Gamal Abdel Nasser was pleased to announce that the peacekeepers would be returning to Egypt, proud of their accomplishments and grateful for the sacrifices they had made in service of peace. |
| The Egyptian peacekeepers had fulfilled their mission, and now it was time for them to return home, proud of their role in bringing about a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Eritrea. Nasser is overjoyed that a solution had been found to the conflict and that peace had finally been established in the region. He looked forward to the bright future ahead for Eritrea and Ethiopia, and is confident that the two nations will continue to work together towards a more peaceful and prosperous future. |
| With the successful conclusion of the peacekeeping mission in Eritrea, President Gamal Abdel Nasser is now looking forward to the future and the opportunities for improved relations with both Ethiopia and Eritrea. He sees the signing of the Moscow Accords as the first step towards a new era of cooperation and friendship between the three nations. In the months and years ahead, Nasser is determined to work towards a closer relationship with both Ethiopia and Eritrea. He believes that the three nations had much to offer each other, and that by working together they could achieve great things. |
| To that end, Nasser is committed to strengthening ties through increased economic and cultural exchanges, as well as expanded diplomatic cooperation. He is confident that by working together, the three nations could overcome any challenges that lay ahead and build a brighter, more prosperous future for all of their peoples. |
[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Northern-Epirus
THE BARUKAN JOURNAL
SEPTEMBER 1954 | Construction finished!
| According to Matev's office. The airports at Phnom Penh and Kampong Som have finished construction. The shipyard, still at an undisclosed location, has also finished construction. |
| "It is thanks to our implementation of the anti-homelessness measures that we have managed to finish the construction of these projects so quickly.", the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure said, "You wouldn't believe how many people applied to work!" |
[spoiler=OCC]Before I am suspected of being Socialist/Communist - IRL Finland implemented similar measures to combat homelessness and they are very much Capitalist and Democratic. Which is funny, considering that on paper, Socialism and Democracy have far more in common then Capitalism and Democracy.[/spoiler]
Paramountica, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie
[list]September 1954
[sub]German Armor and Air Research[/sub][/list]
[pre]A R M O R E D & A I R P O W E R[/pre]
| The establishment of the Bundeswehr saw the formation of the Office for Strategic Defense (Büro für strategische Verteidigung), an office of the Bundeswehr Command Group that directed the strategic defense efforts of the new German military. They played a key role in drafting the primary doctrines that the new German military adhered to, and held the firm ear of the Federal Minister for Defense, Theodor Blank. The office quickly established that the Bundeswehr would primarily depend upon motorized infantry and armored units to entrench itself in the case of a conflict, and provide the necessary breakthrough strength in a possible offensive movement by the Bundeswehr. Naturally, as per the Basic Law and other international agreements, Germany was in almost every way prohibited from engaging in an offensive conflict, but the Bundeswehr Command Group clarified to a hearing of the Bundestag Defense Committee that 'all scenarios must be covered in hypothetical terms'. The German Heer initially armed its first armored units with surplus U.S. Army medium tanks like the Patton and the Greyhound personnel carrier. This was both to strengthen the already-strong defense ties between Bonn and Washington, but also to ensure that the Army had generalized and standardized equipment that could easily transfer commands if necessary. However, the German Defense Ministry also raised concerns over possible overdependence, and thus, Projekt Schild was born. |
| In cooperation with U.S. intelligence forces, for the purposes of strengthening German and thus pan-European national and plurinational defense against potential threats particularly from the East, Projekt Schild saw the transferring of Wartime Era blueprints to the German military, with the intention of continuing the production of domestically designed armored vehicles in Germany, naturally closer to the French and Belgian borders, so as not to antagonize the East unnecessarily. However, it would repeatedly be clarified where necessary that these (largely classified) efforts were directed mainly at bolstering the already existing Bundeswehr. Among the blueprints transferred included the Volkspanzer Jaguar tank that barely saw the light of combat during the Second World War, along with blueprints for former Panzers and standard artillery equipment used by the former German military. Projekt Schild established offices and research facilities to reverse-engineer these designs, and plans to begin domestically producing the Volkspanzer Jaguar under the new name of the "Bundesheer Cougar (German Army Cougar)", with upgraded main engines and strengthened armor platings for better maneuverability and integrity against threats. Germany's quaint defense industry would receive the primary contracts to prepare factories and other institutions for such research and production. |
| Beyond that, the German Armor Office (Deutsches Rüstungsamt) was established under the Defense Ministry to launch government granted research programs for both civilian and possible national defense purposes into advanced armor and national defense concepts. The name of the office was, in truth, somewhat misleading, as the office would set its primary goal on selecting and domestically manufacturing a set of standardized equipment for the German infantry divisions, which were growing thanks to the continued flow of surplus U.S. equipment. While the office and indeed the Defense Ministry acknowledged that the U.S. would play a significant role in German defense in the decades moving forward, it clarified that full dependence was 'never productive' and that 'in the case assistance cannot be rendered by Washington, we should be prepared for any outcome'. And thus, the domestic production programmes also received government funding, and especially efforts to produce the new Cougar domestically for domestic use and possible export to close allies of the Bundesrepublik and the NATO and EEC alliances. |
| In the field of aerospace, operated by the German Luftwaffe (German Air Force), the country was also seeking to progress along technologically. During the War, they had pioneered engine technology, and for both civilian and national defense purposes, the country was actively researching ways to secure the domestic ability to produce 'jet fighter' aircraft (faster, more maneuverable than their prop-driven counterparts) for her own military and for allies like France, the United States and Greece, who the country viewed as prospective national defense partners. Military grants were now flowing into these programs, but they were again generally kept classified and under wraps especially considering the possibility of foreign espionage during these politically troubled times. |
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Kotakuan Ii, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie
[list][list]SEPTEMBER 1954
[sub]Vargas Resigns As Brazils Head[/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] MILITARY LEADERSHIP REMOVES VARGAS [/pre]
[list][sub]Pressured by the military who demanded his resignation, President Vargas did so on August 24, 1954, then, as per the law, his Vice President Café Filho assumed power.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT MORNINGTIME
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| Amidst the political chaos that surrounds Brazil, a President is removed from office. After strikes, army and air force threats, continuous attacks on the Brazilian newspapers and protests by congressmen for the impeachment of the President of the Republic, the proud GETÚLIO VARGAS¹, 71, was removed from office by the heads of the armed forces. Vargas leaves the presidential palace and hands over power to Vice President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO², 55, as the new President of the Republic, he says: |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | We will have a lot of work to fix this country.[/list]
| The news of Vargas resignation provoked the formation of pro-Vargas groups. Crowds tore down anti-Vargas posters, attacked opposition newspapers, shop windows and private cars. Communists tolerated by the Vargas regime took to the streets. Upon learning that Vargas had resigned and that he would now take over the government, Café Filho knew he had a lot of work ahead of him. Café Filho assumed the presidency without ceremony. While armed troops acted quickly to restore order in the federal capital. The new government took action against the communists. Always aware of the 600,000 votes that the communists won in the 45 elections, Vargas always knew how to deal with the communists, although he never allowed the communists to be a legal party. The new government arrested 100 Communist leaders, and Rio appeared to be under control, although two more were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on the Air Ministry. President Café Filho did not like Vargas policies that tolerate communists, news points to a possible alliance of the Communists and Labour Party for the October legislative elections. The Labour Party announced that it would oppose Café Filho and demanded that it release the imprisoned Communists. |
| Determined to keep the elections despite the problems surrounding him, President Café Filho chose his governments ministers for a new government. He chose RAUL FERNANDES³ as Minister of Foreign Affairs, a man who has a great friendship with the United States, and to head the Ministry of Finance he chose a renowned economics professor. He said he would do everything he could to encourage foreign investment and relax trade controls. It was a completely new government. The new president, born in northern Brazil, resisted the Vargas dictatorship in the 1930s and now seems determined to enter a new period of conservative moderation. Brazil seemed to be getting back to normal. President Café Filho fought to prevent his military leaders from splitting after Vargas War Minister, ZENOBIO DA COSTA⁴, attacked his fellow generals for being disloyal to the former president. The only headache for the President: labor leaders were talking of a general strike. The new Brazilian leaders feared that new acts of violence could be caused by the Communists. |
[list][pre]NEW PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL[/pre][/list]
| In the days following Getúlios resignation, Brazilian communists tried to maintain chaos. But the new Brazilian head of state was ready for them. When a general strike was organized in São Paulo, he sacked the local army commander for collaborating with the communists, ordered troops and police to keep public services running normally, and most importantly, there were no shootings or violence. There were reports that the communists were going to cause trouble before the October elections, the new president decided to run the government in a new way. Vargas bodyguards were fired. Café Filho did not want to move to the palace and continued to live in his three-bedroom apartment in Copacabana. When the Presidents motorcycle fleet arrived to escort him to the palace, he abolished the escort. He would go home, take off his jacket and tie and have lunch with his wife and 11-year-old son Eduardo. He likes his collection of stuffed Amazonian birds and animals, or making his own coffee. |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | Although I am the head of state, there is no reason to change my lifestyle from an ordinary man who has always lived among the people.[/list]
| Brazils new president is proud of his long career. As an editor-politician, Café Filho was so opposed to the Vargas dictatorship that he had to flee and take refuge in an embassy in Rio. When he returned to Congress after the war, as leader of the Social Progressive Party, he sat at his old desk on the opposition side. After nominating Café Filho for Vice President in the 50 election, they withdrew their presidential candidate in return for Vargas support of Café Filho. Café Filho was elected in a government where he was not very popular. Although constitutionally barred from running in the 55 presidential elections, Café Filho knows that the problems that brought down his predecessor cannot wait until after the elections. As a moderately conservative man and a close friend of the U.S. he believes that Brazil cannot solve its many economic problems without U.S. help. |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | Improving the lives of Brazilians can only be achieved through the countrys economic development. This development cannot be achieved without a policy of collaboration and exchange with other countries. The U.S. and Brazil have mutual interests, of which both countries are becoming increasingly aware, and for which we must act intelligently for the benefit of both peoples.[/list]
| President Café Filho went to the Chamber of Deputies to take a formal oath. As he entered the presidential elevator, he stopped and said: |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | Just a moment, please, I need a glass of water. Its the first time Ive come to Congress as President and I cant start asking for water, so theyre going to think that I will never stop asking for things.[/list]
| Café Filho made his first request to Congress as President of the Republic. |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | I ask for a few days to get to know the new rules.[/list]
| He will hold his first Cabinet meeting to plan Brazils recovery. With only three weeks in the presidency, Café Filho had everything to judge the economic situation in Brazil. In a radio broadcast, he told Brazilians the truth. Brazil is experiencing a terrible crisis and will have to face it. Revelations, all dating from the Vargas government, whose resignation led Café Filho to the presidency: |
[list][list]▌[sub]Budget deficit will reach $825 million due to the low rates of the San Francisco Valley Hydroelectric Agency and other government agencies.[/sub]
▌[sub]Revenue dollars have dropped dramatically. Instead of revenues of between $70 and $100 million per month . . . only $36 million was obtained in July and $29 million in August.[/sub]
▌[sub]Inflation is getting out of control.[/sub]
▌[sub]The increase in the minimum wage raised production costs and prices.[/sub][/list][/list]
| Who is to blame for this crisis? Café Filho said that it is not up to us now to investigate who is to blame. But the mistakes were, in fact, made by former President Vargas to have the political support of: |
[list][list][pre]
1) electricity consumers;
2) farmers who demanded the high fixed price of coffee, but this forced revenues to fall;
3) businessmen;
4) wage-boosting labor.[/pre][/list][/list]
| Because it was so realistic, Café Filhos speech was well received. The presidency of Café Filho will present challenges, there will be much to be done in the next fifteen months, and the President of the Republic will have the duty to stabilize the country until election day. If Café Filho sets Brazil on the right path, progress will follow. Meanwhile, former President Vargas will travel to Rio Grande do Sul to spend the rest of his life on his farm surrounded by his family. |
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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 RAUL FERNANDES, was Governor of Rio de Janeiro (1922-23) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1946-1951 and 1954-1955) under the Dutra government and Café Filho governments.[/sub]
[sub]⁴ ZENOBIO DA COSTA, was Minister of War (1954-1954) under the Vargas government.[/sub]
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[sub]ALTERNATE STORY: Getulio Vargas resigned under pressure from the military leadership and later died, but in our world, Vargas only resigned under pressure from the military leadership.[/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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Paramountica, Spainard, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
Post self-deleted by Kotakuan Ii.
[list][list]September 1954
[sub]The Organisational Structure of the Syrian Armed Forces [/sub][/list]
DAMASCUS, (Bescania) EVENING
| A transparent depiction of the organisational structure of the Syrian Armed Forces (excluding the Syrian Navy). Syrian First Army Division: This division is responsible for defending the country's western borders and securing the capital city, Damascus. It is composed of several brigades and regiments, including tank and infantry units, as well as artillery and air defense units Syrian Second Army Division: This division is responsible for defending the country's eastern borders and securing major cities in the region Syrian Third Army Division: This division is a mobile reserve force, tasked with responding to threats anywhere in the country as needed. It is composed of rapidly deployable units, including special forces, mechanised infantry, and armoured units Syrian Air Force: The Syrian Air Force is responsible for providing air support to the army, as well as protecting the country's airspace. It will be composed of recent purchase fighter and attack aircraft from the Soviet Union, as well as current transport aircraft and helicopter units. |
[spoiler=The Organisational Structure of the Syrian Armed Forces (w/ troop numbers)]
First Army Division:
[list][sub]* 1st Armoured Brigade (6,000 personnel)
* 1st Tank Battalion (1,000 personnel)
* 2nd Tank Battalion (1,000 personnel)
* 3rd Mechanised Infantry Battalion (1,500 personnel)
* 2nd Infantry Brigade (12,000 personnel)
* 1st Infantry Regiment (4,000 personnel)
* 2nd Infantry Regiment (4,000 personnel)
* 3rd Light Infantry Battalion (2,000 personnel)
* 3rd Artillery Brigade (3,000 personnel)
* 1st Artillery Regiment (1,000 personnel)
* 3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (1,000 personnel)[/list][/sub]
Second Army Division:
[list][sub]* 4th Armored Brigade (6,000 personnel)
* 4th Tank Battalion (1,000 personnel)
* 5th Tank Battalion (1,000 personnel)
* 6th Mechanised Infantry Battalion (1,500 personnel)
* 5th Infantry Brigade (12,000 personnel)
* 4th Infantry Regiment (4,000 personnel)
* 5th Infantry Regiment (4,000 personnel)
* 6th Light Infantry Battalion (2,000 personnel)
* 6th Artillery Brigade (3,000 personnel)
* 4th Artillery Regiment (1,000 personnel)
* 6th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (1,000 personnel)[/sub][/list]
Third Army Division:
[list][sub]*7th Mechanised Brigade (9,000 personnel)
* 7th Mechanised Infantry Battalion (2,250 personnel)
* 8th Mechanised Infantry Battalion (2,250 personnel)
* 9th Tank Battalion (2,500 personnel)
* 8th Special Forces Brigade (3,000 personnel)
* 7th Special Forces Regiment (1,000 personnel)
* 8th Special Forces Battalion (500 personnel)
* 9th Reconnaissance Battalion (500 personnel)[/sub][/list]
Syrian Air Force:
* [list][sub]1st Fighter Wing (6,000 personnel)
* 1st Fighter Squadron (1,500 personnel)
* 2nd Fighter Squadron (1,500 personnel)
* 2nd Attack Wing (4,000 personnel)
* 1st Attack Squadron (1,000 personnel)
* 2nd Attack Squadron (1,000 personnel)
* 3rd Transport Wing (4,000 personnel)
* 1st Transport Squadron (1,000 personnel)
* 2nd Transport Squadron (1,000 personnel)
* 4th Helicopter Wing (2,000 personnel)
* 1st Helicopter Squadron (500 personnel)
* 2nd Helicopter Squadron (500 personnel)[/sub][/list][/spoiler]
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[list][list]September 1954
[sub]The Argyrókastro Telegraph: Epirote Delight! Northern Epirus Takes a Step Closer to EEC Membership Negotiations to Proceed[/sub][/list]
ARGYRÓKASTRON, (Northern-Epirus) MORNING
| In a historic move, the European Economic Community (EEC) has officially announced its intention to proceed with negotiations for Northern Epirote membership. This decision has been met with widespread jubilation in Northern Epirus, as the country moves closer to realizing its dream of becoming a fully-fledged member of the EEC. The news has been greeted as a significant triumph for President Konstantinos Zavitsas, who has made European integration one of the central pillars of his administration. He has worked tirelessly over the past year to build strong relationships with EEC member states, and to demonstrate the country's commitment to the principles and values of the European project. |
| In a statement released by the Northern Epirote Foreign Ministry, officials said they were "overjoyed and humbled" by the EEC's decision to proceed with negotiations. They went on to emphasize the importance of this development for the future of the country, and the positive impact it will have on the lives of Northern Epirotes. For many in the country, the news represents a turning point, as they look forward to a brighter future as part of the European family. With negotiations now underway, the people of Northern Epirus can look forward to a more prosperous and integrated future, and the full realization of their dream of European integration.
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| The EEC's decision is seen as a clear vote of confidence in the people of Northern Epirus, and the country's potential to play a meaningful role in the European community. The coming months will be critical as negotiations get underway, but today's announcement is a major step forward in Northern Epirus' journey towards full European integration. |
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list][list]September 1954
[sub]Formation of the Arab Organisation for Industrialisation between Egypt and Saudi Arabia! [/sub][/list]
HELWAN AIRCRAFT FACTORY, HELWAN, (Kotakuan Ii) MIDDAY
| The formation of the Arab Organisation for Industrialization (AOI) is a historic moment for the Arab world. It has marked the coming together of two powerful nations, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in a union aimed at boosting industrialisation and promoting Pan-Arabism. With its vast industrial experience and infrastructure, Egypt has offered to provide the necessary factories for production. The Helwan Aircraft Factory, a symbol of the country's industrial prowess, is at the forefront of this offer. On the other hand, with its abundant capital and strong diplomatic connections, Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide the funding and support needed to make the project a reality. The industrial bases of the AOI are to be split between the two countries, with 80% located in Egypt and 20% in North Yemen (within Arabia). This distribution is a testament to the two nations' commitment to working together and spreading the benefits of industrialisation across the Arab world. President Nasser is excited about this union between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He sees it as a step towards realising his vision of Pan-Arabism, a movement aimed at unifying the Arab people and promoting their cultural, political, and economic interests. |
| The primary objective of the AOI was to boost industrialisation and promote technological advancement in the region. And the organisation's first project was ambitious: producing an Arab Fighter Jet. The fighter jet, named the Helwan AOI-100, is to be a symbol of the Arab world's technological prowess and a demonstration of the region's ability to produce cutting-edge military hardware. The project is naturally a collaboration between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, with the former providing the necessary industrial infrastructure and the latter providing the required funding and support. The Helwan AOI-100 is to be developed using the latest aerospace technologies. It is to be designed to meet the needs of the Saudi Arabian and Egyptian armed forces and Arab League states if they wish to purchase such weapons. It will be a multi-role fighter aircraft with advanced avionics, weaponry, and performance capabilities that should enable it to engage in air-to-air, air-to-ground, and reconnaissance missions. |
| The journey of the Helwan AOI-100 from concept to reality will take several years and involve numerous milestones. The initial stages of the project are dedicated to research and development, as the team will work to design and build a fighter jet that would meet the needs of the Saudi Arabian and Egyptian armed forces. The design phase also involves a close collaboration between the engineering and manufacturing teams. Such collaboration is critical to ensuring that the aircraft's design is feasible and cost-effective. The team will work to optimise the design for ease of manufacture, reducing the complexity of the components and streamlining the production process. |
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ERITREAN ACCESSION INTO THE ARAB LEAGUE
[list][sub]| The Eritrean question had been plaguing the Arab World for a few years now, and this was one of the rare situations in which each member had a different approach or perspective towards it. The Saudis had decided to fund the Eritrean resistance movement covertly through the transport of Eritrean migrants back to Eritrea, who carried with them arms and currency. However, their direct involvement was seen after the ceasefire, in which they were heavily involved in funding the rebuilding and infrastructure of the new country, notably the port of Hashmet, where they collaborated with the Slovenians under the Saudi Binladin Company. The Egyptians had opted to take a mediating stance to it and stayed strictly neutral, going on to enforce the ceasefire line. The Hashemites were far removed from the situation and wanted nothing to do with it either. |[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]| However, the final peace treaty changed the whole dynamic, as it evolved from just some resistance movement to a fully sovereign country, meaning a Saudi victory in policy to some extent, a surprise to many of the impulsive King Saud's cabinet that it had worked out. Because of Eritrea's cordial relations with the Sauds as well as their big connection with Arabs throughout history, as well as their lingua franca being Arabic, an argument had been made to admit them into the Arab League. However, there were doubts that the motion would not pass, due to the absolute neutrality Egypt had observed, as well as the Hashemite decision to abstain in the UN vote on the accession of Eritrea. Another concern was the clause in the peace treaty that any military pact was unjoinable, and therefore the Eritreans would have to waive the mutual defense pact and merely join in the economic functions of the League. |[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]| However, when it came down to the vote of Eritrean Accession to the Arab League (waiving the mutual defense pact), they were admitted with 4 Votes in favor, 0 Abstentions, and 0 Against. |[/sub][/list]
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THE TUBMAN ERA: LIBERIA, WHERE LIBERTY IS DEFENDED!
[sub]JuneSeptember 1954 | Monrovia, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia[/sub]
[I]After opening up the Republic of Liberia's economy to the world, the nation, once an American Colony, has largely enjoyed the post-War years and the major developments they have entailed. During the Second World War, then-President of the Republic, Edwin J. Barclay, signed a Defense Pact with the United States in 1942 commencing a series of rapid construction and engineering efforts toward various strategic military assets, including Robertsfield Airstrip, Barclay Training Center, and vital road networks properly connecting municipal infrastructure to Monrovia. Completed in 1940, Barclay Training Center located in the Congo Town district of Monrovia has since served as the sole military personnel training apparatus for the newly inaugurated Armed Forces of Liberia, known previous to it's expansion as the Liberian Frontier Force. Staffed primarily by U.S. advisory personnel, the enlisted man is soldiered at BTC in training courses lasting upwards of six months. There, he is physically conditioned, introduced to basic daily infantry procedures and uniform protocols, familiarized with standard U.S. weapon platforms, and have their marksmanship honed through live-fire exercises. However, Barclay Training Center, in the beginning merely a spartan furnished tent situated overlooking the crashing waves of Monrovia's South Beach, eventually became limited in it's overall capacity and rate of
conscription turnover, sparking notions of furthering instruction facilities.
Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, President William V.S. Tubman offers further expansions to the new Armed Forces of Liberia in conjunction with the present U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, or 'MAAG' for short, in the form of the nation's first military school, the Arthur Tubman Military Academy, planned as a Branch of the University of Liberia with an open cadetship to civilian students and enlisted personnel who are to receive both academic, military training under a U.S.-sponsored officer program. The Tubman Military Academy will include Aerospace, Maritime, and Armor School cadetships, wherein chosen applicants are sent to train at campuses across the United States. Outlooks for estimated completion of it's facilities range from early 1958 to mid-year 1962. Echoing these expansions, in early June, Tubman's administration approved a multi-faceted, multi-million dollar arms procurement deal and armed forces modernization program with the United States, aimed at improving the overall state of the AFL as a national military. Under the aperture of improving existing infrastructure, the small maritime junction in the Monrovia coastal suburb of New Kru Town would be restored and expanded into a proper naval station, to be designated as the Milton C. Luckner Coast Guard Base. In preparation, recruitment drives were held across the Monrovia metropolitans, namely in the areas neighboring the naval base including New Kru Town, Bozys Quarter, Slipway, Westpoint, Rocktown, and Lakpahsu Sinkor, predominantly comprised of ethnic Kru, Bassa, and Grebo. As well, BTC would receive upgrades to it's existing stature, specifically it's field range and barracks, in order to improve the state and quality of infantry training.
At Robertsfield Airstrip, located about 56km south of Monrovia, near Harbel, additional terminal buildings and other infrastructural upgrades are planned to elevate the site's operational potential above-par to that of the existing Spriggs-Payne Airfield operating since 1943 within the immediate Monrovia metro area, namely to support larger civil and military aircraft in both respects. On top of this, planned alongside U.S. advisers to Liberia, the raising, training, and barracking of a paratrooper contingent at the airfield, an ad-hoc crack force under the structure of the Liberian National Guard, as no Air Force at current stands. This force, once raised, will be not only be independent, but the very first of airborne units in the Republic's history.
Aside from the improvements made to the national defense apparatus, President Tubman also formally established the Presidential Guard Corps, with the implicit purpose of personal and residential security for himself and family. However, the Corps, as a unit, is described by U.S. advisers as "exceptionally broad" upon it's formation 2 September 1954, comprised entirely by Americo-Liberians allied to the Tubman clan, many of them plain-clothes, wearing day-to-day attire, devoid of any marked uniform, though brandishing a significant complement of small arms. In the weeks that followed their composition, these sharp-dressed men of the President's private paramilitary were nicknamed by Samuel D. Coleman, a major opponent of Tubman's administration, as the "Blay Chaps". The label takes two words in Liberian English, 'Blay', meaning stylish or fashionable clothing, and 'Chap', meaning dangerous or armed man. Officially, these men have no formal designation, are most likely known to Mr. Tubman by name, and answer to him directly. The publically-recognized Presidential Guard Corps, on the other hand, was merely a skeleton force standing largely for ceremony, such as Honor Guard.
While he continues to expand state forces, Tubman's rivals hold their breath, and their paranoia surmounts knowing not what could be in store. The True Whig Party, the sole legal political entity in the country, dominates the government of the Republic in it's entirety, even down to the local level. The Grand Masonic Order of Liberia pulls the strings of the party, utilizing the True Whigs as a political front to ensure that the status quo of rule by minority Americo-Liberian elite is maintained.
[list][spoiler=[sub]THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE![/sub]]Ababemba
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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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]
IRANIAN SHAHS STATE VISIT TO SLOVENIA SEALS NEW PERSO-SLOVENIAN ECONOMIC AND ACADEMIC DEALS
[list][sup]TO COURT THE SHAH OF SHAHS
SEPTEMBER 1954[/sup][/list]
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi toured Ljubljana, Trst and Gradec to mark nine days of comprehensive deliberations with top Slovenian government officials on an extensive state visit to Slovenia in the late summer of 1954. The first Perso-Slovenian state visit in the nearly ten years since the Slovene Rising, it was a spectacular event marked by pomp, show and mirth. From the moment he was welcomed by leaders of the Slovenian government, academics and business communities at Matija Majar Airport in Ljubljana to his final evening at an opera at Trsts Narodni dom, the Shah was surrounded by the Slovene elite and shown its finest faces. The visit included two-day excursion with traditional Slovene aristocrats in the picturesque alpine resort town of Kranjska Gora, a lavish feast at Brdo Castle near Kranj featuring former President Boris Furlan, a state dinner with political leaders and members of the littérateur and cultural scenes at Ljubljanas City Hall, and a slew of other high-profile meetings meant to endear the Alpine country to the Shah. The democratic institutions and expanding industry in the nation of five million were often not enough to convince foreign states to support Slovenia over its dictatorial former overlords in Yugoslavia (Ranponian), and thus the Slovene government had focused on developing a robust diplomatic reputation in the form of lavish state visits and securing large international contracts on behalf of its major corporations.
While the Shah was courted by the elite, his diplomatic corps was hard at work with its Slovenian counterpart, collaborating with corporations and institutions alike to make inroads in Perso-Slovenian development. Slovenian oil was primarily derived from Arabia (Sudesam); however, there were manifold other fields in which to make strides. Chemical giant Pregelj was happy to accept Iranian incentives to import raw aluminum for its newest aluminum and chemical plant, aiming to relieve pressure from domestic sources in its pursuit of competitive production goals. Electronics maker and retailer Iskra and appliance and tractor maker Gorenje were set to open outlets in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz in the coming year, and the Malnar Grouprecently engaged to build a substantial port in Eritreawas awarded an enormous contract to plan dramatically expanded Iranian shipyards at Bandar Abbas on an information-sharing program with Slovenian shipbuilder Maera. Additional industrial developments included the posting of Litostroj machinists to oversee the mechanization of Iranian miningsomething that would ideally potentiate Iranian mineral exports to Slovenia. Further still, ties between the countries educational and research institutions were consolidated as the Shah handed out several scholarships to Iranian and Slovene exchange students in fields such as engineering and mathematics. Several high-profile professors from both nations were additionally set to attend an extended conference at the University of Gradec in November.
Cooperation on a longer time scale was to be fostered by a Perso-Slovenian trade board established the following month. The board would be tasked with facilitating investments, loans, and mutual representation of interests between the two nations; its eventual work would be one of the most substantial consequences of the state visit, which altogether managed to be economic, diplomatic, academic and cultural. Thus, ties between the two countries were only set to strengthen.
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Swiss government page updated!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1659057
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[list]September 1954
[sub]Socialism and India[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]समाजवाद और भारत: किफायती आवास के लिए लड़ाई भारत के राजनीतिक विपक्ष की कमजोरी पर प्रकाश डालती है
SOCIALISM AND INDIA: AFFORDABLE HOUSING FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS THE WEAKNESS OF INDIA'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1954 | दिल्ली, सितंबर 1954[/sub][/list]
[list] | [sub]In the Lok Sabha, the supreme lower house of the Indian legislature, the governing Indian National Congress (in the supermajority) and the opposition Praja Socialist Party and the Communist Party of India were now clashing over the issue of affordable housing. Since the beginning of the century, the population of the British Raj and now the newborn Indian Republic had been growing exponentially, at rates much faster than those seen in Europe and more akin to the birth rates of countries like China to the north. Housing was a particular issue, with many of the country still stuck in relative poverty. While experts and administrators alike argued that this was contributed to by the discriminatory caste system and Indian traditionalism just as much as a lack of economic drivers and a government enacting legitimate action, the issue was being faced by the government nonetheless - for better or for worse - with the proposal of the National Housing Reform Act (NHRA), proposed jointly by the Communist Party and the Praja Socialist Party in the minority.[/sub] |
| [sub]The bill called for swathes of government funding, raised from taxes levied against businesses and on foreign construction companies in the Republic, to be allocated to new national public housing projects in major cities, starting with Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata. It was estimated that within the span of only a few years, more than $100 million would have already been spent on the construction of new public housing facilities. The less fortunate would then be able to receive temporary housing for varying periods, with families with two or more children receiving precedent over one-child or no-child families. The legislation was bungled by its proponents from the start, with the anti-caste Communist Party continuing to suffer from a tarnished reputation and a chaotic internal party leadership. On the ground, the CPI supported trade unions and peasant rebellions, putting legislation backed by them in a bad light. The party was also struggling between left-wing and right-wing positions, and was still reeling from the despoing of its far left former leader, B.T. Ranadive, in 1950. The Praja Socialist Party, formed in 1951 during a merger between the Socialist Party and J.B. Kripalani's Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, also had its own fair share of internal chaos, stemming mostly from the fact it had yet to fully merge itself not only politically but also in terms of its membership.[/sub] |
| [sub]When the bill was proposed, the all-powerful Indian National Congress (INC) under Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi dragged their feet from the start. INC leadership decried the legislation as badly written, and 'only served to further the Marxist agenda that these smaller parties adhered to'. While the INC was a self-described center-left party with progressive leanings, they preferred to pass more centrist and occasionally right-leaning policies, choosing not to lean heavily to the progressive left which many voters now associated with the anti-caste movement popularized by the Communist Party in the late 40s. Without any semblance of a proper voting bloc, the bill was essentially doomed to die from the start. It was kept in debate for several weeks throughout August and September, until it disappeared from the Lok Sabha's agenda completely.[/sub] |
| [sub]The failure of the bill - and the factors that had caused its failure - highlighted the severe weaknesses of India's political opposition to serve as the political opposition. In any functioning democracy, the opposition serves as the chief way of keeping the party or entity in power and in authority in check. While the INC had been democratically chosen by the people to assume such an all-powerful role, the union bosses, labor leaders and left-wing voters alike worry that the INC supermajority may allow the party to pass legislation that would keep it in power for longer - and with the INC dominating the Lok Sabha with an immense supermajority, the Socialists and Communists would be unable to campaign on any passed legislation. 'An eternal loop,' one professor described, 'where the governing party remains the governing party'. Truthfully, the INC did not necessarily have autocratic tendencies, but their dominance over government was not likely to disappear any time soon, contributed to by the fact that the left-wing opposition's popular perspective was being damaged by the Cold War abroad and rumors of links between the CPI, the Praja Socialist Party, and 'Marxist spies' from the Soviet Union. Naturally, it was only a rumor, but a rumor nonetheless in a country that was closely affiliated with the former British Empire and had fought alongside American and Western forces during the War.[/sub] | [/list]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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[list]September 1954
[sub]A National Security Intelligence Organization Established [/sub][/list]
[pre]P L U S U L T R A[/pre]
The Prime Minister's Residence: The Cabinet Room
[sub]Madrid, The Madrid Community Spainard MORNING[/sub]
| Following a meeting with Prime Minister Francis Alvarez and his cabinet, the foundation was laid for the creation of a new government agency that will provide covert intelligence services to protect the nation's interests, both foreign and domestic. The organization is primarily responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the globe through the use of human intelligence, as well as performing covert operations. Named La Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia Externa, or The External National Intelligence Agency in English.[/I]|
|[I]This is part of the Prime Ministers devotion to revitalizing the structure of the Spanish Armed Forces, but this particular department will act as its own entity that will answer to its own director and then to the Prime Ministers Office.|
[list]| [sub]Francis Alvarez, Prime Minister of Spain[/sub] | Gentlemen, with the establishment of this department I am confident will subside our worries of being overrun by a foreign national government that may infiltrate our compromise our own sovereignty.
| [sub]Sir Carlos Garcia, Minister of Defense & Strategic Revitalization Efforts [/sub] | Clearly, the reason youre eager to establish this office is to make sure we keep tabs on Morrocco when we grant them their independence at the end of the year..
| [sub] Francis Alvarez, Prime Minister of Spain [/sub] | Well... that's the motive here, Mr. Garcia. Our mission is simple. Now... its also it will serve this country for decades to come if we can keep tabs on those around us, and even within our sensitive regions to maintain order.
| [sub]Sir Esperanza Santos De Santa, Foreign Minister of Spain and European Integration [/sub] | I agree but not only in the sense of making sure our allies respect our national sovereignty even more so now as we enter the age of integration of the European community.
| [sub]Francis Alvarez, Prime Minister of Spain[/sub] | What are you suggesting?
| [sub]Sir Esperanza Santos De Santa, Foreign Minister of Spain and European Integration[/sub] | "Im not completely elated by the idea of European Harmonogy, but I respect the notion behind it. Clearly, France and Germany deserve to be bogged down by an institution that will rescind their rights to armed conflict against each other. Of course, as Spain, we have been disregarded by those same European powers, but we continue to partake in their economic and socio-economic experiments. I simply ask that we look after ourselves more than anything really, when it's convenient."[/list]
|[I]And with this notion, Prime Minister Francis Álvarez motives were clear. To maintain Spains integrity it must wake up to the world around it, and question all of its ideas, members, and ideologies. Álvarez remains the only prime minister to effect real change throughout his country in the modern era thus far. Reinstating the countrys Catholic helm, and now establishing an intelligence-gathering organization he has remained adamant on securing the countrys future and competing with its allies and adversaries.|
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
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The Foreign Observer: Portuguese Government Announces Sweeping Economic Reform
September 1954
Following the purge of the technocrats many economists wondered what the new government would do to try and create a new National Syndicalist economy. Now they have finally gotten their answer.
Prime Minister Vicente has officially declared the transition of Portugals economy from a liberalizing economic system under Salazar, to a so-called National Market Economy (NME).
Characterized under the NME would be a shift away from autarkism, and free market economics, in the pursuit of a third position. While Portuguese State Owned Enterprises would continue to dominate the majority of the economy; however now they operate for a mainly profit basis, the market has also been opened and liberalized. Mainly the market has been opened to small private businesses, as well as large corporations as previously they had been mired in, and often crushed under government regulation and red tape. Previously allowed, and often supported conglomerates now will face increased competition within the market itself.
Trade has also been liberalized, with protectionist tariffs being lowered, and foreign investment allowed, especially with Portugals fellow NATO allies.
While the market has been liberalized, the workers role within it has not. Trade unions are still centralized under the government General Confederation of Workers Corporations. This confederation of worker syndicates, would act as the official trade union. The strict government control over the organization, which paradoxically also elected its own members to the government council, ensured workers were effectively subdued and controlled by the state, and kept out of the way of the economy. Officially the integration of workers into one pan-national syndicate has been called, necessary to prevent socialists, and other groups from infiltrating, as well as unifying all workers as one voice. It remains to be seen if the government actually believes this to be the case, or if it is mere dogma.
The government has also prioritized a so-called tripartite economy, in which the state acts as a mediator between the Employee Syndicates, and the corporations, to ensure a proper and equitable solution is reached. How this system will form, and if the state will be fair in its arbitration has yet to be seen.
This shift towards a National Market Economy has generally been seen as positive by society. Alleviating many fears of a destruction of positive progress made by the technocrats, as well as, appeasing the statists who see state domination as essential to the continuation of their nationalist and syndicalist dream. Businesses have generally applauded this system as allowing Portugal to better shift into the modern era it finds itself. Some critics nonetheless denounce the state capitalist nature of the system, as well as state control over worker organizations. Only time will tell if this new system will succeed or fail.
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Central Arstotzka
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Central Arstotzka, Hashemite Kingdoms, Arab-Palestine
THE COMMITTEE FOR SECURITY
-September, 1954-
Kingdom of Laos
The Royal Lao Army, since its creation, has been plauged by nearly every problem imaginable, corruption, poor logistics, poor training, poor leadership, poor organization, poor communications, and more.
King Sisavangvong convened his government and military leadership, creating the Committee for Security, with its task being to improve the military to be able to defend the country from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
The Committee for Security has been placed under the leadership of Crown Prince Sisavang Vatthana, who only recently recovered from an assassination attempt.
The Crown Prince and the Committee have began the effort by creating the "Armament Initiative", seeking to standardize equipment in the army.
The initiative led to the purchasing of 20 medium tanks from Greece, with Greek officers being brought over to train Lao soliders to use the new tanks.
The Crown Prince has stated the Committee is looking into finding foreign partners to actively supply the Lao Army with more modern weapons
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Hey guys, did you hear about the upcoming event?
Amsterwald
SEPTEMBER,21-28,1954
Operation Subuh
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[U]September,21st,1954:Operation Subuh Creation.
Created by Maziya Parti Nasional alongside the Royalist Party.Operation Subuh,would be created as a leap forward for [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=50421302]Project Biru[/URL].By using force to massively speed up the process.This force would be at best imprisonment of the communist/socialist and at worse,execution of the communist/socialist.Those categorised to be receive just imprisonment,are either suspected communist/socialist,individuals who are in possession of a communist/socialist literature or individuals who have created artistic works which have communist/socialist themes,in a positive light.To receive the worst punishment that is execution,the individual have to part of a communist/socialist organisation.
[U]September,28th,1954:One Silent Night.
A week later after the creation of Operation Subuh,which was kept secret from the Maziyan Communist Party.Operation Subuh would be put into effect.At night,9:36 P.M a parliamentary meeting was called.The only people who entered the parliament room,was those from the Maziyan Communist Party.Shortly after at 9:37 P.M a small group of soldiers consisting of around 15 men from the Maziyan army entered the room,armed with their weapons aimed at the Maziyan Communist Party.Then the room was filled with nothing but the sounds of screaming and gun fire.9:39 P.M,the room went completely silent.This was then brought to the public under the cover up of "Guerilla Fighters From the Maziyan Chinese Association." that came into the parliament building and shot the members of the Maziyan Communist Party members dead.This would also mark the death of Fong Wei Yuan,the leader of the M.Z.C.P.
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie
[list][list]OCTOBER 1954
[sub]New Elections[/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] 54 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION [/pre]
[list][sub]After Vargas was overthrown by the military, which led to his resignation, elections took place on October 3, 1954. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in Congress. Voter turnout was 65.5%.[/sub][/list]
RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT AFTERNOON
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| Recently, Brazil had its national elections and left-wing politicians thought that the resignation of former President GETÚLIO VARGAS¹ would give them some chance of victory. But the results pointed to a likely winner, who would be a man who did not even run for election: Vargas Vice President, the moderate conservative JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO², who did not even run an electoral campaign, although his government was at stake. It appeared that despite Vargas resignation voters favored Café Filho. The first sign was the low turnout of Brazilians at the polls. Even in Rio, where politics is talked about all the time, only two-thirds of the registered voters went to the polls, and after the polls closed, unused ballots littered the streets. In some cities, the turnout reached 40%. |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | I didnt think that the elections were in my favor.[/list]
| In Brazils voting system, each ballot is sealed in a separate envelope at the polling place; officials at central counting stations must check each envelope, open it, and record the choices. There was a lot of work to be done: there were a total of 327 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, two-thirds of the 60 seats in the Senate, eleven out of 20 state governorships, and minor offices. In Rios Maracana Stadium, 60 groups of election officials counted the votes. Election officials carried canvas sacks full of ballots. The counting was slow. Many candidates still did not know whether they had won or lost. But the count went far enough to show that Vargas resignation did not bring victory as leftist politicians had hoped. In Rio, Vargas son Luthero won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies; but also the editor of Tribuna da Imprensa, CARLOS LACERDA³, the main opponent of the former president. In Rio Grande do Sul, the president chosen by the Labour Party, JOÃO GOULART⁴, won third place in the race for the Senate; the Labour Party candidate for governor came in second. And in Pernambuco, Vargas former Agriculture Minister, JOÃO CLEOFAS⁵, was running for governor. |
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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 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]
[sub]⁴ JOÃO GOULART, was the 24th president of Brazil (1961-1964). Prior to that, he was the 14th Vice President of Brazil (1956-1961) under Juscelino Kubitschek and Jânio Quadros governments.[/sub]
[sub]⁵ JOÃO CLEOFAS, was Minister of Agriculture (1951-1954) under the Vargas government and later Senator for Pernambuco (1966-1975), President of the Federal Senate (1970-1971).[/sub]
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Osivoii, Puebliza, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Maziya, Ubertica
[list][list]SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954
[sub]TAMADON-E BOZORG[/sub][/list]
[sub][pre] H O V E Y D A' S L E G A C Y [/pre][/sub]
[list][list][sub][pre]O Cyrus, Great King, King of Kings
Achaemenian King, King of the Land of Iran.
I, Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation.
Rest in Peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
TEHRAN,
[sub]Alzarikstan[/sub]
[list][pre]DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HOVEYDA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF IRAN![/pre][/list]
| Deputy Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, after the Shah brought Fazlollah Zahedi into the Pahlavi Court as the official Representative of House Pahlavi to the Iranian Government, has officially been confirmed as the new Prime Minister of the Empire of Iran. The populo-nationalist Pro-West political figure has become quite the figure with his firebrand beliefs of the position of Iran and its role in the Middle Eastern region. Unlike Fazlollah Zahedi, Amir-Abb as Hoveyda promoted Iranian-based Civic Nationalism due to the Iranian population not being a monolith, therefore, ethnic-based nationalism not being a viable option. With a blend of Civic Nationalism, economic populism, Iranian cultural veneration, and high emphasis on STEM-based technologies to accelerate Iran's development and rise, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda was chosen to become the Prime Minister by the Iranian Popular Front via an agreement with the National Islamic Dawa Coalition of Iran as Hoveyda is a firm follower of Shia Islam. |
| Leading up to Amir-Abbas Hoveyda's swearing of the oath, portraits of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda have been found to be placed within Iranian government buildings and new billboards. Another reason potentially for the picking of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda was due to his growing popularity among the Iranian masses, especially after the announcement of recent agreements between Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Being seen as the production of an intentional Pan-Arab coalition for the isolation and undermining of Iran in the region, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda's views and statements regarding non-Iranian Arabs, Arab nations, and the status of Iran in relation to these nations have bolstered further public intrigue into giving Amir-Abbas Hoveyda a chance to bring Iran back onto the map. With Amir-Abbas Hoveyda confirmation, Hoveyda has received confirmation from the Shah to legitimize power shift. |
[list][pre]IRANIAN INFRASTRUCTURE & RAIL NETWORK PROJECT FUNDING PASSES![/pre][/list]
| The Parliament of the Empire of Iran formally passed a new act to begin funding for the nation's second newest rail project intended to further increase transportation of resources, products, and to encourage free movement of the Iranian people across the Empire. The new project, called the Ardakhshir I Rail Network, looks to be built upon the Ahura Mazda Project region and the ongoing Industrial Special Economic Zones developments in the Iranian heartland. Crossing through the empire, the rail seeks to promote internal integration of people and the total economy. The main stops of the rail network are the following: |
[list][list][pre]Sari
Chah Bahar
Sarakhs
Urmia
Bandar Abbas
Sarpol-e Zahab
Taybad
Bandar Imam[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][pre] IRAN DECLARES THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR STRATEGY![/pre][/list]
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Ardeshir Zahedi, son of Prime Minister Fazlollah Zahedi, has revealed the new strategic outlook for the Empire of Iran entitled کریدور ایرانی (The Persian Corridor). According to the Foreign Minister, the Iranian Corridor extends from the Persian Gulf toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, further emphasizing the growing strategic importance of the Solomonic State of Ethiopia to Tehran. Via the Iranian Corridor, open access and integration into Indian Ocean trade routes and security apparatus has become a national priority. Because of the new strategy, Iran has confirmed it views Ethiopia, South Africa, Zaire, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and the growing European Community has the essential markets and global powers to formulate, maintain, and strengthen diplomatic and economic relations with over the next 6 years. Additionally, the Iranian Corridor Strategy further requires sustained expansion and advancements of the Iranian industrial (light and heavy) base to further modernize technology that possess dual usage (civilian and military) purposes. |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Ardeshir Zahedi explained in the Foreign Affairs Ministry white paper that "Iran serves as a dependable power to bring security and resources to the world's most important Gulf and strategic maritime space. It is through the geographic location of the Empire and the extensions of the Persian Gulf into the Indian Ocean via the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, Iran automatically must maintain an active physical and cultural presence in these domains." The submission and approval of the white paper by the Foreign Affairs leadership is a clear signal of where Iran's political, economic, security, and cultural policies are pivoting toward in the very near future. |
[list][pre]IRAN BEGINS USAGE OF CREDIT CARDS; NEW TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE UNDER NEW ADMINISTRATION![/pre][/list]
| Direct observation of the introduction of the credit card in 1950 in the United States, the Central Bank of Iran, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, has prompted new measures to incorporate the usage of credit and credit cards within Iran to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the other agreed charges).The card issuer (usually a bank or credit union) creates a revolving account and grants a line of credit to the cardholder, from which the cardholder can borrow money for payment to a merchant or as a cash advance. The introduction of credit cards was further enhanced with the introduction of charge cards as well to cardholders to make purchases which are paid for by the card issuer, to whom the cardholder becomes indebted. The cardholder is obligated to repay the debt to the card issuer in full by the due date, usually on a monthly basis, or be subject to late fees and restrictions on further card use. The idea of utilizing cards for payments would not stop there. The Ministry of Transportation has put forward the idea to create a transportation card similar to how credit cards function but toward paying for public transportation such as trains, buses, and ferries. |
| The Ministry of Transportation has laid out several plans to construct a highly developed and sophisticated transport network, encompassing both public and private transport, over the next 3-5 years; a plan to be implemented in stages. The goal of these cards is to be used in conjunction with banknotes and coins. An individual would be able to place money on the card to form a balance to use public transportation systems. Parts of the new components of the public transportation infrastructure overhaul for current train systems include tramways, funicular railways, airport people mover systems, and monorails to operate at all Iranian airports, metropolitan regions, and the direct outskirts of metropolitan areas. Regarding public road transportation, the Ministry of Transportation has highlighted and approved measures to utilize the growing automobile industrial sector of Iran and public-private partnerships to provide new transportation vehicles. These road transport vehicles include double-decker buses, public light buses, taxis, public bicycle stations and bicycle lanes. |
| Regarding maritime trade across the Iranian coastline on the Persian Gulf, internal lakes, and the Caspian Sea, the Transportation Ministry has provided new contracts to the Iranian shipbuilding industry to spark growth for the production of ferries for easier transportation of people, vehicles, and products. Furthermore, in the more hilly and mountainous locations of the country, a plan for the implementation of cable cars have been approved for further easy access and transportation. The final component of the initiative dictates enhanced maintenance and reconstruction of paved roads and sidewalks, and expanded road routes into the Iranian heartland toward remote towns and toward the East/Southeast into remote villages. |
[list][pre]EXPANSION OF THE ARYA NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY![/pre][/list]
| With increased exports from Iran to global partners and into new markets in alignment with new domestic infrastructure projects to expand the industrial base of the nation, Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda has signed onto the expansion of the Arya National Shipping Company to work toward constructing 10 new cargo shipping vessels to provide services to the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The Department of Roads & Urban Development under the Ministry of Transportation has further prompted introduction of new certification courses and training to be provided to project managers and workers to increase compliance toward workspace safety regulations and overall shipbuilding facility security and efficiency. In addition to the ANSC, a new company named Valfajr Shipping Company was recently approved and registered with the Iranian government to improve and speed up shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, and across the Persian Gulf. This particular shipping company seeks to specialize in passengers and cargo carriage in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea zones as well as transporting from Iranian southern ports to internal islands. |
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[list][list]OCTOBER 1954
[sub]TAMADON-E BOZORG[/sub][/list]
[sub][pre] H O V E Y D A' S L E G A C Y [/pre][/sub]
[list][list][sub][pre]O Cyrus, Great King, King of Kings
Achaemenian King, King of the Land of Iran.
I, Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation.
Rest in Peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
TEHRAN,
[sub]Alzarikstan[/sub]
[list][pre]PRIME MINISTER HOVEYDA INVITES ETHIOPIAN & SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION TO TEHRAN![/pre][/list]
| In efforts to ensure peace and tranquility along the peripheries of the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa for the mutual interests of direct relations among the corridors of the Indian Ocean, the Government of Iran formally invites Ambassador Plenipotentiary for Near Eastern Affairs Rahnia Selassie of Nonador to Tehran to meet, discuss, and negotiate with Prime Minister Hoveyda and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ardeshir Zahedi to formulate an ironclad strategic partnership between Addis Ababa and Tehran. In the best interest of the growing maritime economy of the region, it is found to be imperative for both Empires to come together in common understanding, friendship, prosperity, and cooperation to undergo periphery development and economic sustainability. The four day summit will ensure the interests of Iran and Ethiopia become aligned in good faith and allyship. |
| Understanding the changing environment of the Indian Ocean periphery and the importance of secure maritime trade routes among developing nations, the Empire of Iran additionally hereby invites Prime Minister Bast van Den Heever of Victoria Harbor and his delegation to attend this summit in Tehran for a productive trilateral engagement intended to raise the importance and strategic severity of the African and Arabian Peninsular periphery to our nations and the international economy. It is the goal that a comprehensive trilateral partnership can be negotiated and implemented that will lay the foundation toward undeniable and unbreakable cooperation not just among the governments of our nations but the people and cultures that produced our individual civilizations. |
Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie
[list]OCTOBER 1954
[sub]CAPE TOWN-KAAPSTAD UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]|SPECIAL ELECTION 1954[/pre][/list][/list]
[LIST][LIST][pre]|SPESIALE VERKIESING 1954[/pre][/list][/list]
| The runup to the election saw dramatic shifts in the political landscape, largely resulting in the demographic change of a temporarily divided South Africa, but also the challenges faced on the economic and home front. Once dominant parties such as the ANC and United Party, now find themselves fractured and without a strong base of support in the largely Cape-dominated divided state. This has, in dramatic fashion, led to the emergence of new parties rocketing to popularity amongst the voter base.
From the United Party is birthed the National Democratic Alliance, who have ran on a strong platform and consistent platform of reigniting the economy, reunification and republicanism. All subjects popular amongst the public, and which the UP has failed to show a consistent and clear message on. Striking a electoral alliance with the Workers Party, they look set on capturing a slim majority and forming a government. The Union Democratic Movement (UDM) running on a somewhat similar platform has also been able to capture large portions of the ANC base in the Western and Northern Cape, as well as Southwest Africa. Theyve also tapped into voters who are disenchanted with the uneasy alliance between the centre-right NDA and the left-wing Workers Party.
The night of the election would prove the suspicions of the political establishment and the broader media. The United-Workers Coalition and the UDM would prove to capture the majority of the vote, with the UDM performing better than expected. The Coalition, although receiving the greatest percentage of votes, failed to win a majority. The National Party, who has so far been a topic a non-discussion, placed as expected with a solid showing backed by the country's Afrikaaner population, as well as a minority section of the coloured population. As expected, the ANC and UP would see a sharp decline in votes and seats in the National Assembly-Nasionale Vergadering, however the ANC would see a better than expected result from the election.
Although radically reshaping the political landscape of South Africa, the Special Election of 1954 has highlighted the fact that South Africa is a nation rejecting the politics of the past. However, the elections have also highlighted the growing political divisions in society which may potentially come to paralyse the legislative and governance process in the future. Having failed to win a majority, such legislative paralysis has already begun to set in. Bast van Den Heever, leader of the NDA will need to form a more grand coalition in order to form a government which may prove increasingly difficult.
[list]National Assembly-Nasionale Vergadering 120[/list]
[list]· NDA-WP Coalition 43%% (53 seats)
· Union Democratic Movement 20% (25 seats)
· African National Congress 15% (18 seats)
· National Party 12% (15 seats)
· United Party 7% (9 seats)
· Other Parties/Invalid Votes 3% (0 seats)[/list]
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The Republic of Iceland
Vísir Gazette
Vol.1 No.1
Beached Whale Threatened Community.
|A fin whale that had been beached greeted the villagers of the tiny fishing hamlet of orlákshöfn (Thorlakshofn) as they rose to prepare their coffee, kiss their wives goodbye, and head to one of the orlákshöfn Fish Processing Plants. Although the whale's death is truly tragic, the wellbeing of the residents was far more vital as a dead beached whale posed a hazard owing to a large level of methane gas buildup; the whale was a nasty ticking time bomb. The whale died at 7:42 AM due to dehydration and its own weight.
|Multiple marine biologists, including Tolli Burknason, Oddkell Strauss, and Manuel Fjörnisson, arrived around 8:45 AM. We had discussed the problem and their plan of action with Tolli Burknason, Unfortunately, this whale was a mother; we were all familiar with her by the name of Laila, and she was one of the whales we were studying as well as a well-known sight in the village. Nevertheless, we're going to take this opportunity to catch a few photographs and maybe collect some stomach contents. Although we won't be doing that right away, we will evacuate the beach, acquire a boat, and ultimately drag her out to sea. Hopefully the explosion won't occur during that time because if it does, the whale would unleash its internal organs and other things it has eaten all over the town. Additionally, we're going to look for her calf.
|A theory will shed light on Laila's passing even though her passing is unfortunate since she was an adored visitor to the township who died on the beaches of Iceland. As her body hits the ocean floor, she will replenish the ecosystem by providing nutrients and food, but we are unsure of where her body will land. Many people returned to the beach a short while later to honor Laila with flowers and candles. Fortunately, Laila's calf was found a few kilometers from the shore, identified by a tag and given the name Hjörtór; perhaps he will return to the little fishing community of orlákshöfn to be a familiar sight like his mother.
Icelands New Fishing Preservation Act
|Following a sharp drop in fish and whale populations throughout Iceland's coasts, the Fishing Preservation Act mandates that local populations/companies maintain healthy fish and whale populations in the sea bodies utilized for both commercial and recreational fishing. The new act has had an impact on Iceland's economy by shutting down several fishing companies that were found to be responsible for harming the fish and whales that provided many jobs for Icelandic citizens. The number of fin whales available for export has also decreased, and up to 200 hundred jobs may have been lost as a result.
|The Fishing Preservation Act benefits both the fish and the people of Iceland, according to a statement from the departments of commerce and animal welfare in Iceland. "Iceland and its government want to preserve the marine habitats, fish, and whales by restricting the commercial fishing and the companies that we allow into our waters, today trawling has been made illegal," the statement reads. Iceland urges its inhabitants to return to the seas to produce fish for their own village and others once they comply with the new fishing rules as a result of the businesses affected by this law having closed down due to a significant loss in income.
Nonador, Paramountica, Victoria Harbor, Osivoii, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, The Norselands
Romanian cultural rebirth
October 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| With the implementation of the March Theses by the beloved and esteemed leader and brave son of the Romanian people, 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 earlier this year, the Romanian culture has seen a rebirth, making Romania stand out in the Socialist world due to it`s cultural and traditional embrace yet embracing the rapid industrialization, seeing it as necessary part of every nation in order to create a stable and peaceful working society, improving every social and economic aspect of the respective republics.
| Poems, songs, short stories, stories and even paintings about the great accomplishments of the Romanian people, The Communist Party of Romania and the President of the Republic have come into existence, educating the Romanian population in order to create an intelligent and patriotic population, worthy of a country as rich historically and culturally as Romania is.
Fiul cutezator al neamului Romanesc, by Virgiliu Giurescu
Este intruchiparea gandului drept si curat
Este suflarea intregii natiuni Romanesti
In aceasta zi de sarbatoare noi va uram cu drag sanatate
Cel mai calduros omagiu, din inimile noastre sare
Pentru fiul cutezator al Romaniei
Faurarul Socialismului in patria noastra
Cel drept si intelept
Cel stimat si iubit
Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru
Prin el vorbeste natiunea
Prin el vorbeste partidul
Prin el vorbeste poporul
Cu el ne indeplinim telul
Pentru iubitul si stimat
Acest poem am dedicat
Un calduros salut Tovarasului Constantin Rotaru!
The brave son of the Romanian nation, by Virgiliu Giurescu
It is the embodiment of right and pure thought
It is the breath of the entire Romanian nation
On this day of celebration, we wish you good health
The warmest tribute, from our hearts jumps
For the brave son of Romania
The founder of Socialism in our homeland
The just and wise one
The esteemed and loved one
Comrade Constantin Rotaru
The nation speaks through him
The party speaks through him
The people speak through him
With him we fulfill our goal
For the beloved and esteemed
I dedicated this poem
A warm greeting to Comrade Constantin Rotaru!
| The Communist Party of Romania, led by it`s General Secretary, Comrade Constantin Rotaru, has announced special rewards and a yearly competition of the poets held in May (in honour of international labor day 1st May, the ascension to power of his excellency, Comrade Constantin Rotaru and the creation of the only correct leading force of the Romanian nation, The Communist Party of Romania, May 8th) in order to encourage the constant development of the Romanian ideal and the National-Communist ideology throughout our great motherland.
The prizes consist of a 2 week paid vacation, the chance of winning a Romanian Malaxa 1 automobile or 4.000 Lei.
| All of the success Romania is seeing and will see in the following decades that will last centuries, can be traced back to The Genius of The Carpathians, his excellency, 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.
Only through him and the leading party of Romania, The Communist Party, the Romanian nation will prosper under a red banner of workers and peasants alike, developing the correct and the worthy ideology and lifestyle of the Romanian people, promoting patriotic values in order to maintain the constant well being of our Republic, each day getting closer to it`s set goal of becoming an industrialized Socialist nation!
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
October 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Dispatch Work | The Blay Chaps
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1836729
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[list][sup]
(CCP) Peoples Republic of China / (CCP) 中华人民共和国
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CHAIRMAN MAO TAKES DIRECT CONTROL OVER THE EDUCATION MINISTRY TO IMPLEMENT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES!
毛主席直接控制了教育部,实施重大改革!
[sub]October 1954 | 1954年10月
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[list]
[sub]
BEIJING, CAPITAL PROVINCE | 湖南省长沙市[/sub]
[sub]Since taking the helms of leadership in 1948 with the rise of the New Peoples Republic, the Communist Party had taken a fairly detached role in the countrys education. In the earlier years, the Peoples Government had been largely concerned with ensuring national stability and solidifying the new governments hold on power, despite the aggressive persistence of the rogue Kuomintang, and strengthening national unity in one of the most populous and geographically massive countries in the world. Education, then, was not necessarily at the forefront of policy. With the initiation of a mass propaganda campaign by the Communist Party secretariat to encourage and propagate national volunteer efforts and membership in the various local CCP chapters and indeed the national one as well, the Chinese education system was brought to the forefront of the Communist Partys leadership. The Party had promised in several annual manifestos to deliver universal education of the proper order to Chinese children, but had insofar failed to do so, largely thanks to a continuing financial burden on the country as it sought to recover hence the focus by the Peoples Government on the agricultural and industrial industries through Farm-to-Market Roads and the Five Year Plans. Chairman Mao, however, realized the need to immediately address the education question, and thus convened the Communist Party Central Committee the absolute top echelons of Party leadership in the national capital of Beijing, this early September of 1954. [/sub]
[sub]It was agreed upon that;[/sub]
[list][pre] Education is a necessary part of the New Society we intend to construct.
Education plays a key role in shaping the worldviews of the Chinese populace, and thus must be under stringent government regulation.
Teaching the history of the proletariat revolution and the rise of the Chairman and General Secretary shall be at the forefront, along with the propagation of technical, loyal minds committed to the revolution and to the nation.[/pre][/list]
[sub]This much was agreed upon by the Central Committee, and Chairman Mao directed them to immediately draft up a comprehensive resolution to reorganize the Chinese education curriculum to boost literacy and education rates. Finances allocated by the central government would also be set aside en masse for the construction of new schools in colleges, and a binding goal of expanding access to proper education by at least 65% within five years would be set. Ambitious, some argued, but necessary, others said.[/sub]
[sub]This much, too, was proposed before the National Peoples Congress of the Peoples Republic of China (NPC) as legislation endorsed by Chairman Mao himself. The Congress was wholly dominated by the governing CCP, and in it was only opposed by minor token parties that were in a de facto coalition with the governing Communist Party. Mao appeared before the NPC with a choir of model Chinese students arrayed behind him in the best and most orderly fashion to promote the legislation, proclaiming:[/sub]
[list][sub]Education, I must confess, possesses in truth the greatest role in shaping the future of our nation, and how our children and grandchildren shall perceive the future, and indeed the present as well. Education is something that our government must be wholly committed to, not only as our promise to the people of the Revolution, but as our commitment to the great peoples of China, who aspire and work tirelessly every single day to work for a better future, towards which the central government holds a key role in supporting and protecting.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Without much opposition, the National Peoples Congress ratified the bill unanimously, and the Chairman on 2 October signed the bill into law, with the members of the Central Committee standing behind him, at his flanks. Already elderly, the great Mao Zedong was but he continued to act for his party and for China, in the new postwar world.[/sub]
[sub]自从1948年随着新人民共和国的崛起而掌握了领导权以来,共产党在国家教育方面发挥了相当超脱的作用。在早些年,人民政府主要关注的是确保国家稳定和巩固新政府的权力,尽管流氓国民党咄咄逼人,以及加强世界上人口最多、地理面积最大的国家之一的民族团结。那么,教育就不一定是政策的重点了。随着共产党秘书处发起大规模的宣传运动,鼓励和宣传全国志愿者的努力和加入中国共产党的各个地方分会以及全国分会,中国的教育系统被推到了共产党领导的前沿。党在几个年度的宣言中承诺向中国儿童提供 "适当的普及教育",但迄今为止未能做到,这主要是由于国家在寻求恢复时持续的财政负担--因此,人民政府通过农场到市场的道路和五年计划将重点放在农业和工业上。然而,毛主席意识到需要立即解决教育问题,因此在1954年9月初,在国家首都北京召开了共产党中央委员会--党的绝对最高领导层。[/sub]
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Peruvian Federation
Obligations
The Federation wishes for closer ties with Greece, and to improve Grecian-Peruvian relations from being nonexistent to something of a close ally. Already Peru would back and support the Greek Gov't and their people against the Turks - but maybe support would have to also be given against the rest of the Balkans. It's a historical area known for not getting along, and maybe the Federation could guard the Greeks from Balkan threats?
As Spain returned to Monarchism, La Presidenta had decided that she will not meet their head-of-state in Madrid, but counteroffer to meet with the Grecians instead. The Federation will be sending ambassadors and diplomats to Greece.
Also, the Peruvian Federation would want closer ties to Czechoslovakia, and to make more deals with them.
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[list][list]A Most Personal Journey[/list][/list]
[list][list][sub]August 1954[/sub][/list][/list]
[list][list][sub]Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Hitam, George Town, Kewtpuff[/sub][/list][/list]
[list][sup]| The smell of incense permeates the air as the sound of bells could be heard off in the distance. Cheng Jun Kai is a 16 year old Singaporean of Chinese descent who has come to Kek Lok Si temple complex on the island of Penang from neighboring George Town, to seek the divine support of the Boddhisattva Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, who is enshrined here. Kai wishes to pray for the Chinese Singaporeans who have recently died during the riots in the past few months, among which include his older brother, Seng, who was cut down by a colonial officer after peacefully protesting the British revocation of ethnic Chinese schools. The Chinese Singaporean community has been rocked to its core an with uncertainty brewing, Kai believes an otherworldly protection is needed for both his family, and the Chinese of Singapore as a whole. With this in mind, the young Singaporean makes his way through the courtyard just beyond the gates of the temple. Beautiful flowers can be seen along with lush green vegetation on either side of the walkway, giving the temple a natural and ethereal look, not unlike the Mahayana descriptions of the Pure Land. Indeed, the name Kek Lok Si roughly translates to heavenly temple. Looking up as he walks, Kai notices the massive pagoda towering over the main shrine of Guanyin. With its three architectural styles layered on top of each other like a tiered wedding cake, Burmese, Thai, and Chinese styles blend seamlessly together to produce a stunning testament to the diversity of Southeast Asian Buddhism. |[/sup]
[sup]| Once passed the main gates, Kai takes a detour to the shrine of the Buddha Amitabha, the enlightened being who offers all those who call on him refuge in the pure land, the place this very temple is dedicated to. Out of respect for him, he must pay homage. Cheng Jun Kai clasps his hands and bows before the golden icon of the Buddha Amitabha.|[/sup]
[list][sup]Cheng Jun Kai: "May I obtain your blessings and come back again with vows to propagate the Dharma and benefit all beings. May all sentient beings be reborn in the Pure Land of the West, And never regress. Namo Amitābhāya Tathāgatāya"[/sup][/list]
[sup]| With his prayer complete, he prostrates three times in honor of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Upon completing his prostrations, Kai walks up to the offering bowl at the foot of the icon of the Buddha Amitabha and deposits a monetary offering. Bowing once more, Kai gets up and respectfully backs away from the shrine, his back facing away from the altar and his head lowered. After this, he walks across the inner courtyard to the golden altar of Guanyin. Like with the icon of Amitabha Buddha, Kai clasps his hands and bows in respect before saying his prayer. |[/sup]
[list][sup]Cheng Jun Kai: "Namo Guanyin Bodhisattva loving, compassionate and powerful, delivering sentient beings from unhappiness and hardship."[/sup][/list]
[sup]| Kai then walks up to the incense burner and lights a stick of incense before placing it into the incense holder in front of the altar. He then steps back and once again clasps his hands his prayer. |[/sup]
[list][sup]Cheng Jun Kai: "Namo Buddhaya! Namo Dharmaya! Namo Sanghaya."[/sup][/list]
[sup]| The young man proceeds to bow to the Bodhisattva once more, paying respect to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha like he did with Amitabha Buddha. |[/sup]
[list][sup]Cheng Jun Kai:
"怛垤哆。唵。
DA ZHI DUO。 ONG。
伽囉伐哆。伽囉伐哆。
QIE LA FA DUO。QIE LA FA DUO。
伽訶佛哆。
QIE HE FA DUO。
囉伽佛哆。 囉伽佛哆。
LA QIE FA DUO。LA QIE FA DUO。
娑婆訶。
SA PO HE。"[/sup][/list]
[sup]| Another bow is offered to the Goddess of Mercy as Kai concludes the chanting of the sacred mantra of Guanyin. He picks himself up from the floor and clasps his hands together to continue on with expressing his wish for assistance. |[/sup]
[list][sup]Cheng Jun Kai: "By powers of sky and earth, I implore with firm resolve. All hardship leave us behind, into dust they shall dissolve. May all beings be well, may they all attain perfect peace. Namo Maha Prajnaparamita."[/sup][/list]
[sup]| With the conclusion of his prayer, Cheng Jun Kai sheds a tear as he bows once more in honor of Guanyin, hoping for a better future for his people and for a good rebirth for his brother. As he backs away, another person makes their way to the altar of Guanyin. The scene pans out to reveal a whole line of devotees who have come to pray to the Goddess of Mercy in these dark and unforgiving times. Maybe there is hope for Singapore? Maybe peace will come one day. |[/sup][/list]
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OCTOBER,5th,1954
Wei Yuan Legacy:Up In Flames.
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With the death of Wei Yuan,and the start of
[URL=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=50958921]Operation Subuh[/url].The second act of Operation Subuh begins,on the 5th of October.The second act of Operation Subuh,has the army dispersed around Maziya,with aid from the local police force to check every house to see,if the residents of the house are in possession of a copy of
[url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=50895824]"Wěi Yuán Xìnyǎng"[/url].Individuals who are caught being in possession of a copy of Wěi Yuán Xìnyǎng,are thrown into prison with a sentence of 10 years.They will not be trialed to appeal that they are in fact not a communist/socialist sympathiser or believer.If the location of residency,contains a family,the family will be interrogated to find the individual in the family who actually bought the copy.If the family refuses comply with the authorities,the entire family would be put into prison with a 12 years sentence.
The government ordered that each copy of Wěi Yuán Xìnyǎng that are found,would be taken to the closest incinerator to burn the copy's.If there are no incinerators nearby then it'll be burned in public in a location where the fire could be contained.
[B]THIS EVENT MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES.
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[list][list]October 1954
[sub]Nassers African Tour! Egyptian President to meet Gloria Banza in Novue Zaire[/sub][/list]
NOVUE ZAIRE, (Paseo) MORNING
| The sun beat down on the tarmac as the plane carrying myself, Gamal Abdel Nasser, descended towards Novue Zaire. I was excited for the opportunities that lay ahead during my state visit. Upon landing, I was greeted by a delegation of Zairian officials, who welcomed me to their magnificent country with open arms. I was to meet with officials of Zaire's government to discuss how our countries could deepen our ties through trade and cultural exchange. We shared our common struggles as African nations and our determination to achieve economic and social progress for our people. |
| As a strong advocate for education, I was particularly excited to establish links between Zaire and Egypt's universities. I believed that through collaboration and sharing of knowledge, we could help shape a brighter future for both our nations. Even before arriving at the official meeting, I marveled at the natural beauty of this land and was deeply impressed by the rich cultural heritage of its people. I knew that by collaborating with our Zairian brothers and sisters, we could work together to create a brighter future for all our citizens & Africa.
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| But above all, I was thrilled at the prospect of meeting with the dynamic and visionary Gloria Banza, the leader of Zaire. Her reputation preceded her, and I knew that she was a force to be reckoned with - a brilliant and charismatic woman who had brought positive change to her country and inspired her people |
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES[/pre][/list]
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FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY: PARIS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND ERITREA AND CREATES NEW PARTNERSHIPS ABROAD
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, OCTOBER 1954[/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF DIPLOMACY, MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES - | The French Republic has officially recognized Cambodia and Laos as independent nations, exactly one year after their official declaration. The two nations have been of tremendous support to Paris in regards to the Indochina War and the ongoing conflicts that still exist on the Indochina Peninsula with the North Vietnamese Việt Minh insurgency. Cambodia and Laos still remain respectable partners with the French Republic despite them leaving the French Union which is no longer in existence. Cambodia which is seemingly the most receptive of the two has pledged continued support to the French Republic in the continued fight against communist backed forces in Vietnam, having granted full military access to Cambodian territory. Just recently the newly formed, independent Cambodian government purchased 100 ARL 44 tanks from France in preparation to shore up their own defense forces for continued fighting against the Việt Minh.[/sub]
[sub]In addition to recognizing the independence of Cambodia and Laos, France has officially declared recognition of Eritrea and has voted in favor of the nation's ascension to the United Nations Assembly; being one of the first countries to do so. The French Republic is responsible for inadvertently and indirectly arming the Eritrean rebel movement in their conflict with Ethiopia which saw their independence succeed. At the same time however France also conducted arms deals with the Ethiopian government despite secretly plotting against them. This information would be leaked in a file to the Eritrean government as well as the Sudanese government which was an acting accomplice. With clear precautions being taken to ensure that only those two governments would obtain said knowledge, a secret heightened state of security would be initiated in French Somaliland in case the Ethiopian government ever received word of France's clandestine operations and espionage against them. In the meantime foreign relations with Ethiopia would remain as cordial as ever with the French Ambassador to Addis Ababa even reaching out to conclude cooperation on oil drilling in the Gulf of Aden.[/sub]
[sub]As France continues to build new partnerships with newly independent nations, the Foreign Ministry has looked even further abroad to the Western shores of South America where Peru also finds itself to be searching for global trade partners. The French government has concluded a trade deal with Peru in which France will begin receiving gold, copper, and fresh fruit shipments. Likewise France has initiated several investments into the growing mining industries of Peru with French mining companies like EPC Groupe, Eramet, and Charbonnages de France launching subsidiary firms headquartered in Lima. The French finance sector has also sized up the growing Peruvian economy and has launched three new investment firms in Lima under Wendel Group, Crédit Agricole, and BNP Paribas. The French government has also offered to provide Peru with all of its coal and steel needs at a substantially reduced foreign market rate. | [/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
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[list][list]SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954
[sub]TAMADON-E BOZORG[/sub][/list]
[sub][pre] H O V E Y D A' S L E G A C Y [/pre][/sub]
[list][list][sub][pre]O Cyrus, Great King, King of Kings
Achaemenian King, King of the Land of Iran.
I, Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation.
Rest in Peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
TEHRAN,
[sub]Alzarikstan[/sub]
[list][pre]MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN TEHRAN![/pre][/list]
| Delegates and government officials of South Africa, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Iran successfully concluded a multi-day summit ranging on topics from industrialization to education and security. The following areas have been agreed upon for this first historical summit, which is set to occur once more in 1956: |
[list]1. Establishment of Special Education Scheme: ease the restrictions for students from each nation while also encouraging universities to attract international pupils through funding, grants and other means.[/list]
[list]2. Periphery Security Arrangement: Programs for joint shipbuilding development, military cooperation - especially regarding R&D, plus the patrol of this organizations sphere (the maritime region of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf). Other forms of military cooperation including joint drills, and potential intel sharing, joint development in shipbuilding, joint R&D projects, etc. This agreement formally approved the entry of South Africa, Ethiopia, and Zaire into Iran's domestic jet aircraft projects, tank development program, and clandestine radar initiative. Each nation shall construct facilities that support these endeavors to make information, technology, and research sharing that much easier and simpler. intelligence is to be shared among nations that pertain to maritime security, climate, and economic conditions. CONDITION: Weaponry produced through security arrangements are not to be sold to 3rd parties w/o unanimous approval.[/list]
[list]3. Energy Development & Sustainability: Iran to continue supply of oil/gas to Zaire while Iranian shares of oil/gas supply to South Africa to be increased over time. Iran to dispatch specialists to Ethiopia & Zaire to assist in developing energy infrastructure and industry. Coordination among nations to increase regarding technologies and knowledge on upstream, midstream, and downstream operations for oil and natural gas.[/list]
[list]4. Mineral Resource Industrialization & Economic Diversification: All nations coordinate industrialization efforts to ensure industrial bases are able to grow and stabilize. Not just being mainly focused on the coastline economy, raise importance to prioritize connecting internal/interior economies to the coast to expand trade between the agreeing nations and the world for long term successes with bringing more resources and workforce into the economy and increases beneficial competition. Further opening import/export mineral resource trading and gradual reductions in tariffs and regulations over time among agreeing nations for high priority strategic mineral resources needed for high end industrialization and technological advancements, stressing great contributions to expanding maritime trading in the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.[/list]
[list]5. Political and Diplomatic Solidarity: All agreeing nations seek to increase diplomatic solidarity and an increase in commitments to the stability and development of all nations involved within the international community. This serves as the common core to uphold legitimacy within the international political arena while providing attentional support toward the principle of national self-determination and national sovereignty.[/list]
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[October-1954]
The Republic of Iceland
Vísir Gazette
Vol.2 No.1
Election To Bring Radical Change?
|Iceland is about to hold elections; will Steingrmur Steinórsson (of the Progressive Party) win or will there be a substantial change? Luther Sumarliason, a representative of the "Icelandic Communist Party," and Runi Smaelsson, a representative of the "National Icelandic Peoples Party," both enter the race as potential contenders for the position of prime minister. Luther has significantly increased support for the communist party through persuasive speeches and "Campaign Adventures'' around Iceland. Steingrmur follows closely, while Runi is in third place as a result of the lack of support for rebranded nationalism.
|Out of the 154,263 Icelanders who are registered voters, 102,485 support Luther and the Icelandic Communist Party, 42,876 support Steingrmur, and 8902 support Runi and the National Icelandic Peoples Party. In a recent remark, Steingrmur claims that the Icelandic Communist Party, as well as a critical comment made about Runi Smaelsson, might harm Iceland as a nation., "...while I, the leader of the Progressive Party and Iceland, must acknowledge that moving political parties thus quickly in Iceland's early years might seriously harm Iceland and its people, I must urge individuals who are voting to think carefully about their party. In addition, I must note that Luther may have the same principles as the National Icelandic Peoples Party, which makes them both threats to democracy and freedom The statement was an effective convincer to those voting for the Icelandic Communist Party leading to half of the party to join the Progressive Party.
Communist Party Losing Validity?
|While Iceland is a democratic country, will the inauguration of the communist, Luther affect Icelands status in NATO and the UN? Multiple supporters of his party say so
I mean from what Ive been told Iceland will flourish from communism, but how will we even be protected if we do turn communist, we have no military, much less a police force. What will happen to our alliances?-Arent Blængsson
Eh I hear good things from Mr. Sumarliason, but Im kind of rethinking my choice, the progressive party looks more promising, but Id rather have Luther than that Runi.-Kapitola Esekíelsdóttir
Im reluctant to even go to the polls, so far Sumarliason seems like a good leader, but NATO protects our small country from threats, so how will he use our small economy to fund a military anyways.-Daði Hólmsson
|Clearly, Mr. Sumarliason is losing credibility as a viable candidate for Iceland's government. Many people are reluctant to even consider him as a leader because they fear losing their security and the inability of the country's poor economy to fund a military. Members are currently starting to doubt the legitimacy of the Icelandic Communist Party. Steingrmur demands that the Communist Party really give a legitimate justification for why communism should exist in Iceland, failing which the Progressive Party will continue to hold office.
|Since Iceland is a member of NATO, according to Mr. Smaelsson, the Icelandic Communist Party shouldn't have been let to enter the country's borders in the first place, breaking democratic ideals, and Steingrmur's choice to do so shows that he is a danger to both NATO and democracy. Steingrmur claims that the election process is becoming unstable and asks for guidance on what to do to protect Iceland and stop any revolutions that would impact Iceland. Steingrmur's counsel advised him to finish out his term and give political parties time to change and reconsider their strategies. In the end, this implies that the election will not take place and that the Progressive Party will continue to rule the nation.
|Even if the Althing votes to annul the election, Luther will not support it if the result does not favor his party. Icelandic citizens claim that this is a breach of their rights, and Icelandic Communist Party members believe that it is an abuse of power.
Election Canceled Due To Complexity.
|After a vote, the Althing agreed unanimously to call off the election because it was getting out of hand. This effort to overthrow the current administration resulted in a humiliating loss for the Icelandic Communist Party and the demise of the Runi's nationalist party. Steingrmur claims that the election overall became too much to handle while complaints of "non-democratic breach of rights" flood the Icelandic populace. He admits that Iceland isn't prepared for a real election until it decides that such parties can exist within its borders without posing a threat to democracy.
|Mr. Sumarliason claims that this election was rigged and that democracy in Iceland is already deteriorating, but as a result of his failure, his claims are largely losing popularity. As a result of Mr. Smarliason's resignation, the communist party was ultimately brought to an end.
The election was evidence that the administration was not prepared to face opposition, and the Icelandic government shouldn't have been allowed to thwart the results.
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Aggravated murmuring took hold of the crowd and the all-Slovene jury. One soldier cautioned an agitated local from crossing onto the court floor. Thus was the pattern of the trialSenofonte's boisterous statements would meet with contempt among its hearers, and Horjak himself grew increasingly short with the colonel. No matter how many speeches Senofonte articulated, no difference was made in the listeners. The accounts of several of the villagers from Zgornje Zre only added to the fire; by the trials end, as at its beginning, Senofonte had no friends in the courtroom.
The jury deliberated for ninety seconds. Senofonte was found guilty on all counts.
Sentencing soon followed; as Horjak would have it, Senofonte would spend the next ten years ensnared in the tangled web of Slovene prison labor. He would become property of the Republic, awarded or auctioned to corporations as cheap labor in the aggressive industrialization of the country. It was, admittedly, not as cruel as it seemedthe quality of life in corporate service was not especially dark, and the rate of worker injury was not distant from that of the general population. Still, it was one where life was lived under the total oversight of the competitive corporations that increasingly define Slovenian society.
[list][sup]SHACKLED BY STEEL
OCTOBER 1954[/sup][/list]
Thus the narrative arrives at the present day. Two years and two hundred kilometers away from his trial in Tolmeč, Colonel Senofonte Scalzo was an industrial laborer at a cold-rolled carbon steel facility in the outskirts of Gradeconce Austrian Grazowned by heavy manufacturer Andric. His year and a half at Trot steelworks in Jesenice had been in general construction, expanding the metallurgical facilities in Slovenia's steel capital. Now, his labors were more advanced, and he found himself in the company of imprisoned Slovene-, German- and Italian-speaking skilled tradesmen.
It was hard work; he lived in a supervised barrack with eleven others and worked a daily shift of six to eight hours maintaining and operating machinery. His physique had been doubtlessly toughened, as had his hands. The most difficult part of everything, however, was surely the fact of it; he was made to work for the Slovene Republic, processing the steel that made Slovene cars, bridges and buildings and being overseen by the very same people cast into the corner of Italian society for centuries. It was a disgraceand intervention from home was much needed.
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[sub]THE PERSIAN BETRAYAL OCTOBER 1954
| Iran leaves the anti-Kurdish axis of resistance, forcing the Hashemite Federation to reassess and retreat. |[/sub]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1837206
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Foreign Observer: Press Freedom in Portugal? In the Rearview
October, 1954
While Salazar had never been a friend to the Portuguese Press, and had generally been opposed to freedom of reporting, it seems under Prime Minister Vicente any press freedom will decline.
The Estado Novo has passed numerous laws allowing them to suppress, silence, or censor any news media that is considered dangerous. In many cases it seems the media is shifting to a tool by which the government can impart propaganda. Journalists who are found to be anti-government or critical of the government have been routinely harassed, attacked, or beaten by government agents.
The Foreign Observer, and many other newspapers have been entirely blocked, and removed from shelves across the Estado Novo. For their safety any Foreign Observer journalists may no longer publish their name next to their articles. Many houses and offices of Foreign Observer journalists and other critical or independent media have been raided in an attempt to intimidate or arrest.
In many cases, journalists, radio broadcasters, and other media personnel have been found to be self censoring. If a media personnel have been found to step out of line too far, they have been informed and issued memorandums to retract, censor, or take down any statements. Especially anti-government or even socialist and liberal democratic journalists has been arrested, with many being sent to Cape Verdes infamous concentration camps. Its estimated 40 journalists are now in these camps, the largest crackdown on media in Western Europe since the Nazi occupations.
Largely, public opinion has been incredibly hard to gauge. As most of the raids have been covered up, or evidence has been planted. Glorification of the governments actions by the remaining media outlets have further eroded public perception. Nonetheless, there are rumors among the local populace, and there have been some small controlled protests.
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THE BARUKAN JOURNAL
OCTOBER 1954 | Airport finished, Railway partially finished, Port finished and future railway projects
| The Airport at Siem Reap has completed construction, thus allowing for an efficient connection with the communities on the northern side of the Tonle Sap basin. |
| A section of the Kampong Som to Poipet railways has been completed, connecting Kampong Som to Phnom Penh. |
| The Port at Kampong Som has finished construction, thus allowing Cambodia to finally become a true part of the Global Economy. |
| Twin Railway projects that would connect Phnom Penh to Bavet and Phnom Penh to Stung Treng have been announced to be under consideration and discussion in the highest level of Government. Let us hope all goes well. |
[spoiler=Geographic Map of Cambodia]https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1833368[/spoiler]
[spoiler=OCC]How do I join the UN? Do I need to RP a request by myself or do I need to contact someone first for it?[/spoiler]
Paramountica, Victoria Harbor, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Jasumaa, Maziya, Hatzburg, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok, The Norselands
I am in 21st in col! =)
| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KURDISTAN - KOMARA DEMOKRATA KURDISTANÊ |
The Kurdish Peoples Army Is The Vanguard of National Sovereignty!
[sub]| Amed Capital District
| October, 1954[/sub]
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Kurdistans revolutionary officers continue to shift political power to the nations military in hopes of deterring regional aggressors.
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In the aftermath of the National Revolution, a distinct sense of optimism gripped the young Kurdish nation. The Treaty of Diyarbakir was seen as the landmark agreement that would settle Kurdistans sovereignty for good. To many Kurds, their enemies had been subdued and the nation would be free, in spite of its isolation, to prosper without interference. This view persisted in the mainstream throughout the early years of the Barzani regime and even briefly beyond the collapse of his ultimately weak tribal republic. But Kurdistans enemies never really were defeated, only kept at bay temporarily. And against a backdrop of the global Cold War, the ideological shifts of the Newroz Revolution have sparked a renewed era of hostility against Kurdistan. The Baghdad government was clearly arming itself for prospective invasion and the Turkish legislature had just openly disavowed the Treaty of Diyarbakir. Any lingering hopes for peace were at last smashed by rumors that the British government was overseeing the organization of a possible military alliance among the Wests servants in the region. It was by now clear to the populace and leadership that their era of peace was over, and that the Kurdish people must once again rise to defend their nation.
With the specter of conflict looming, the government has pressed the populace with new propaganda and public action. Radio and newspapers report on the so-called counterrevolutionary imperialism rising in the Middle East and decry the leadership of both Turkey and the Hashemite Federation as puppets of western powers. Propaganda art glorifies the Peoples Army and the Revolutionary Guard as the protectors of the nation, often portraying them as co-equal with the party and civilian government. Military and party parades have been organized often at the local level across Kurdistan, glorifying local units and popular commanders. New posters and murals portraying President Remman have accompanied the campaign. Statues and elaborate plaques decorate public places, portraying Kurdish culture and history. The mobilization of junior cadres has also been a part of the partys strategy, organizing public reading events of party-approved theory and propaganda. Additionally, new public regulations mandate that portraits of the President be hung in all government offices. The rule also extends to state-owned businesses, which by now are nearly half of the Kurdish economy.
In response to the crisis, President Remman convened a joint session of the National Defense Committee and the Labor Fronts Politburo. It was determined that with both Turkey and the Hashemite Federation openly renouncing the Treaty of Diyarbakir, Kurdistan had entered into a new soft regional conflict. Ankara and Baghdad boasted considerable support from western powers and as such senior officials were in agreement that neither nation would reasonably back down from their claims in the foreseeable future. As such, the state needed to be prepared to contend with long-term continued threats to its sovereignty. Accordingly, President Remman obtained rubber-stamp approval from the Peoples Assembly and issued a new series of policy edicts.
The fiery nationalist language, the orders immediately place all of Kurdistan in a state of martial law for a period of five years, eligible to be renewed by the Peoples Assembly in 1959. It grants the military and security services the power to detain those suspected of threatening state security and try them before military tribunals. It also grants the security services increased authority to investigate, surveil, and prosecute those suspected of anti-state activity. Explicitly the act targets so-called foreign subversives and imperialist agents of the Hashemite Federation and Turkey. Perhaps most importantly, it also expands the Defense District concept from just the southern provinces, establishing 4 more of them to cover the rest of the nation. The decree also approves the raising and training of 50,000 new personnel for the reserves of the Kurdish Peoples Army and Air Force. This brings the total reserve force to 110,000, compared to 200,000 active personnel in the Defense Forces and 100,000 paramilitaries in the Revolutionary Guard. It is believed the Defense Forces will be able to supply the reserve expansion program entirely through volunteers but the military has also been empowered to issue conscription orders as needed. The majority of these reserves are for the Peoples Army which has gained a dominant institutional role over the Peoples Air Force. Additionally, the decrees permit the Peoples Army to mobilize 50,000 reserves on its own accord at any time going forward as regional tensions worsen.
In a second decree, this time in his capacity as First Secretary of the EKNS, General Remman signals an important shift in the policies and priorities of the party. If the spirits of the Independence Revolution and Newroz Revolutions are to live on, Remman states, the Party must direct further energy toward the national defense. But he argues this policy must stretch beyond simply building armored divisions and ensuring public respect for the Defense Forces. Instead, the advancement of national defense must also be secured through the advancement of the nation itself. This includes industrialization and economic modernization, social progress, and the protection of Kurdish cultural and national identity. Crucially, the Field Marshal also spoke of the importance of non-belligerence in achieving Kurdistans goals. According to him, Kurdistan must continue its policy of friendliness and cooperativity toward all nations who recognize Kurdistans sovereignty as defined by the Treaty of Diyarbakir. This specifically states the importance of trade and regional stability to Kurdish prosperity. It also claims that any policy of aggressive ultranationalism would only serve to harm Kurdistan irreparably and that the Party must maintain vigilance to prevent the cultivation of reactionary militarism in the partys policies. The piece further feeds into the partys line of thinking on the Newroz Revolution, understanding it as a long-term process of elevating the Kurdish people that began with the formation of the EKNS and the ascendance of President Remman.
Just short of two years since taking power, the regime has thus far been defined by its foreign policy challenges. The government has been distracted from remaining institutional and structural changes it claims must be made before the implementation of a five-year plan. But the crisis has also provided the regime with a considerable source of legitimacy, casting themselves as defenders of the nations honor and territorial integrity. And Remman and his allies have successfully used the instability to consolidate and expand their rule through the new system of defense districts. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a nation founded in large part by a succession of warlords, thinly-veiled military rule has proven more invigorating than concerning for many Kurds. Remmans veteran status (and his prevention of a secular state in the wake of the Newroz Revolution) ingratiate him to the conservative tribal establishment, meanwhile, his revolutionary credentials and proximity to Moscow legitimize him in the eyes of Kurdistans nuanced left-wing establishment. The regimes nationalism grants it broad authority, being able to draw in potential critics from both ends of the political spectrum.
Abroad Kurdistan remains vigilant and publicly confident. Mariwan Saleem, the Kurdish Foreign Minister, has reiterated Kurdistans unquestionable diplomatic legal position, saying:
[sub][list]What Kurdistan stands for in this dispute is the upholding and protection of international law. We wish to build a Middle East founded on cooperation, trust, and regional peace. As a founding member of the United Nations, Kurdistan is and will always be dedicated to upholding international law and regional peace. In this spirit, we call on the Republic of Turkey and the Hashemite Federation to renounce their ultra-nationalist and imperialist claims and once again embrace the stability and peace brought about by the Treaty of Diyarbakir.[/sub][/list]
In the smoke-filled rooms of the Presidential Palace, senior generals worked diligently to prepare. Battle plans to resist a two-fronted invasion from Turkey and Iraq was already being disseminated to commanders at the regimental level and Defense Minister Reswan had been in close connection with Soviet officials to coordinate their unified military response. Despite these things, the general opinion in Amed was that war was unlikely. The Soviet guarantee was seen as just that, a guarantee, and one capable of preventing any coalition assault on Kurdistan. And Soviet efforts had produced a Kurdish military with modern equipment, organization, and an increasingly well-trained officer corp. Both the civilian and military factions of the regime were in agreement that genuine action from Baghdad or Ankara was not a realistic outcome. Iran was viewed with concern as a neutral power and one Amed was keen to remain in the good graces of. Involvement from Iran would expand any crisis into a major regional war and one with sobering atomic consequences. But facing powerful foes and an increasingly fragile regional balance, it remains to be seen what will become of the Kurdish national experiment.
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[list][pre]October, 1954 | Provincial House, Akordet, Gash Baraka Province, The Federation Of Eritrea[/pre]
A DUTY TO GUARD, THE DEFENSE TREATY. ToA54[/list]
Two months had passed since the Moscow Peace Accords and exactly a month after Eritrea had been admitted into the Union of Nations, the young nations capital of Akordet would receive its first state visit from Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Khalil. Though Brazil had been the first country to send its foreign dignitaries and establish a diplomatic mission in Eritrea, Prime Minister Khalil would visit Akordet to open the Sudanese diplomatic mission in the city as well as establish very close-knit diplomatic relations between Sudan and Eritrea, the introduction of a measure that would afford Eritrea the sense of stability and peace despite having to return much of its armored equipment as according to the demands of the Moscow Accord.
Upon Khalil and his delegations visit to Eritrean President Hamid Awate and other representatives, several agreements would be discussed in the state visit at the capitals provincial house. Upon the conclusion of these meetings which had spanned almost a week, and would be known we the Akordet Agreement, Khalil and Awate would then draft a series of two legislations, one of them would be sent to be reviewed and accepted by both the Sudanese Parliament and the Eritrean Council, and the second set of legislation would be solely sent to the Eritrean Council.
Beginning with the Second legislation, titled the Defense Act, would see the title of the Eritrean Sovereign Army (ESA) being switched to the Eritrean Sovereign Guard (ESG), as the guard begins to take measures of establishing itself as nothing more than a defense force for the nation in compliance with the Moscow Accord. The act would oversee the transfer of all tanks and self-propelled artillery machines returned to Sudan, and much of the ESGs military power dramatically lowered to the size of a peacetime force, with Eritrea now only having 20,000 active soldiers for the defense of the nation. Small rifles, artillery, ant-air, and armored vehicles had been permitted to remain in the arsenal of the Eritrean Sovereign Guard. The Defense Act will also go towards the establishment of training centers and academies specialized in the training of mountain and guerrilla warfare, two tactics the Eritreans heavily relied on during the war.
And finally, the first set of legislation that had been introduced before the Sudanese Parliament and the Eritrean Council and then passed by both bodies would be known in both countries as the Treaty Of Akordet of 1954 or ToA54. This treaty officially marks a Mutual Defense Agreement (MDT) between the Commonwealth of Sudan and the Federation of Eritrea. In accordance with the Moscow Protocol, Sudan would be the only nation allowed to establish such a military alliance with Eritrea. The establishment of the MDT was the only way for the Eritrean leadership to be convinced of giving up much of the larger arms in the militarys inventory. The existence of the agreement is essential to guaranteeing and preserving the independence of Eritrea against all enemies foreign and domestic as well as allowing Khartoum the right to invoke ToA54 in the face of any outright aggression against Eritrea whilst also allowing Sudan to greatly expand its intelligence and military capabilities in the region.
[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
VICTORY TO THE MASSES!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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[list]Autumn 1954
[sub]Foreign Affairs[/sub][/list]
[list][list] BRIDGING THE DIVIDE - THE GENEVA SUMMIT
ÜBERBRÜCKUNG DER KLUFT - DER GIPFEL VON GENF
COMBLER LE FOSSÉ - LE SOMMET DE GENÈVE
COLMARE IL DIVARIO- IL VERTICE DI GINEVRA
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GENEVA
[sub]SWITZERLAND, THE HELVETIC REPUBLIC[/sub]
| A decade into the Cold War, with tensions ever-rising and more uncertainty about the future since World War II, the worlds questions of what the next century will bring could have answers in Geneva. As the Helvetic Republic looks towards the upcoming 1955 Geneva Summit, there is no doubt that the world's eyes will be focused on the neutral nation. This historic meeting between the world's superpowers would have far-reaching implications for the future of the Cold War. Against this backdrop, the upcoming summit was seen as an opportunity to either ease tensions and pave the way for a more peaceful future, or to sow the seeds of dissonance, putting a resolution beyond grasp.
The event would be planned for July 1955 at the UN Headquarters in Europe, the Palace of Nations in Geneva. Originally built for the League of Nations, the Palace of Nations was repurposed as a complex for UN offices and international conferences. In the next six months, the building would need to be modernized to protect invited delegations against the newest technology spy agencies from both sides had to offer. The World leaders from countries such as the USSR, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom would be discussing top priority issues such as security, armaments, and German reunification for the first time in 10 years. In addition to these issues, the summit would also be seen as an opportunity to strengthen East-West relationships and build greater trust and cooperation between the superpowers. The outcome of the summit could have significant implications for the future of international relations and global security.
As a country that has prided itself on staying out of international conflicts, the Helvetic Republic would understand the gravity of this event and the importance of its outcome, hoping that this summit would lead to constructive dialogue and ultimately pave the way for a peaceful resolution to the tensions between these global powers. The country would remain committed to neutrality and stand ready to host this historic meeting as a symbol of its dedication to peace and diplomacy. |
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Nonador, Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Hatzburg, Vargorie
NOVEMBER,1954
Let Bygones Be Bygones:
Greek-Maziyan alliance renewed.
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[U]A Message To Greece
With the end of the initial alliance deal back in 1943.It was never thought that the alliance would be resigned,until one day.Azim Hani,the representative of Maziya in the Maziyan Embassy,located in Athens,Greece.Was given a message from prime minister,Aisy Rayyan.To renew the long overdue alliance.This would be then brought to the attention of the prime minister of Greece,Alexandros Papagos.Then,both the prime minister of Maziya and Greece would meet at Athens to discuss a new deal for the alliance,rather then renewing the older deal.
[U]Discussions[/U]
[List][I]
[B]Aisy Rayyan:Nice to meet you again,encik Alexandros.
[B]Alexandros Papagos:Nice to meet you,too.
[B]Aisy Rayyan:This will be a remarkable event for both of our nation's.Perhaps the impact of this decision will influence the future.But anyways,I'm here to discuss about renewing the alliance under a different deal then what our predecessors agreed to.
[B]Alexandros Papagos:What is this proposal?
[B]Aisy Rayyan:I propose,a security alliance.If one nation attacks one of us,the other shall join the conflict.Both of our nation's suffered heavy losses during the second world war,this deal I'm proposing is to prevent such a incident from happening again.
[B]Alexandros Papagos:Is there more to this? Or is this just a defence against other nations.
[B]Aisy Rayyan:No,no,no,of course not.We both know very well that there are more threats to a nations security beyond just war with others.What about a little bonus,to the deal.If one of our nation's breaks down into a civil war WITH permission.The other could get themselves involved in the civil war.How does that sound?
[B]Alexandros Papagos:This sounds good to me.Shall we sign it?
[B]Aisy Rayyan:Yes.Lets sign the renewal.
[B]Alexandros Papagos:Great!This shall reaffirm Greece ties with South East Asia.
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Nonador, Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Hatzburg, Vargorie
[list][list]NOVEMBER 1954
[sub]Jânios Triumph[/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] 54 SÃO PAULO GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION [/pre]
[list][sub]The 1954 São Paulo Gubernatorial Election took place on October 3 and Jânio Quadros was elected as the new governor.[/sub][/list]
SÃO PAULO, STATE OF SÃO PAULO AFTERNOON
[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| In Brazils election atmosphere, a poorly shaven politician was giving a speech but stopped unexpectedly. He reached into his coat pocket, pulled out a sandwich, and started eating it in front of people. Then he wrapped the rest in paper and put it back in his pocket. It was JÂNIO QUADROS¹, candidate for governor of São Paulo. The richest state in Brazil. Jânio knows how to behave in front of people. When he gives a speech, he puts out his cigarette by tucking it behind his ear and lights it again when hes finished speaking. |
[list]| JÂNIO QUADROS, [sub]Gubernatorial Candidate[/sub] | I am the poorest of politicians because I am the most honest.[/list]
| He dresses in ill-fitting clothes. Jânios exaggeration took him far. About eight years ago, he was a high school history teacher. At age 37, after a year and a half as mayor of the city of São Paulo, he was elected governor. In the state elections, Quadros faced ex-governor ADHEMAR DE BARROS². Jânio and Adhemar have mustaches, and Adhemar is almost as experienced as Jânio in platform histrionics, but thats where the resemblance ends. Adhemar, 53, wears only expensive haircuts and speaks exuberantly. Candidate Barros was so confident that he proclaimed himself Brazils next president (by law, President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO³ cannot succeed himself) and offered a reward of 1,000,000-cruzeiro ($55,000) to anyone who could prove he was corrupt. Using a broom as a symbol of cleanliness in his campaign, Quadros appealed to workers with slogans such as War against the Corrupt Rich! It was a close election. Jânios margin was only 18,304 votes out of almost 2,000,000 cast. Jânio promised in his victory speech: |
[list]| JÂNIO QUADROS, [sub]Governor-elect[/sub] | I will defend and protect the oppressed. There will be equality for all.[/list]
| Jânios victory brought to Brazil an unpredictable man, who is not affiliated with any party, but has never lost an election, and who sometimes speaks like a demagogue. |
[list]| JÂNIO QUADROS, [sub]Governor-elect[/sub] | My entire intellectual background is based in Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.[/list]
| His political career began in 1946 when he won a seat on the São Paulo city council with the help of students and ex-students. Later, he then became a state deputy, where he had a record of 2,007 bills (60 passed, including one to provide free gloves to garbage collectors). In 1953, as an independent politician, he ran for mayor of São Paulo, winning. Adhemar de Barros, who had supported another candidate: |
[list]| ADHEMAR DE BARROS, [sub]Gubernatorial Candidate[/sub] | The people wanted a change . . . A lamppost could have won.[/list]
| Adhemar underestimated Jânios appeal to the oppressed. With Jânios victory in the state elections, many Brazilians some with hope, others with fear think that Jânio could be São Paulos future candidate for the presidency. |
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[sub]¹ 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]² ADHEMAR DE BARROS, was mayor of São Paulo (1957-1961) and governor of São Paulo (1947-1951 and 1963-1966).[/sub]
[sub]³ JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
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Nonador, Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Jasumaa, Ubertica, Hatzburg, Vargorie
| I was sitting on the balcony, killing the last few minutes I had with a cigarette. I know exactly how important this is for for Zaire, but also for me. I need to show, I need to showcase that I am back in action. That I am still the leader I was just five years ago, important, in control, in charge, powerful. Nasser is my perfect opportunity to showcase that. But he, himself, excites me. I've not seen a leader of an Arab country be so powerful and charismatic, without an ounce of crown or jewels on his head.
My aids informs me that he is approaching. I put the cigarette out. I go through and spray some hairspray on my hair as I analyse my look in the large mirror. Thoroughly picked out for the occasion, it is a beautiful green gown with golden edges, my white high heels, and my white bright pearls. I take some deep breaths in, and I nod at myself. I put a smile on my face, and I make my way down to the entrance stairs.
I can see the car arriving, the flashes of reporters everywhere, blinding. The large doors of my mansion open, and I step out. The aids sent in my daughter, Estelle, to come and greet Mr Nasser. A showcase of love and family, a unity. To showcase that Zaire, and hopefully Egypt and Zaire can be just that. I come outside with Estelle holding my hand. Nasser comes out of his car, and I turn my charm on instantly. I give him a warm nod. My daughter, Estelle, runs up to Nasser and gives him flowers as the flashes of cameras come out. I make my way to him as Estelle is taken in. I offer him my hand for a handshake and pose for the pictures.
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "It is such a pleasure to meet you, Mr Nasser. A true visionary of our time." [/list]
| We pose for a few more photographs and I take him inside. Walking beside the legend of the Arab world, I hold my composure strictly. We are guided into the living room. The aids leave, and the doors shut. I am well aware that the beneath our smiles and pleasantries, we both are bubbling with a fight for bigger, important matters. I pour him a glass of wine, and myself a glass. I gesture for him to take a seat as I do too. |
[list][ GLORIA BANZA ]: "I am thrilled that you have decided to visit Zaire. The last time I had the chance to speak with an Egyptian leader directly was with the King, who was, and I hope you don't find this offensive, a rather brutish man. But, since then, Zaire has changed incredibly, Egypt has changed incredibly."
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Jasumaa, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Capybarlend
YUGOSLAV FLEET REVIEW OF 1954 CONDUCTED
November 9th 1954
https://youtu.be/8A-q3TM8kPk
Enabled by an unexpected cooling of tensions between Yugoslavia and NATO in the Adriatic, the Yugoslav Navy in coordination with the Ministry of Defense has been able to conduct the first Naval Review since 1949 when tensions began to rise in the area. The Review was to provide not only a good overview of the condition and composition of the Navy but importantly an instance of "trooping the colors" for the Yugoslav Public who had rarely seen more than a handful of Vessels in one port at any given time. For one whole day however the entire Navy (save for the Danube Flotilla) would be present within the Bay of Kotor and any civilians possessing their own craft are permitted to sail alongside the moored Armada. Tito himself would make an appearance in his private yacht, with which he will sail to the Flagship of the Fleet (YPS aka Yugoslav Peoples Ship - Belgrade) and conduct ceremonies on board.
74 of the Navy's 86 Vessels were present, representing : 4 Cruisers, 15 Destroyers, 20 Destroyer Escorts, 20 Torpedo Boats and 12 Submarines. It was a formidable sight which brought the attention of an estimated 180,000 Yugoslav Citizens to the shores of the Bay of Kotor. An extremely important milestone as Yugoslavia neared its 94 Vessel Goal for 1960, to face off against the combined Greek-Slovene-Italian Fleet of over 200 Vessels. In fact with the additional French reinforcements within the Adriatic Yugoslavia stands to be outnumbered by more than three to one, and yet alongside its Soviet comrades the duty they have towards keeping the sea lanes open and protected is a constant task. The Yugoslav Navy does however after all benefit from being a regional Navy within the Mediterranean, meaning its Ships would virtually never leave the protective shield of its Air Forces, making the potential wartime task not quite as hopeless.
With two Super-Cruisers underway and another two Light Cruisers nearing completion it wont be long before even the Adriatic Naval Arms Race proves too much for Yugoslavia, with its intense focus on land warfare thanks to two long Borders with Slovenia and Greece along with a perilously long coastline opposing Italy. Yugoslavia was after all the Frontier of the Warsaw Pact, represented at this Review as well by hundreds of Soviet Personnel from nearby bases coming to see the spectacle.
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[November-1954]
Vísir Journal
Vol. 2 No.2
Government To Introduce Police Reform?
|Would arming Iceland's police constitute a step backwards, despite the nation's pride in its progressivism? In order to maintain homeland security and reform the police as a whole, the Althing recently approved a bill that would arm Iceland's small police force with handguns and new vehicles. This would change the Icelandic Police Force from a private institution to a government institution, meaning the state would assume responsibility and expand the police further out into Iceland. Yet who would supply Iceland with what they require? The United States of America of course and with a firm handshake between America and Iceland, the police will be supplied with the reliable M1911 U.S. and the Harley Davidson M.A.S.
|Eymundur Christiansson, the chief of the Icelandic Police, said, "I mean Iceland wants to protect its people from harm, even if it will just be one guy a year, these pistols are going to be an extra precaution. However, despite the exciting changes to the Icelandic Police Department, citizens are growing increasingly concerned about whether arming the police will be more harmful than beneficial. The government will manage the police, so there is no need for anyone to worry about the firearms or whose hands they are in. Only police officers who have served for more than two years in the police force and who have completed a four-week training addressing gun safety will be equipped. The gun safety courses will be handled with extreme care and diligence with the supervision of a NATO official, but why are citizens still concerned? The concern stems from the fear of power abuse, to be truthful the citizens of Iceland dont completely trust the police expanding out of Reykjavík and with these new guns they hold more power over us than ever before. Says an anonymous citizen.
|The issue is thus the public's fear of police abuse. Chief Christiansson regrettably hasn't responded to this, but the Althing guarantees that the police will be strictly monitored and that any complaintsno matter how minormade by the public about alleged abuse will be properly examined. Although arming the police will take some getting used to and can't happen overnight, on behalf of the Vísir Journal we want to assure Icelanders that there is nothing to worry about. It will only take four weeks for the majority of the police force to be outfitted with such weapons, and given the progressive nature of our nation, we really won't know what will happen until the police try it.
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Foreign Observer: 1st Legislative Elections in a New Estado Novo
November 1954
As Portugals government restructured into its new form, many within the government held their breath to see if their rushed reforms would take root, or if they would destroyed in the legislative elections.
The National Electoral Commission was selected by the Prime Minister. If a long time reader may recall, the NEC is responsible for approving all names that will appear on the ballot. The NEC is made up of high ranking senior members from the various sects of society (corporations) represented in the Chamber of Corporations. These high ranking members set the allowed forms of opposition (political current) that may run in elections. This election cycle candidates who were National Union members, and professed state capitalist, liberal corporatist, Catholic corporatists, or even fascist corporatists. Notably the NEC banned communists, socialists, and unregulated capitalists from running even as independents.
While there were technically no parties, nonetheless most candidates were from the National Union. Despite this there were numerous factions following the nations idea of officially allowed political currents. The Nationalists (State Capitalists as they were derogatorily called by leftists), were a faction led by Prime Minister Vicente, they advocated for the continuation of the SOE dominated economy, while also massively opening the market to small businesses, conglomerates, and foreign business by removing red tape. The Nationalists were considered the political center. On the far right the faction was officially called the Statists. These members were classical fascists, and neo-fascists that advocated for all business to serve the state. While nominally private industry would still exist, the businesses could be interfered in, and manipulated to better service the state. Trade laws would also be greatly clamped down on as autarky would be reimplemented. The statists were by far the least popular faction. The center right of the National Union were, the Catholic Corporatists. Representing the center left they advocated for a transition towards less state owned enterprise domination through privatization. Instead they advocated for the state to adopt more regulatory roles within the economy, letting the free market a more free hand. They were noted for holding more right wing social views desiring a Catholic identity, a state religion, and holding a low view on immigration. Finally representing the center left were the so-called Liberal Corporatists. Liberal Corporatists pulled their framework from John Stuart Mills, and his ideas for a corporatist economy. They advocated for the democratization of the economy, and the steady disempowerment of the employer class, which they called the true path towards a National Syndical State. Despite their proclamations the Liberal Corporatists still advocated for political control by the National Union.
The elections themselves were organized into blocs, first to vote were the educators, government administrators/civil servants, and highly educated people. Then after them came the employers, businessmen, workers, and farmers. And lastly came the retired and colonies. There were no reports of violence at the polls, and the voting went smoothly. Most ballots had around 4-5 candidates to vote from, and usually 4 of them were from the National Union. Generally elections were unfair for members of the independents as they were limited in how much money they could receive and use on campaigning, and restricted on how much they could campaign and how early. This meant by the time vote totals were added up there were only around 5 independents. Most people voted for the State Capitalists, while coming in second was the social capitalists, followed by the liberal corporatists, and finally the fascists.
Protestors turned up for these elections. They were generally tolerated; however, when in cases in Lisbon, when protests got in the way of voting booths and roads, or grew too large, the Portuguese Police and National Militia began to crack down hard upon protestors. Many were arrested, or injured; however, no deaths were reported.
Popular opinion remained mixed. While many praised the fact they now had multiple choices with allowed different forms of political thought and factions, some also simply believed nothing would change and it was a simple ploy with controlled opposition. For many citizens though, it seemed for the most part some of the authoritarianism was drifting further back, and now they could openly vote, protest within reason, and live relatively freely. People could now live and exist more loosely and freely within the parameters the system allowed. This was especially true for women, as in the 1954 legislative elections full suffrage would be granted to all women. Unsurprisingly many of these women overwhelmingly voted for the Nationalists, as they had given them the right to fully vote. Of course all of these sentiments were not shared by the thousands swept up in purges, the harassed journalists, and the quashed opposition groups of leftists and unregulated rightists. Older Portuguese citizens generally lamented this new regime, some said it had liberalized too much, while the few who could remember the republican days either said it paled in comparison, or was marching to the same fate. Young Portuguese citizens show a growing support for the new regime. The allowance of multiple political currents and the slight boost in civil liberties have endeared many to the regime. This is especially true as many young Portuguese have been raised from a young age being members of and indoctrinated into the National Union. These rank and file being able to have their own diverse opinions have strengthened the regimes legitimacy. While there continues to be many on the outside who protest the reforms havent gone far enough. Unfortunately for them, their protesting actions often have had the opposite effect towards public conscience.
With their mandate secured with 170 seats, the Nationalist faction re-elected Gabriel Vicente for his first (non-emergency) term as Prime Minister. The corporatist competitive authoritarian regime had officially begun.
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| BANZA PASSES THE REFORMS |
[sub]1st of November, 1954[/sub]
| Several months have passed by since the Izuru's Cultural Reform Package was handed to the First Representative, Gloria Banza, for a decision. The decision, however, has finally came about, stirring up the controversy and the protests again. However, this time the protests are much tamer, all thanks to the work of the Zairean Secret Services, the SECULAR FORCES. The reform package included incredibly controversial laws such as the legalisation of homosexuality, legalisation of abortion in hospital clinics, giving homosexuals the same rights and eradication of teaching one set faith in schools, instead teaching an array of faiths from across the globe.
The status quo leader, Gloria Banza, however has surprised everyone with her signature landing by the reform paper and therefore allowing the actual reform to pass, and therefore allowing Marie Izuru to implement said laws. The Zairean Church and the Zairean right wing have went into uproar again, but as the months have went on, the workers of Zaire are now more preoccupied with the goods that the government has managed to implement. For instance, in September, the Zairean Central Bank has allowed for the implementation of credit cards in the country, an idea taken from the United States were it has worked brilliantly. The welfare package from last year and earlier this year has began to be paid out. The signing of the Multilateral Agreement in Tehran, the arrival of Iranian oil engineers and machinery in October to aid in development the oil industry in East Zaire after large oil deposits have be found. The expansion of infrastructure in new Zairean provinces and linking them to the rest of Zaire, establishment of new schools and hospitals in the new provinces and the establishment of a new port city in the north of Zaire.
Analysts suggest that would could of become a revolution in early months of June, is now nothing more than water of a duck's back. "...the average Zairean worker is too busy enjoying the rewards of a new system...the Zairean middle class is too busy building itself up and its identity, and the Zairean upper class has no interest in going against a regime that is so lucrative to them...the Church has been left to fend for itself and the right wing has been ignored..." The situation in the country is too good for the average Zairean to care about such minority matters as homosexuality or aborition.
Furthermore, social analysts from the University of Elisabethville are suggesting that what is happening right now in Zaire, is what they have called the New Society Formation Effect whereas a society that has come from nothingness and no free will is suddenly forming itself, or even more being shaped by those in power. Such situation is unprecedented. Professor Adam Luboodu, from the University of Novue Zaire states "...what we are witnessing is a shaping of a new society from nothingness...the regime isn't doing this to satisfy the current generation, the Post-Colonial Generation, they are doing it to create a new society that is currently growing, the Banza Generation, those born during or after Banza's accession to power. It is terribly exciting to watch happen before our eyes, and this is why the rest of this decade will be absolutely crucial in what type of a society we become by the 60s...from my observations it is clear to deduct that we are currently forming a capitalistic-loving, materialistic and ultra-free liberal society based on the morals of ambition, money and personal freedom rather than the collective meaning of aid and the morals of faith..."
The First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, spoke out to press about her decision; |
[list][ GLORIA BANZA, First Representative of Zaire ]: "Ma décision avait été prise sur la base du principe sur lequel nous avons fondé et construit notre pays. Pendant des décennies, nous avons tous été privés de libertés individuelles, de dignité, de liberté et de démocratie. Comment, dès lors, pouvons-nous regarder dans les yeux de ceux qui sont en minorité, de ceux qui font partie de notre société, de ceux qui ont besoin d'attention, qu'ils ne peuvent pas avoir ces choses ? Il est immoral pour moi de ne pas ouvrir notre société, notre gouvernement, nous tous à la modernisation et à de nouveaux progrès. Oui, le développement économique est crucial. Oui, la stabilité politique est vitale. Mais nous ne pouvons atteindre aucun de ces objectifs tant que nous ne vivons pas selon les principes de la liberté pour tous, de la liberté pour tous, de la démocratie pour tous !"
[spoiler="It is the death of Zairean society to some, but to me it is the true birth of the real Zairean society." - Marie Izuru, Head of the Finest Assembly]Ababemba
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