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Argentinian Commonwealth - La Rio de la Plata
(Escallasian Argentina)
Avery was very wary about recognizing the Westgermans, though there were strict guidelines in Westgermany's new constitution, something still felt off. The Argentinians were quick to notice how it didn't have any restrictions on Communists but many, many on Nationalists and other Rightwing groups. Now, Argentina herself was getting very nationalist, but not to the point of Nazism or Fascism. That couldn't happen anyways, as the Argentinians were too mixed a 'race' anyways, and too liberal a people socially.
"Yes. Everyone deserves their Freedom, but the Brazilians couldn't care less about Freedoms. The thing about La Plata is, we've been through too much hardship to throw away our skepticism. It has to remain until some of these peoples have proven themselves Innocent." Avery said.
"I'm afraid that there's no such thing as 'too harsh,' and that the moment we take our eyes off of an Enemy or someone who wronged us, it's too late. So, I would strongly recommend these ideas be considered when dealing with newer threats." She continued.
Argentina also offered a meeting with the US President, in Austin, Texas. Texas was close to Mexico, but also bordered Louisiana, which was a strategic place, since Senator Long had gotten injured in an assassination attempt.
President Escallias-Amelios then offered-up her support to Long, stating; "He is a very cunning man, and nowadays, we need Cunning."
Already, America seemed to lean towards Argentina in the past, with their Rooseveltism. But, Long was a maverick. He was nothing like Teddy.
Avery had gotten complacent with her political career and time as President, though Politics was too unstable - a house of cards. Avery was training a protegé, in recent days, so that she could actually get some rest. Avery spent too much time managing the Nation; not enough on herself, and that was bad.
Her protegé was a Nihilist; she thought that: "Well, things always get so-so bad for the Loser. I feel really bad for Germany, but the thing about Argentina was, it was built that way." Already, Argentina would lose its skepticism and criticism of Germany if Avery's protegé was ever elected.
Norma Martinos was her name.
"I will support the German people, because they've suffered too much. I know this stance is controversial since I came from a Germano-skeptic country, but, the Germans should've never been split into East and West. I believe, it is best to have one Neutral Germany. One strong Germany. One Centralist Germany, or "Centrist," though in Argentinian Politics, that term has lost its meaning thanks to the Preservationists. But, I will say that Germany shouldn't stray too far from Prussia, but I'll also say that Germany should learn from Argentina and America. See how we do things. Yes, we tend to wave our hands alot and be very emotional," Norma laughed.
"But, it is best that Germany be neutral. Neither West or East. And, I'd promise both Westgermans and Eastgermans that Argentina will help them if Germany is to be Neutralist. Never stray off the path. Germany had so much potential wasted." |
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Lux Lumen "...which shall declare all economic ideologies as valid, regardless on whether a nation is communist, capitalist, or socialist. This resolution shall surely show that the United Nations is above using the United Nations to push ideologies and economic values..."
Avery protested this notion by saying: "Is the UN mad? Are you trying to throw away freedoms? I assure you that in Argentina, the Anarchists will never succeed. The Monarchists will never succeed. I will say that I am a valiant protector of Capitalism. Have I not said in the past 'There's no Argentina without Capitalism?' So then, why does the UN throw away everything us Latinas are trying to do?"
"I am not above Feminism. Yes, Argentinians are a progressive folk. But I am not above standing-up for all Latinas in the Hispanohablante. Am I not Spanish? Did my people not originate from Spain? Then why do they treat us unfairly? For all my Presidency, I have protected Sunriot with my life, so I do not see why Latinas aren't celebrated. The UN thinks that Capitalism and Communism-Socialism stand on the same grounds while Anarchists have torn-apart Espania? I cannot believe this craziness! Ay-yi-yi..."
"I am not afraid to call-out the UN. Nor am I afraid to call out the UK, or the US, or any other 'U.' I have stood for Progress, Si. I really have. I had to deal with alot, in my country. And now, the UN wants to betray Capitalism and step on the Markets? You betray MET principles by shaking-hands with the Communists in Moscow or in Beijing or in Reykjavik. I have done nothing wrong but aid all Americanos. Not just Latinos, but the Americans in D.C and in Ottawa." Avery condemned. |
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"I offer to meet my friends (Brickwall) in Tejas. In Austin. You cannot find a better place, but the crossroads of the American South and the ex-Mexican Empire. I've promised, all Latinas will be protected. Avery told.
"And, hopefully, we can finally make a deal with the French. (Czabalkia) We have the Parisians, our great allies, but they do not understand how important Germany is to Europa. They held it together. France and Charlemagne have made the HRE, the Northgerman Confederation, and other forms of Germany. The Germans had the Teutonic Knights and Prussia and Ulm. Yes, I am pro-German, but no, I am not a suck-up; 'cause that'd then mean I am a Preservationist scumbag, and scum aren't treated to a piece of Marie Antoinettes' Cake. They get booted-out the Silver Republic." Norma had commented.
Teujira, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, New Raines, Entralia
Corriere della Sera
[sub] La vera notizia| Rome, Italy[/sub]
Bongiovanni Calls For Stronger Defence Causes Turmoil in Parliament
[14:34]
17th October, 1948
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Calls to increase the national defense budget and to overall improve the military command structure of the armed forces have put the Chamber of Deputies in turmoil. Bongiovanni, commander and chief of the military along with President Mancini are pushing for new government reforms that will not only improve these issues, but also look to increase the active military personnel from its 60,000 to 230,000 over the next several months. ItÂ’s been proclaimed by the Prime Minister that the military is our countryÂ’s greatest deterrent from any force thatÂ’s goal is to harm Italy. Continuous debate in the Chamber of Deputies argues how much more funding will be added to the national defense budget. Bongiovanni has made it clear he wishes to see a 65% increase in defense spending by 1950. The United Nations meeting held in Geneva last set a signal to many in Italy as a beacon of change especially among the Socialist Party, claiming that Italy should have a seat on this new reformed international alliance, but speculators such as the Prime Minister himself has stated that there is no rush for Italy to join the United Nations, and that the country must first heal its divisions before committing itself on a more global scale. The action has been condemned by the socialist party claiming that this is nothing more than a ploy by Bongiovanni to sabotage the upcoming debates in the Chamber of Deputies on his partyÂ’s reforms for national defence. Italy will continue to work towards a more democratic society, after being under the fascist rule since 1922 until the surrender of Mussolini Bongiovanni is not looking to enter Italy in the United Nations in its current state.
Teujira, Liberalina, Not Xav, New Raines, Entralia, Teymour, Panmonia
Is everyone permitted to respond to the UN statement?
Teujira, Liberalina, Czabalkia, New Raines, Teymour
Yup, permitted and encouraged as a matter of fact
Teujira, Liberalina, New Raines
Boo
New Raines, Entralia, Teymour
Updated factbooks!
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=arcanda/detail=factbook/id=main
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1421169
Otsla, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, Entralia, Teymour, The Estonian Latvian Union, Ocujan
Live from Zürich this is S.N.E.E.Z.E. (Swiss News Early Exact Zürich Eccentrically)
I am Nestor Norwin the Newsman. The year is 1948 and September is feeling great!
The UN is currently holding a meeting in Geneva, although we host and boast the capital of the UN, it does not seem Switzerland will join the UN officially. However, Jonas Furrer may decide to investigate the matter as the UN does share many morals in line with our own.
New this week, pilots of the modern equipped Swiss Air Force fly target bombing raids over the worldÂ’s trickiest and stunning terrain, the soaring heights of the Swiss Alps. Having long stood jokes of our weak Navy, we have pushed our Air Force to rank among the worldÂ’s best!
In unrelated news a Pilatus P-2 crashed just outside of the city Brig. Both crewmembers did not survive this tragedy. Details of the incident are still scarce, we tried interviewing one of the pilots, but he was rather silent and did not answer any questionsÂ
Otsla, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, New Raines, Entralia, Teymour, The Estonian Latvian Union
Based + redpilled, well done friend!
Arcanda, Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, The Estonian Latvian Union
IÂ’ve been working on my Air Force stuff
Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, Entralia, The Estonian Latvian Union
Post by The Estonian Latvian Union suppressed by Liberalina.
RP:
How the Estonian Latvian Union was formed(also history):
[spoiler]Back in 1919, Germany won World War I and a Grand Baltic such was formed. We didnÂ’t really like the German influence so we proposed them a deal. The deal consisted in us not being their puppets anymore, but leaving Lithuania as their puppet and still being their allies. The Germans agreed, and in November 1919, we got Independence. In 1943, world war 2nbroke out because France and Britain wanted revenge. Soon Russia joined in on their side and Italy too. The Danube Federayion, the German empire and me were left alone to fight them. But in 1945, we convinced Longist America do join the war on our side, and soon we won the war. On March 2nd, 1946 a peace treaty was made that said that the Danube federation will get Italian Libiya, and the Veneto region, we would get some Ingrian land from Russia, Germany getting colonial clames and America acquiring a longist puppet in Canada called Ontario. Years passed and everything grew to the place that itÂ’s now(this region). We are one of the only countries left who have passed through all of this.[/spoiler]
News:
[spoiler] Coronavirus has been spreading slowly through The Estonian Latvian Union through the past months, but finally we acquired a vacccine from Russia. The Grand Duke gave a speech about this today:“Today is a great day, today is the day that we finally got the anti-coronavirus vaccine. We should especially thank Russia for it, because it’s them who invented and gave the vaccine to us.”
There have also been some liberal uprising, wanting a constitutional monarchy. The grand duke comments: “I wmd the grand duke. I have been put by god to rule this country. A Grand duke who just sits in his throne and does nothing is no one. I will improve our country in any way possible, and remmeber, I’m not the only ruler, the prime minister exists.”[/spoiler]
Kartnan
Hey, youÂ’ll need to put in an application for a spot if you want to RP. You can use our BeginnerÂ’s Guide, which can be found in the world factbook entry.
Liberalina, Not Xav, New Raines, Entralia
[sub]| Friday October 1st, 1948 | An Address To The Present Body | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |[/sub]
[sub]| United Nations |[/sub]
[sub]| OOC | There is no September 31st so I made it October 1st... no offense meant. |[/sub]
[list]| After having heard many statements be made by fellow member-states, the United States was ready to give its own statements. On behalf of the American people and the American government, Warren Austin, a Vermont Republican, would need to speak. Before he does so he dons his glasses and reads over the first few paragraphs of the speech. He notes that a ridiculous amount of what he was intended to preach... has already been said. Quite frankly, he was already bored of the constant yammering that echoed in this Assembly's chamber. A simple man with complex ambitions he had simply decided that enough was enough and took his glasses off. He placed them back into his suit pocket and cleared his throat. Placing both hands on the podium and looking out on the crowd... he begins... |[list]
[list][list]| [sub]WARREN AUSTIN, UN AMBASSADOR (R):[/sub] | "Honorable guests... ambassadors... world leaders... citizenry... and all others present here today. I want to invite you to all at some point in your lives... stand where I stand today. Stand up somewhere in this hallowed chamber and look upon your fellow man. Everyone in this room has a story. Everyone in this room has an agenda. And every nation on this planet has endured. Endured what exactly? Hardships? Of course. Pain? Certainly. Death? Absolutely. The human beings that inhabit this planet have all these struggles in common. Struggle is within our nature, it is our cause, it is what makes us strive for better and more perfect times."[/list][/list]
[list][list][list]| He wipes his sweaty mouth with a handkerchief. |[/list][/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]WARREN AUSTIN, UN AMBASSADOR (R):[/sub] | "Which is why I can't for the life of me begin to understand why we can't put the breaks on this whole system of abuse we have here. I am of the staunch opinion that the time for finger pointing and the time for degradation has ended. It is time to look at your fellow man and ask yourself; what can you do to help him. It is the fool who seeks enemies and it is the genius who finds friends. The United States is working tirelessly to ensure that the fabric of Europe can remain in take and will do its part to curb any wrongdoing that it has undergone in the last few decades. It is time to let people find their own self-determination. It was one of the few wishes of the late, great Woodrow Wilson to see to it that the peoples of this world find their own paths to liberty. To be a friend of liberty, is to be a friend of the United States. To be in full opposition to liberty, is to be a fiend to the entirety of the civilized world. We must reverse the actions of our forefathers who would dare to subjugate those peoples of the world who have less than us. We must seek out the tired and the sick and provide to them reassurance and aid... starting in Europe then spreading to the entirety of the world. The United States will not stand and point fingers at the intolerance and hypocrisy of her friends nor her enemies. The United States will simply seek to do right by the people she has wronged and will continue to do right by those who stand by her. Never again will we see the horrific tragedies of war that transpired during the Era of Fascism in Europe. Never again do I hope to see a country be inspired to commit heinous acts of evil in the pursuit of great importance or power. Let the closure of the War Era and the opening of the Postwar Era be the beginning of a century of prosperity. For all peoples. Thank you and God bless this great international community."[/list][/list]
[list][list][list]| Warren Austin steps back quickly and exits the area with high paced steps. |[/list][/list][/list]
Arcanda, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, Entralia, Teymour, Hindia Timur Raya, The Estonian Latvian Union, Panmonia
Friday, October 1st 1948
Svea Rike
[sub] The United Nations [/sub]
Dag Hammerskjöld ascends the dais and clears his throat. He adjusts his tie confidently: he's been here before and he knows what he is doing.
"Delegates," he begins, his powerful baritone sweeping across the room, "we are faced with a brave new world. Millions have died that we may stand here today, and it is our responsibility- no, our duty, that we ensure such an event does not occur again. The world is more divided than it ever has been, ladies and gentlemen. Nations vie for power as thousands perish across the world: but is it all worth it? Is it worth this mindless destruction of human lives, just so we can argue about whose method of oppression is superior? Because no matter what we may feel, underneath, we are all humans, and we are all the same. And I believe it's time we recognise this.
Conflict has defined the relations between nations for millenia, and now, having witnessed the sheer destructive power of Man, are you not afraid? Are you not afraid that Man has the power to destroy himself? To shatter, in a single fell swoop, what humanity's concerted efforts have achieved over centuries?
No, my friends. If there is one thing we truly need, it is cooperation. And I hope that you too will recognise this. For if we are to prosper, or even to endure, it shall be together."
Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, Entralia, Hindia Timur Raya, The Estonian Latvian Union
Greek News
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece"
Greek Civil War Update
[list]The Civil war has been going on since the Nazi's were expelled from Greece. The Communists and those loyal to the Kingdom of Greece have been in constant fighting, but lately, things have been quiet. Both sides are currently in a stalemate, as the Kingdom's forces are dominant in northern Greece and Athens, while the communists hold the Peloponnese Peninsula and Central Greece. The communists appear to have popular support from the localities, as the communists are treating the civilians in their areas far better than the Kingdom is treating those in its own areas. The Kingdom of Greece has cracked down on any dissenting opinions, and began to start executing any who have shown support for the communists. These actions have sparked protests all across Greece, who have compared the government's actions to that of the Nazi occupiers. Public support of the communists has seen a drastic rise all over Greece, and many are calling for the heads of the royals. Meanwhile, the communist forces seem to have gained more funds, likely from the people being mistreated by the Kingdom. The Kingdom has had a number of leaks from within its own military, including some rumors about a potential operation being planed against the communists.[/list]
[list]While the communists and the Kingdom of Greece have been fighting, rebuilding from the damage caused from the Nazi occupation has begun. While progress has been slow due to the civil war, the rebuilding efforts have been purposefully directed towards the more calm areas within the nation. The Kingdom of Greece has requested that foreign nations send money to help in the reconstruction efforts and to send money to help against the communists. Meanwhile, the communists have been requesting funds from other communist nations and groups to help in its war effort. Many say that it could take decades to fully rebuild the infrastructure affected by the civil war and the Nazi occupation of Greece. Some uncertainty has been introduced into the reconstruction efforts, as no one knows who will win the civil war. While the Kingdom has the weaponry edge in the civil war, the communists have the public support and use unconventional tactics against the Kingdom's forces.[/list]
[list]We, at the Greek News Distributors, shall continue to give more updates on the civil war in the future. As always, we pledge to provide unbiassed and neutral news on the civil war. We shall not fall to intimidation tactics from either side..[/list]
Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Entralia, Teymour, Hindia Timur Raya, The Estonian Latvian Union
My dumbass said September 31st and it took u Foos all this time to correct me shoutout @brickwall for calling out my sh*t
Brickwall, Teujira, Liberalina, The Estonian Latvian Union
Thanks, may modify that banner soon though eh
Teujira, Czabalkia, New Raines, The Estonian Latvian Union
[sup]ХОККЕЙ![/sup]
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SOVIET SUPER LEAGUE!
[sub]1948 SEASON | NATIONAL OFFICE FOR HOCKEY [/sub]
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| One of the hallmarks of Georgy ZhukovÂ’s policies was the importance of sports, and of course, sport entertainment. He believed that friendly competition that could easily be tuned into was important. As a result, the Soviet Super League was established, with its first season being in 1946. The 1948 season was especially close. Domestically, the season was broadcasted by the freely available SSN, or the Soviet Sport Network, internationally BBC Sport was given the license to broadcast the season in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Various other networks also received licenses (Telegram me if you want your nationÂ’s TV network to receive a broadcasting license) |
[sup]1948 STANDINGS[/sup]
[sup]THE L CONFERENCE[/sup]
[sup]1. LENINGRAD SAILORS, 38 W | 2 L
2. KIEV GRIZZLIES, 36 W | 4 L
3. RIGA ICEMEN, 32 W | 8 L
4. KHARKIV BLITZ, 28 W | 12 L
5. BAKU H.C. 26 W | 14 L
6. ODESA C.C. 20 W | 20 L
7. TALLINN UNTD. 19 W, 21 L
8. VILNIUS SNIPERS 12 W | 28 L[/sup]
[sup]THE S CONFERENCE[/sup]
[sup]1. SIBERIAN BLIZZARD, 40 W | 0 L
2. MOSCOW DYNAMO, 38 W | 2 L
3. TBILISI C.C. 35 W | 5 L
4. YEREVAN UNTD. 34 W | 6 L
5. NOVOSIBIRSK POLAR BEARS, 32 W | 8 L
6. SAKHALIN COMRADES, 29 W | 11 L
7. UFA SHOOTERS, 28 W | 12 L
8. ASHGABAT HEAT, 27 W | 13 L
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| Following the season, the playoffs began, tournament style, it known as the “Champions Cup Tournament” |
[sup]THE CHAMPIONS CUP TOURNAMENT, ROUND 1 [/sup]
[sup]LENINGRAD SAILORS (W) vs RIGA ICEMEN (L)
KIEV GRIZZILIES (L) vs KHARKIV BLITZ (W)[/sup]
[sup]SIBERIAN BLIZZARD (W) vs TBILISI C.C. (L)
MOSCOW DYNAMO (L) vs YEREVAN UNTD. (W)[/sup]
| Following the first round, the second round would occur to see who would play the championship game. |
[sup]THE CHAMPIONS CUP TOURNAMENT, ROUND 2 [/sup]
[sup]LENINGRAD SAILORS (L) vs KHARKIV BLITZ (W)[/sup]
[sup]SIBERIAN BLIZZARD (W) vs YEREVAN UNTD. (L)[/sup]
| The final game was the Siberian Blizzard, who have gone undefeated, and the Kharkiv Blitz, a surprise team who was not expected to make it this far. The game was viewed by over 130 million people. |
[sup]THE CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL. [/sup]
[spoiler=QUARTER 1]
SIBERIAN BLIZZARD: 2 POINTS SCORED
KHARKIV BLITZ: 0 POINTS SCORED
2-0
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[spoiler=QUARTER 2]
SIBERIAN BLIZZARD: 1 POINT SCORED
KHARKIV BLITZ: 0 POINTS SCORED
3-0
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[spoiler=QUARTER 3]
SIBERIAN BLIZZARD: 0 POINTS SCORED
KHARKIV BLITZ: 4 POINTS SCORED
4-3
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Brickwall, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Kartnan, Schnozzel, Entralia, Teymour, Hindia Timur Raya, The Estonian Latvian Union, The Republic Of Choline
[list][sub]JANUARY, 10[sup]th[/sup] 1949[/sub]
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𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉 𝙂𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙇 𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙎 𝙄𝙎 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙔 𝙊𝙐𝙏!
[sub]DIE WAHLERGEBNISSE SIND ENDLICH AUS![/sub]
[sub]FRANKFURT AM MAIN – MORNING[/sub]
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[sub][pre]| The day that the Germans have been waiting for has finally arrived, West Germany held 28 December General Elections. This marks Germany's first democratic activity and one of Germany's steps towards a democratic regime.
The long campaigns launched by the two major parties CDU and SPD are over, and today, West German citizens have entered the elections and results will be announced in the Bundestag soon.
All 402 seats in the Bundestag, plus 8 nonvoting delegates elected by the West Berlin Legislature 206 seats needed for a majority. Since the approval of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Bundestag on September 18, the people of West Germany voted 82.6% in favor of the constitution with a turnout of nearly 78.5% of the population.
In the end and to the great disappointment of the Social Democrats, the CDU/CSU outnumbered them by 31.0% to 29.2% of the votes cast. Enough participating West Germans favoured Adenauer's and his coalition partners' – the liberal Free Democrats' (FDP) and the conservative German Party's (DP) – policies and promises over Schumacher's and the other left-wingers' policies to give the centre-right parties a slight majority of deputies.
To enter the Bundestag, a party had to surmount a threshold of 5% at least in one of the states or to win at least one electoral district; ten parties succeeded. A number of non-voting members (elected in 1949:2 CDU, 5 SPD, 1 FDP. The French Saar Protectorate and Rhineland did not participate in this election. Additionally, the Chancellor elections saw a victory for Konrad Adenauer, the head of the Christian Democratic Union Party.|[/pre][/sub]
[list][sub]| ELECTION RESULTS |
(Summary of the 28 December 1948 German Bundestag election results)
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Popular Vote
- Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – 31.0% votes
- Social Democratic (SPD) – 29.22% votes
- Free Democratic Party (FDP) – 11.92% votes
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD) – 5.74%
- Bavaria Party (BP) – 4.16%
- German Party (DP) – 3.96%
[/sub][/list][list][sub]Bundestag Seats
• CDU – 34.58%
• SPD – 32.59%
• FDP – 12.94%
• BP – 4.23%
• DP – 4.23%
• KPD – 3.73%
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[list][sub]Adenauer had favoured the formation of a smaller centre-right coalition from the beginning. Nominated by the CDU/CSU faction, he was elected the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on 10 January 1949 by an absolute majority of 202 of 402 votes. Adenauer had ensured that the votes of the predominantly Social Democrat West Berlin deputies did not count and later stated that he "naturally" had voted for himself.
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[sub][pre]| The Free Democrat Theodor Heuss was elected the first President of the Republic, and Adenauer was elected Chancellor (head of government) on 10 January 1949 with the support of his own CDU, the Christian Social Union, the liberal Free Democratic Party, and the right-wing German Party. It was said that Adenauer was elected Chancellor by the new German parliament by "a majority of one vote – his own".
At the time of the inauguration, the chancellor and the president stated that West Germany accepted all the terms and conditions that Allied Powers had been given after West German Independence. On 18 January 1949, he also will formed the first Adenauer Cabinet of CDU/CSU, FDP, and DP ministers.
Adenauer favored integrating the Federal Republic with other Western states, especially France and the United States in order to fight the Cold War, even if the price of this was the continued division of Germany. Schumacher by contrast, though an anti-communist, wanted to see a united, socialist and neutral Germany. As such, Adenauer was in favor of joining NATO, something that Schumacher was strongly opposed to.|[/pre][/sub]
[list][sup]| OOC | I'm Entralia, please not suppress me :)[/sup][/list]
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Arcanda, Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Schnozzel, Teymour, The Estonian Latvian Union
Argentinian Commonwealth - La Rio de la Plata
(Escallasian Argentina)
With Avery Escallias-Amelios being the President, and MET principles being enshrined in Argentina, the country was heavily militarizing and updating its Army from the bottom to the top; new uniforms, guns, and tactics. Also, new generals had to be briefed and debriefed. New soldiers had to be drilled, and more army bases were built. With more materials, Argentina was building more bunkers and ensuring its future safety just in-case a war or something was going down. No one would ever know, since Argentina was making its stances known that it was very, very Anticommunist and made sure to not lean to the Ultra-left and the Anarchists.
Spain and China were examples of this; the two countries becoming destabilized and easily falling Prey to any country. Though decolonization was the current, presently, any new country could've possibly taken-up Colonization and Imperial actions, declaring themselves "A new empire," and thinking the world to be their Real Estate, which was the Fear Factor, not just in Patagonia, but all around America and Euramerica.
The Argentinian Navy was doing drills and building new ships, making sure they were durable and strong to fit all of the enlisted soldiers and their equipments. If a crisis occurred, the Navy would be the first thing sent, since Argentina was very far from the rest of the world and only bordered three other countries VIA land, England (Not Xav) VIA waters (the Falklands), and Antarctica was a Prime Target, being ogled-at by the Argentinian Gov't ever since Avery became President and started working with the House-of-Representatives.
In short; Argentinian Militarism was ever-increasing and didn't appear to be stopping. |
| Though it looked like the UN (Rpc United Nations) would sanction and condone anyone who broke the Whip at the Ultra-left, Avery had made it known that Democratic Socialists and Social Democrats were on the Chopping Block, and that they weren't ever going to be accepted in the Argent. Now, this was ironic, as Argentina was a main proponent of "the Tolerant Left," but this had its tolerances (no pun intended), even in the face of Great Odds, such as the Soviets (Liberalina), the Romanians and the other Communist-Socialists worldwide.
Avery and her protegé were soon going to deliver a statement of condemnation to the Communists in Greece (Lux Lumen), as the Argentinians feared the Greeks turning to the Red Wave and sucking-up to Moscow. |
| Another scary fact was that if Argentina had ever went her own way, England could very easily invade from the South, which is why the Julietists and other Progressivist movements were split in-between the Britishs' Liberal Party and their Regionalists; so that England wouldn't fall subject to London. France, Japan, India, Ethiopia and other countries also fell-subject to Progressivist movements, or "Radical Liberals," as people had called them. Not just liberal when it came to Economics or Ideology, but artistically-liberal as Argentina supported Futurism and other artistic movements; imagining a new world, a new Avant-garde world filled with openmindedness.
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Kartnan, Schnozzel, New Raines, Hindia Timur Raya, Republic Of Greater Germany, The Estonian Latvian Union
Greek News
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece"
Greek Civil War Update: Operation Peristera
[list]The Civil war has been going on since the Nazi's were expelled from Greece. The Communists and those loyal to the Kingdom of Greece have been in constant fighting each other. The Kingdom suffered a major blow to its moral, as its Operation Peristera was a major failure. The location of the Peloponnese isolated the communists there from their comrades in northern and central Greece. Operation Peristera was supposed to remove the communist forces from the Peloponnese, however the communist forces managed to use Guerrilla tactics and the terrain to weaken the Kingdom's forces. Facing near-constant attacks on the Kingdom's soldiers and supply lines, the Kingdom's forces were forced to retreat, giving the communists a victory and control over the Peloponnese Peninsula. Current counts estimate thousands of combatant and civilian deaths. As a result of this operation, the loss of many civilian lives further turned public opinion against the Kingdom of Greece. As a result of this failure, the moral of the Kingdom's soldiers and civilians suffered major setbacks. The Kingdom's popularity, according to polls in several regions, show declining popularity of the Kingdom and an increase in support for the communists.[/list]
[list]Currently, Operation Pyravlos is underway. Operation Pyravlos is a military campaign of the National Army of the Kingdom of Greece, under General Alexander Papagos. This operation, mostly located in Thessaly and central Greece, is being conducted in the hope that communists could be driven from Central Greece and Thessaly. The Operation involves attacks against pro-communist towns and villages, as well as a strike against the communist strongholds in the area. Many civilian casualties are expected from this operation. Meanwhile, anti-monarchy protests have arisen in many of the Kingdom's cities and town. Those who are still loyal to the Kingdom have expressed concern over the recent events in the war and worry about what would happen if the communists win. Meanwhile, the Kingdom has increased taxes greatly in order to increase its war funds to combat the communists. Those who can not pay are being conscripted into the Kingdom's military and forced to fight in the civil war in order to 'pay off' the tax debts of the person. Those who have escaped the forced consccription, have fled to the communists, who have welcomed them with open arms.[/list]
[list]We, at the Greek News Distributors, shall continue to give more updates on the civil war in the future. As always, we pledge to provide unbiased and neutral news on the civil war. We shall not fall to intimidation tactics from either side.[/list]
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The Ethiopian Times
English Publication
(Publications available in Amharic and French)
April 1949
First English speaking University founded
President Aman Dula opened the Victoria University to the public today. It is the first English speaking University in the country. Victoria University is public like all the other universities in the country.
Addis Ababa University and University of Ethiopia are required to have English language classes to boost diversity in the foreign language departments. Other languages taught at Addis Ababa University and the University of Ethiopia system are Italian, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and now English.
Victoria University is set to have 50,000 students at it's only location in Addis Ababa. This is additional to the 50,000 students at Addis Ababa University and 100,000 students at the University of Ethiopia system. Victoria University has been in the making since 1943 and was completed last month. Victoria University will take it's first students this September. Victoria University is modeled after neo-gothic architecture and a English landscape garden.
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[list][list][list][list][list][list][list][list][list][list][sup]| | MAY 1st 1948 | |[/sup][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]
[list][sup]THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWSPAPER — ¢70[/sup][/list]
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[list]UNITED FRUIT COMPANY BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PLANTATIONS
IN THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN.[/list]
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[list][sup]Guadeloupe and Martinique, United Fruit Co. Headquarters[/sup]
The first Banana Plantations in Guadeloupe and Martinique are being built by the
United Fruit Company, there will be more expansions across the Caribbean to come.[/list]
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[list] | Today United Fruit Company has announced it will be establishing new Banana Plantations
in the small french islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Guadeloupe consists of 6 small
inhabited islands and many more that are uninhabited. Martinique is a single small french
island. The United Fruit Company has a near total presence in the Caribbean, with only Puerto
Rico, Venezuela, Haiti and the Dutch Caribbean being untouched. This deal brings United Fruit
Co closer to a complete presence in Central America and the Caribbean region. | [/list]
[list] | Banana growing is a significant economic engine in many banana-exporting countries because
it is labor-intensive, delivers a relatively quick return on effort and investment, provides a weekly
income year round, and the crop recovers quickly from hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Banana plantations while also growing bananas, usually in the United Fruit Company's case,
might package, process and ship their products directly to markets outside the americas. Usually
plantations operated by the United Fruit Company are vast corporate facilities encompassing large
tracts of land, multiple physical plants, and many, many employees. Production-related activities
on a plantation may include cultivating and harvesting the fruit, transporting the picked bunches
to a packing shed, hanging to ripen in large bunches, dividing large bunches into smaller
market-friendly bunches, sorting, labeling, washing, drying, packing, boxing, storing, refrigeration,
shipping, and marketing.| [/list]
[sup]I know it probably looks broken on mobile devices but i don't care it looks really good on PC.
So please don't mention to me on discord that its broken on mobile devices, I already know that.
- Teujira[/sup]
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Argentinian Commonwealth - La Rio de la Plata
(Escallasian Argentina)
Arctican Argentina
Scientists in the Argent were working-on combatting the Cold, though it wouldn't be too hard as Argentina was near the South Pole already. There'd be no real need to switch-up or to stop culturally being showy, as in the Tip of Sunriot and the East, people were already used to the Cold - Scientists and Politicians could apply that method to the Arctic, as well as "programming" Cold Resilience by eating more cold foods or taking colder baths or showers; the Argentinian Army had been doing that for awhile, and it had shown results.
There was also so much food that was now very easily and readily-accessible, which would help the Market and the Economy, not to mention, selling such Arctican supplies to not-so-well-off nations. Skua pelts and whatnot would very-easily become a fashion statement, much like all of the goods coming-in from the US (Brickwall), Britain and other American nations.
The UN (Rpc United Nations) could probably protest over Ice and Water being sold, and especially the Environmentalists, but there were peoples and nationalities that barely had Water access, and Argentina had wanted to solve that issue from the Jump. Argentinian produce would also be solved, as there'd be more meat and there wouldn't be less of a pressure to do Ranching and other practices; though Ranchers wouldn't die-off since that still was a very important social skill and trade. The Gov't was very adamant that Argentinian citizens take-up a trade or craft or atleast some sort of talent; as this would greatly-boost the Economy and create more versatility in the Workforce. This would also stop Argentina from ever becoming NEET ("Not in Education, Employment, or Training") aswell. |
| An Arctican flag would also be made. Some preferred dark colors and red, others wanted more livelier colors such as a Yellow or Green; though in this referendum, Yellow had won-out. ([url]https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/antarctica-flag-jpg.189456/[/url])
The cyan being affiliated with Pride and taking-care of the "land," which was, the Ice (well, the Scientists had to do more studies. Many had hoped there'd be Treasure or Land underneath said Ices) and the sun being a general Argentinian symbol at this point-in-time. The White stood for Clarity and Reflection, which, the many Argentinian-Arcticans would've been able to see their faces in the Ice. |
| Snow would also be very important, for beautification - so there'd also now be a Snow Market. The Argentinians didn't want a monopoly over the Arctic, so they impelled the Americans, Mexicans, British (Not Xav) and French to also colonize Antarctica too. A Mexican Arctic would help boost-up Argentinian-Mexican Relations and also add a Latino flavor to the new Continent. America was very kind to the Argentinians, and the Julietists wanted to immortalize the very-positive American-Argentinian Relations. This'd also mean that the US would border Argent on this Continent, too. France and Britain were The Usual Suspects, as they probably would've wanted a stake in the Arctic, just as they did in Africa and in the rest of Eurasia and Australasia.
Oil would also probably be there, which the drilling would probably annoy the Environmentalists, but said Oil was needed if the US or any other Power had wanted to diverge from the Mideast or Asia - which was very important to diversify your Portfolio, economically-speaking. |
| So far, this had only Benefits - aside from angering the Environmentalists (not just the Argentinians but all of them the World over), prodding-at the Soviets (Liberalina) (since they'd probably also have a desire to "colonize" the Arctic in the name of Communism - already Russia controlled Siberia and parts of the Arctic Sea/Ocean.) Russia was also allied to the Arctican Communists in Reykjavik aswell, meaning that the North Pole was at contention. Britain controlled Canada, which held Nunavut and the Eskimo-Inuits, as-well-as other Arctican Tribes in the Great White North. In the North Pole, it appeared that the West was losing. The South now being Argentinian, and maybe also Mexican and American, would help not just Anglophones but the Hispanohablante aswell. With France also joining in theoretically, this'd also help Francophones. (Czabalkia) This was a step supported by the House of Reps, as Julietists were pro-Multicultural and already very-very Mestizo, with future immigration making Argentina the first example of Humanity's Cohabitation and willing to Adapt - which was a Liberal and Democratic value.
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Greek News
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece"
Greek Civil War Update: Final Days
[list]The Civil war has been going on since the Nazi's were expelled from Greece. The Communists and those loyal to the Kingdom of Greece have been in constant fighting each other. The Kingdom suffered a major defeat in its Operation Pyravlos. This operation, mostly located in Thessaly and central Greece, has been a major failure, resulting in many civilian deaths and major losses for the National Army. The communist forces have started using this battle as a means of promoting 'the strength of communism' and how 'Communists treat civilians better than the Royalists'. Moral of those loyal to the Kingdom of Greece is at an all-time low and many have started to defect to the communists. Current estimates indicate that about 50,000 soldiers from the Kingdom of Greece have been killed in combat, while communists have only lost about 20,000 soldiers. The war is looking bleak for the Kingdom of Greece. Very few expect that the Kingdom will win this civil war, and assume that the government is just trying to wear down the communist forces.[/list]
[list]Currently, Operation Pyrsos is underway. Operation Pyrsos will likely be the last campaign launched by the National Army of the Kingdom of Greece against the communist forces, due to its rising unpopularity and its many losses during the war. After the failure of the preceding Operation Pyravlos, communist forces in central Greece had been bolstered by many new recruits. The National Army wants to deal a major blow to the communists by attacking the communist strongholds in the mountains of Grammos and Vitsi in northwestern Greece. While international assistance from its original supporters was lost due to an ideological split, the communists admit that they have been setting aside funds and resources in case that happened. It is predicted that the many Greek civilians contributing funds and resources also dampened any negative effects that the support withdraw had caused. The communists are so confident that they will win, that the leaders of the communists have begun to draft constitutions, and are accepting feedback on any of the terms. Communist leaders have stated that once they defeat the Greek National Army in the current battle, the communists will head straight for Athens and take the seat of government itself.[/list]
[list]We, at the Greek News Distributors, shall continue to give more updates on the civil war in the future. As always, we pledge to provide unbiased and neutral news on the civil war. We shall not fall to intimidation tactics from either side.[/list]
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[list][list]FRANCO-CAMBODIAN ACCORDS SIGNED AS FULL INDEPENDENCE GRANTED TO CAMBODIA
12 May 1949 - French Embassy in Phnom Phen, Kingdom of Cambodia[/list][/list]
| Just one year after France granted Laos full independence, the French government has formalized agreements with representatives of the Cambodian protectorate which has given Cambodia complete independence under Norodom Sihanouk as King of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The Franco-Cambodian Accords, more or less establishing the same terms as the Franco-Laotian Accords established, have been signed in Phnom Phen by King Sihanouk and Indochinese High Commissioner Alfred Gabriel Joseph Valmary, the representative of France for the signing of the Franco-Laotian Accords as well. Cambodia is the second Indochinese state to received full independence as the colonies of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina still remaining under direct rule from Paris, pending negotiations between France and local Vietnamese leaders. |
| France and the Kingdom of Cambodia have recognized each other as fully sovereign and independent states and, per the terms of the agreement, have established military and economic agreements. The French Army shall continue to operate bases near Phnom Phen, Krong Battambang, and Lumphat, as well as a joint Franco-Khmer Air Base near the capital and a naval installation along the Mekong River near Krong Prey Veng. Unlike Laos, which is the continued focus of communist insurgencies and cross-border raids by the Viet Minh, the Cambodian Kingdom is a relatively stable part of Indochina alongside Cochinchina, and therefore military withdrawal throughout Cambodia besides the military bases will be immediate. Some 13,000 soldiers from the other parts of overseas France shall be withdrawn over the coming months to Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, to either be sent back home to French territories in Africa or to be deployed against the Viet Minh insurgency. |
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[list][list]MILITARY CAMPAIGN ESCALATES IN VIET-NAM
July 1949 - Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indochina[/list][/list]
- - S P E C I A L - R E P O R T - -
| Since the beginning of the Indochinese War in 1946, colonial forces and the French Foreign Legion has continued to wage a defensive war against the Viet-Minh; a communist-aligned insurgent group comprising primarily of Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian peasants armed and funded by the Soviet Union and supported by other East Asian groups. Primarily situated in the north of Viet-nam, the Viet-Minh has proven to be the most fierce of the anti-French guerrilla campaigns in the region and, unfortunately for France, the most successful- whereas Laotian and Cambodian independence was a quick and rather ceremonious affair, ensuring a peaceful withdrawal from Viet-Nam has proven much more difficult due to the fears of a Soviet-backed communist takeover once France withdraws permanently. To this end, some 30,000 French and French-African servicemen have been deployed to Indochina since 1946 to combat the Viet-Minh, where possible, primarily through search and destroy operations in the hills and jungles of Tonkin and Annam. |
| A visit to the French Ministry of National Defense in Paris, located in a luxurious palatial estate, will reveal an office dedicated primarily to files on wargames, intelligence, and information regarding the Vietnamese insurgency. Under Minister Charles de Gaulle, the Ministry of National Defense has taken a hardline approach towards the Viet-Minh and, with the express permission of President Daladier, has continued to escalate deployment in Viet-Nam over the years. French soldiers of primarily Algerian, Sudanese, and Equatorial African origin have been deployed in the tens of thousands to bases across Viet-Nam. The French government has been extremely adamant about not allowing metropolitan soldiers to fight in Viet-Nam, understanding that sending European Frenchmen to die could turn the conflict from a battle at the far edge of the world to a war being fought on the nation's home territory. Himself a pacifist, the socialist Daladier has been known to refer to the war in private memos as la sale guerre - the dirty war. |
| Large-scale fighting has yet to occur in Viet-Nam bar a few covered-up incidents in the country's north. The most widely publicized battle, that of the Battle of Phu'o'ng Lam, saw the death of 147 Algerian soldiers in a single night of combat- the most in a single day of fighting for France since the end of the Second World War. As such, the Ministry of National Defense has made it a priority in-country to avoid engaging the Indochinese in pitched battles, fearing a cost too high due to the treacherous terrain unsuited for the set piece battles present during most battles in Europe and North Africa which the French Army has grown accustomed to fighting. That said, with an increasing deployment of bomber aircraft to Indochina and rumors of a planned general bombing campaign against the Viet-Minh, a further escalation of fighting is likely. |
| Cochinchina, the southernmost and oldest of the French protectorates in French Indochina, has been relatively safe from attacks by the Viet-Minh: significantly more Catholic and educated than the rural north, Cochinchina has become the headquarters of French operations militarily and politically in Viet-Nam. Saigon, the capital of Cochinchina, has become the de facto capital of French Indochina, with the protectorate being dubbed as a Green Zone in government terminology, with Annam and Tonkin being known as Red Zones to signify the high risk nature of the area. French military, economic, and political assets as well as much of France's investment capital has drastically withdrawn from the Red Zones south, to the Green Zone in Cochinchina. This marked withdrawal of French presence in the north over the past three years has all but assured the inevitable French withdrawal from, at the least, Tonkin and Annam, a withdrawal which has been the main policy goal of the Daladier administration in the Far East since the elections. |
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Argentinian Commonwealth - La Rio de la Plata
(Escallasian Argentina)
La Presidenta finally declares her condemnation for the Greek Communists, saying: "And no more shall Communism-Socialism take reign in Europa without anyones' notice. This is the doing of Moscow. This is the doing of the Reds, funding Terror across the world like they're doing in Italy."
"I am so sick-and-tired of these terrorists funding Mobs and Hate Groups all across Eurasia."
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[sup]SEPTEMBER, 1948[/sup]
[sup]ЖУКОВ ОБРАЩАЕТСЯ К ООН.[/sup]
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CRISIS IN GERMANY!
[sub]GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, BERLIN — MORNING[/sub]
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| General Ivan Konev had a precarious situation on his hands, following the complete blockade on the western portions of Berlin and Austria, there was a major buildup of troops by France and other western nations. Konev responded by requesting Zhukov send 350,000 troops to both Austria and Germany to bulk up the already heavily militarized border, and the Berlin and Austria zones. Large shipments of RPD machine guns, certain pieces of artillery and anti air guns were sent as well. However the latter part of the shipment had issues, for one, the Soviet Union did make deals with the west during World War 2 that their would be unrestricted air access, through a corridor, to their sectors in Vienna and Berlin. Konev and Zhukov had a complicated set of issues to evaluate, first off, should the west begin an airlift to Berlin, should the Soviet Union stop it? For one, it would be easy to execute, however, unlike the United States, the USSR did not have any nuclear weapons just yet. Zhukov did however inform Konev that the first Soviet Nuclear Weapons that could be utilized in combat would come in "late 49, perhaps 50". |
| In October, the first flight would come, it was believed to be French Aircraft. Konev opted to send Soviet escorts to monitor the planes, and most notably, fly under the aircraft and block any cameras should they be spotted, not that East Germany had any major intelligence bombs that needed to be hidden at all costs. The French Planes would land at their sector in Berlin, relatively peacefully, though the situation in general was tense. Konev remarked that perhaps the situation could change by the time the Soviet Union had its first nuclear weapon. All that was known for certain was that Zhukov had no plans to end the Blockade, even if the west did manage to replenish the cities just as much as before, it would still be a monetary burden on the west. |
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[sub]THE POLYGON, KAZAKH SSR — MORNING[/sub]
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| German prisoners of war were hastily building large wooden and brick houses, while others began hauling cages of animals, miles away, prisoners built large scale railway networks and even stations. Overseeing all this was Zhukov himself. No, the Soviet Union was not building a zoo, or even a town, rather they were building a testing site. In the center of it all was, a relatively, a large bomb, it was named RDS-1; it was a nuclear bomb. The following day everyone was cleared out of the vicinity, miles away, scientists looked at the town wearing special glasses. A control operator at the center began to speak. |
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[sup]| CONTROL OPERATOR |[/sup][sup] "We will go green in a few moments, please put on your glasses if you haven't already."[/sup]
[sup]| CONTROL OPERATOR |[/sup][sup] "All data collection sensors are operating as normal, 5 seconds to detonation."[/sup]
[sup]| CONTROL OPERATOR |[/sup][sup] "4, 3, 2, 1"[/sup]
[sup]| CONTROL OPERATOR |[/sup][sup] "Drop First Lightning."[/sup][/list]
| 22 kilotons of explosive might raged out of the Nuclear Weapon, obliterating everything in its path, destroying the wooden homes, flattening the brick roads, killing animals instantly, and delivering a deadly dose of radiation to anything that somehow survived it. It was brutal, it was dirty, but it had worked. The Soviet Union now had Nuclear Weapons. The intention was for this to be kept secret, but it wasn't known if the US or other western powers had the ability to detect it. In any case, the success allowed Zhukov to be more bold with his moves. He ordered Konev to begin having MiG-15's continually fly over western sectors of Berlin and Vienna, and the agreement that allowed the West to send their planes over to Berlin and Vienna without interruption was the same agreement that allowed the Soviet Union to do this, in a remark to Konev, he stated "Keep the westerners awake". Special care was made to ensure routes would not disturb citizens of Germany or Austria. |
| Konev would inquire on whether or not he had permission to fire on western planes, and unfortunately for him, Zhukov declined, citing the possibility of a major, new, global conflict. However, the USSR would begin the inquiry into whether or not the water supply could be cut, and the source of any and all water in western sectors of Vienna and Berlin, with the eventual goal being the complete cut off from groundwater and other sources. |
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[list][list][list]~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ~[/list]
| 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚜! |[/list][/list]
[sup]Since independence in 1946, the Levant nation was plagued with a great many problems. The first being the divided government that came from the first presidential election in 1943, where Shukri al-Quwatli and his National Bloc ran against Kamal Al-Hadwashi and his National Party of the Levant. While Quwatli enjoyed the support of the Syrian elites and the merchant class, Kamal over the years had built a strong minority coalition. Gathering Kurds, Druzes, Assyrians, Alawites, Christians, Shia's, and even managed to sway the Lebanese Maronites to his Party. Kamal also recruited Jamil Mardam Bey from the National Bloc which in turn gained Kamal some much-needed support amongst the Arabs. Finally, on the 17th of August, 1943, Kamal would be elected as President of the Syrian Republic under the French Mandate. During his time in office, he would attempt to push the envelope for complete Syrian-Lebanese Independence and even reconcile with the National Bloc to create a united front against the French, and eventually create a new constitution. After WW2, the French returned with intent to put Syria back into the fold. Immediately huge protests in Damascus and Beruit sparked, a further escalated when French nationals had been killed. France threatened military action, and French troops had tried to quell nationalist protests in Syria at the continued occupation of the Levant by France. On the 29th of May, French troops stormed the Syrian parliament and tried to arrest President Kamal Al-Hadwashi and the speaker of the National Bloc, Saadallah al-Jabiri, but both managed to escape. The French burned, bombarded the building, and then cut off Damascus's electricity. Kamal fled to Jordan having managed to escape via a British armored car sent an urgent request for intervention to Prime Minister Winston Churchill for British troops to intervene. On June 1st, General Paget ordered his force to invade Syria from Transjordan, with troops and tanks of the 31st Indian Armoured Division. Paget quickly reached Damascus to cheering crowds of Syrians. Continuing pressure from Syrian nationalist groups and the British intervention forced the French to withdraw completely from Syria to Lebanon by the end of July and by this time the Mandate had effectively been erased. Post-independence, Syria, and Lebanon would officially form the Levant Republic. The idea being proposed by Kamal and other minority leaders as a state that would work to create equality between the various religious sects of the Levant. However, the new government proved far too chaotic to function efficiently as the various religious sects were more focused on their autonomy then participating in the Grand Levant Assembly. The situation would only worsen as Kamal was unable to coordinate with the National Bloc (now National Party) on creating a new Levant constitution, as Quwalti personally made his mission to politically sabotage Kamal and his administration. The situation only made worse as Kamal had to focus on the Palestinian situation which further tarnished his reputation as his administration was hounded for not taking a strong pro-Palestinian stance. And with the rise of Arab Nationalist groups Kamal's original advocacy for a state that advocates for the rights of all seemed less and less appealing day by day.[/sup]
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``Completion Of Industrial ‘Rearmament!
July 1948
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Today, The Government was happy to say that the Committee for the ‘five year plan’ was to be dissolved. Romania has built itself up to its Wartime strength if not more because of the glory of Communism. Some key points of this are:
1. Rebuilding and construction of Oil Wells and Processing plants, creating a independence for fuel and much needed revenue to rebuild the Nation.
2. Creation of Funds to create Industrial and Agricultural industry, this has lead to a modernization of industrial planning and tooling allowing for the creation of heavily taxing industrial undertakings to be made childrenÂ’s work, the building of agricultural machinery and Agricultural research lead to the mechanization and the promotion of new agricultural methods.
3. Using this new Industrial strength, Romania has used this to modernize the equipment of their armed forces with Soviet designs (SKS, SG-43, PPS-43, Mosin-Ngants And DsHK.) As well as Soviet Artillery and Tanks are doin to be asked to be leased for production.
5. The Committee ordered the building of 25 new hospitals with the best equipment available and for clinics to be built in surrounding regions to integrate the healthcare system for the populace.
6. To top this off, the rebuilding of cities destructed by the war was completed, and as a memorial to socialism have built the ‘people’s house’ as a center of government for state!
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Svea Rike
[sub]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYV-OZIv8eg Soon...[/sub]
Scandinavisk Industri, Issue 2
[spoiler= previous update on this]Skandinavisk Industri
As established in March 1948, the Rike is seeking its industrial expansion. Newly established factories across the land are ready to produce goods and products that will increase our standing worldwide.
Factories in Northern Sweden and Finland, with their hub in the city of Oulu, Finland shall form industrial group 1, tasked with the production of military items, primarily for domestic use but also for export. They have been developed in consultation with the Rike's primary suppliers, including Saab and Sako, and it is estimated that they will be able to produce UP TO 130-300 tanks a month along with large quantities of guns and munitions by the year 1949. However at present they are primarily tasked with the development and refining of the prototype Stridsvagn 50 MBT, the Saab 29 fighter, and the Saab 36 supersonic bomber.
Factories in Southern Sweden and Norway, with the hub in Oslo, shall form industrial group 2, tasked with the production of heavy industrial equipment and naval apparatus. It is estimated that the involvement of these factories in the acceleration of parts production will speed up shipbuilding by up to 40% once the factories are fully operational in February-June 1949.
Additionally the Danish factories headquartered in Aarhus shall form industrial group 3, which will produce state-subsidised chemicals and other pharmaceuticals for use in the state healthcare system, as well as to be used in the other factories.
The Department of Industry expects that these factories shall be completely operational by 1950, and efforts are being made to ensure that they are powered sustainably, mainly via hydroelectric power.
The staffing of these factories shall be naturally from the ~1 million industrial workers who became unemployed in the post-war industrial crunch. Until the factories become operational, they are given free places at the polytechnic colleges to acquire the skills they will need in their new roles.[/spoiler]
With the expansion of industrial bases well on schedule and expected to be completed by the end of the year/early 1950, the government begins to look at what this considerable new apparatus shall be utillised for.
[sub]Ministry of Industry Office, Stockholm[/sub]
Minister Jan Olafssen checks his breath and sighs. He pushes apart the massive oak doors, thought to have come from a Viking hall, and strides into the meeting chamber purposefully. He does run this place after all.
"So, chaps, what have you got for me?"
"Well, sir," his bespectacled young aide starts, "the establishment of new factories is proceeding well and we think that it will be complete soon. I'd recommend we start thinking about what we will be using these factories for."
He opens a dossier. This is going to be a long meeting.
- Industrial Group Finland:
1. Task Force Aviation:
a) The production and development of the new Saab 29 fighter at the rate of 300 aircraft a year.
b) The increased focus on the development of the Saab 36 supersonic bomber and integrated payload delivery platform
c) The stopgap production of 1200 Saab 21R-3 jet bombers to supplant the ageing fleet of Saab 17s and 18s.
d) The accelerated design of the turbofan motor using German research supplanted by domestic research that has been commissioned by the Crown.
2. Task Force Armour
a) The production of Stridsvagn 74 and 50 MBTs for domestic use only at the rate of 100 per month initially, increasing to 250 a month by 1952.
b) The supply within a period of 2 months of the Stridsvagn m31s for export to the PRC and ROC.
3. Task Force Infantry: the production of the following weapons at a rate determined by the requirements of the military:
[spoiler=List of Small Arms]Pistol m/40, Kpist m/37, Kpist m/45, Raketgevär 46, Ak 4, Ak 5[/spoiler]
and the following pieces of heavy weaponry as dictated by the military in their yearly tenders:
[spoiler= List of Artillery Equipment]m41/D, Bkan 1, Bofors 40 mm[/spoiler]
-Industrial Group Scania
1. Atomenergi AB
a) Production of centrifuges
b) Production of reactor chambers
c) Production of heavy water processing plants
d) Production of control rods
e) Production of cooling towers
At a rate dictated by the progression of the nuclear weapons programme.
2. Associated Shipyards
a) The construction of the 5 Sverige-class carriers whose design has just been completed and whose hulls were laid down in Stockholm, to be finished by March 1950.
b) The assistance of the naval expansion programme, which as forecasted will cut build times by 40% and allow:
I) 10 submarines per year
II) 4 destroyers per year
III) 2 cruisers per year
However, they will not necessarily be produced at this rate unless the demand mandates it. At present the rate shall be
I) 6 submarines a year
II) 3 destroyers+minesweepers per year
III) 1 cruiser/corvette/radar ship year
-Industrial Group Denmark
1. Pharmaceuticals
a) Obtaining licence production for major drugs, that is to say, undertake production of drugs for major pharmaceutical companies
b)Production of pharmaceuticals for the domestic Fennoscandian health system, such that no hospital or dispensary has a lack of medical supplies.
2. Chemicals
a) Production of fertilisers, pesticides and other agricultural chemicals: we have food self-sufficiency, but food exporter status is targeted by 1953.
b) Production of such chemicals as are needed by the nuclear programme
c) Production of synthetic petroleum at a rate designed not to supplant but to bolster our imports of oil.
Manchurian Oil
In return for arms exports, the government of the PRC has ceded rights to all oilfields east of Beijing,which shall be under Fennoscandian administration for a 99-year period. The Norwegian energy company Equinor is tasked with the extraction of this oil, whose estimated value is about 2.3 million tonnes a year.
The following steps shall be undertaken:
- Construction of modern drilling apparatus which will be transferred to the PRC after the 99 year period
- Training of Chinese labourers in oil extraction for employment within the Fennoscandian oil drilling industry
- Extraction of oil from April 1950 at a rate of 1.8 million tonnes a year which is sufficient to cover our domestic needs as well as leaving some for export.
- Diplomatic meetings with other oil-producing powers such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Indonesia to discuss the establishment of an international organisation that will handle regulation about oil prices.
- The construction of schools, hospitals, housing and other necessary facilities for those who choose to work in this industry
- The eventual employment of ~14% of the active labour pool in the region in this endeavour, with an economic turnover of $2.5 billion
- The option to be given to these labourers at the termination of their initial contracts to be repatriated as Scandinavian citizens with the same rights as all other citizens of the Rike.
Manifest Destiny
The sparsely populated island of Iceland has long had strong ties to Scandinavia. Envoys shall be dispatched to the provisional government of the island, to discuss its integration into the Rike as a full state, with the same rights as the Federal Provinces of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and Norway.
Either peacefully, or, though it shall not be said, if necessary, by force.
The territory of Greenland has been left behind by the advances of the 20th Century, and they do not enjoy the same privileges and comfortable lifestyle as
the rest of our citizens. To that end, we also recognise their status as a historically autonomous territory. We are therefore implementing the following Five-Year-Plan that will aim to bring them to a level of parity with all other citizens of the Rike.
[spoiler=Five Year Plan for the Advancement of Greenland]
Whereas the Thing of the Svea Rike does recognise that Greenland has historically been
Independent
Autonomous
Self-governing
Poverty-stricken
Underrepresented
and
Underdeveloped
Hereby declares, with the express approval of His Majesty the King and the Royal Cabinet, that the following steps, having been developed in consultation with the tribal councils and governmental bodies in Greenland, that the following plan shall be implemented for the betterment of Greenland and its citizens.
1) The granting of Greenland of a degree of autonomy that will permit it self-determination at the local level, subject to intervention by the Swedish government
2) The provision of two (2) representatives in the Thing for Greenland
3) The construction of facilities to better the quality of life in the province, including but not limited to schools, colleges, hospitals, courts of law, libraries, and other elements of a civilised society.
This plan is tentative and shall be expanded
Signed,
Speaker of the House
His Majesty Kong Christian
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Atoms for "Peace", Issue 2
[spoiler=Previous post]
Atoms for "Peace"
As per the previous decree, nuclear reactor R1 has been established with its construction having started in March 1948. This builds on the extensive work already done by AEC starting in 1945. The establishment of a program to protect Scandinavian interests shall be given maximum possible funding. It is estimated that with the current situation we can begin underground testing by 1949. These scientists are given carte blanche.
Based on the efforts of FOA, we have a figure of ~1kg of plutonium production beginning Autumn 1948.
OOC: Sweden had a well-funded nuclear program IRL, but the key bottleneck was the plutonium. for about 3-4 years after '48 and there was a lo of lobbying. However now that we have 2 sources (Randstad and Svalbard) that will not be an issue. High-grade uranium from Svalbard will be what's used here. They however only ended up starting serious research in '54 although the resources to do so were there, and they had the capacity to begin underground testing by '59, with the FOA estimating that in 1955 Sweden could build nukes if plutonium were available. Now given that these constraints do not exist, and also that this is not Sweden alone which is making these efforts, I estimate that by '52 or '53 we should have that ability.
End OOC.
Marviken Reactor
Marviken reactor, whose design was mandated in the previous decree, shall begin construction immediately for completion in November 1949. It is hoped that this will accelerate our efforts.
Den Svenska Linjen
In one of the largest engineering undertakings in Swedish history, R1 shall be used for the manufacturing of plutonium from mined uranium using the heavy water process.
OOC: This is a slightly modified version of an IRL event of the same name.
The methods used in all of these processes shall be those devised by Atomenergi in 1947.
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With the beginning of production of weapons-grade plutonium scheduled to begin this month after considerable delay, the scientists of Atomenergi AB estimate a date of January 1952 for the first successful detonation of the Bomb.
The Svenska Linjen has been a resounding success, and heavy water plants have been established in Ljangeverk. The plant has a capacity of 1 kg per day as planned, with the estimated figure being 6 kg per warhead giving us a productive capacity of 60 warheads a year beginning 1952.
In the meantime, the government issues a massive construction project that will include:
-The construction of bunkers with silos and dedicated underground telephone lines, that shall be built under 25m of bedrock to mitigate the threat of damage by nuclear weapons.
-The establishment of a dedicated Strategic Weapon Command in Finnsnes, Norway.
-The training of Air Force personnel in the delivery of such weapons in the off chance that the missile delivery platform that is planned does not function as planned.
In addition to this, the Scandinavian government mandates the design of a self-propelled warhead delivery platform that shall have the capacity for a 350-kilo warhead, whether nuclear or conventional, or both. The design of this platform shall draw from the V2 rockets whose plans were seized by the Swedish government during the war. It is expected that this platform, which should be ready by 1951, will be guided by radar and have a range of around 1000 kilometres in its first iteration and be guided by radar.
The Antarctic Treaty
The uninhabited continent of Antarctica has been claimed several nations who have had their claims recognised widely, namely Argentina, France, Norway (as a precursor to the Rike) and the United Kingdom. As the nation first to the Pole and historically integral to the exploration of this region, the Rike formally extends an invitation to these nations for a summit in Stockholm to discuss the delineation and demarcation of territories in the icy new continent. We hope that we can arrive at a mutually satisfactory conclusion to this conference.
Teujira, Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Kartnan, Republic Of Greater Germany, Faronea, Npc Venezuela
``Soviet Help!
September 11, 1949
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Today, after talks between the Soviets and Romanian Governments, the soviets habe agreed to help train the RPA and to give the Government licenses to produce ground equipment, such as: T-34/85, SU-100, SU-152, T-70s, BTR-40s as well as many Anti aircraft and Artillery systems such as the M-52K 85 AA and M1939 85mm AA, Zis-3 76mm, 85mm D-44 AT, 152mm ML-20, 122m M-30. The deal broke down when it came to air forces, so the Romanians will continue to produce their own designs from the war, such as the: IAR-78 and IAR-80 will continue to be produced.
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Cherokee Confederates, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Kartnan, Faronea
ניצחון העצמאות
[sub]14 May 1948 -- 5 Iyar 5708 | Jewish National Fund, Tel Aviv[/sub]
Ze'ev Sherf paces the floor behind a woman rigorously typing away at a typewriter, smoking a cigarette impatiently. He anxiously awaits in anticipation for "di triumfant gesheenish" (the triumphant event) planned at 16:00 sharp, and no later. This weined on Sherf, in a hurry to make it as the hand on his wrist watch strikes 15:30. Ze'ev puts the smoke out in the ashtray next to her, he then realizes.
Ze'ev Sherf: "Chara! (Damn!) Margaret, I forgot to call myself a cab to the event! I'm going to be late! There's not a chance I can make it across town to the Museum unless I leave now!"
Margaron Damm: "I'm almost finished, Ze'ev, I can only type so fast, you know. What about Nikol? Weren't you going to get a ride with him?"
Ze'ev Sherf: "I'm afraid not, I haven't heard from Nikol in a couple days, none of us have heard much word from besieged Jerusalem at all. That's why the secrecy of this meeting and the importance of my punctuality is tantamount. The future of the Jewish people rests at stake here, Margie, and my time is running out the front door!"
[B]Margaron Damm: "It's ready sir, I proof read it and it is suitable for the event."
Ze'ev Sherf: "Good, hand it to me, there is no more time to waste."
Sherf frantically but with caution loaded the triumphant document into his briefcase, opening it with a quick placement of the lock combination to 5-1-4, the day and month. A historic one no doubt.
Ze'ev Sherf: "Shalom aleichem[/I], Margie! You helped write history today!"
As Ze'ev zips out of the building, Margaron's voice faded out as the door closed behind him, immediately, like a desperate addict almost, runs into the middle of the street, flailing his arms and briefcase in the air and forcing a young driver to come to a screeching halt mere inches from Sherf.
Young Commuter: "Miz-day-en! (F**ker!), can't you see the road in front of you!? Eh? Open your eyes! You wanted me to kill you!?"
Ze'ev Sherf: "Pardon me and spare me a moment, echa! I stopped you because I am severely late for an important event at the Museum! I am to be expected by 16:00 and no later! [I]Bevakasha, bevakasha![/I]"
Young Commuter: "[I]Hapess me sheh ya-enay-otcha![/I] (Go find someone to jerk you off!) I have not a license for driving and no paperwork for this vehicle. Besides, the Museum is all the way in downtown, you'd never make it you crazy old man!"
Ze'ev Sherf: "Oh I see what your angle is, you cheap manyak! Here, here, will three bills buy my ride!? Time is wasting!"
Young Commuter:"Zine be-ayn! (a dick in your eye; refusal to do something) Your time is wasting, not mine."
Ze'ev Sherf: "Fine, five bills, huh how does that sound? Just come on!"
The young driver pondered a moment before hesitantly motioning with his head for Ze'ev to hop inside the back seat.
Young Commuter: "You said the Museum, right?"
Ze'ev Sherf: "Right, and here's two more bills just for you to step on it!"
As Ze'ev placed the bills down on the vehicle's center console, the man floored the gas pedal and sent the indigo blue 1947 Opel Olympia speeding across the city. With screeching tires, the Olympia dashed around tight turns and city boulevards, blaring the side horn. Eventually, just mere minutes from the Tel Aviv Museum, a police cruiser took notice of the speeding Olympia and put the young man's horse behavior to an end with a ring of it's siren. The two vehicles pulled off to the side of the road, a police officer in summer khaki uniform approached the driver's window and stared menacingly through a pair of aviator sunglasses at the fear-stricken driver.
Police Officer: "Are you trying to kill somebody!? Racing around the city like a madman!"
Ze'ev Sherf: "Sir, allow me to inform you that you are delaying my cab from taking me to a very important event that is a matter of national urgency! You must let us proceed and if you don't, I'll make sure someone has your tachat for delaying the Final Draft of the Declaration of Independence from reaching it's destination!"
Police Officer: "Alright, alright, you two keep it moving, just slow down!"
Before the officer could finish his sentence, Sherf patted his driver on the shoulder, as a motion.
Ze'ev Sherf: "DRIVE!"
The duo sped up the street, disobeying the policeman's futile command. The Olympia launched up to the entrance of the Tel Aviv Museum courtyard, stopping so abruptly that a hubcap fell off upon arrival. Ze'ev approached the driver's window after slipping a cigarette from his soft pack, he gave it to the man and offered a light.
Young Commuter: "Lucky Strike is your brand too, eh? [I]Toda raba leha.[/I]" (Thanks to you)
Ze'ev Sherf: "What is your name, echa?"
Young Commuter: "Oshri Stowkeritz, [I]shalom[/I]."
Ze'ev Sherf: "[I]Shalom aleichem[/I], Oshri."
Ze'ev disembarked from the vehicle and up the steps to the main doors, a plaque next to them read the building's address, "16 Rothschild Boulevard". Sherf checked his watch as he entered, the hands read 15:59. As he maneuvered through to the meeting hall, a crowd of voices was suddenly silenced by the banging of a gavel exactly six times which ushered in a rendition of Hatikvah live by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for all the some 250 in attendance. On the wall behind the podium hung a picture of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, and two Star of David flags on each side, in front of them sat David Ben-Gurion, leader of the Yishuv. After the song ended, David Ben-Gurion rose from his seat to make a statement.
David Ben-Gurion: "I shall now read to you the scroll of the Establishment of the State, which has passed its first reading by the National Council."
Ben-Gurion read aloud the scroll that entailed the Jewish people's stipulations of sovereignty and individual, human rights. These stipulations crossed many topics, broad and wide, but largely centered around main issues of contention, including Israel's borders, religion, and the official name of the State. The largest issue of debate was ultimately of national borders as the Declaration of Independence's 14th paragraph indicated a willingness to cooperate in the implementation of the UN Partition Plan. The original draft had declared that the borders would be decided by the UN partition plan. While this was supported by Rosen and Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, it was opposed by Ben-Gurion and Zisling.[/I]
David Ben-Gurion: "We accepted the UN Resolution, but the Arabs did not. They are actively preparing to make war on us. If we defeat them and capture western Galilee or territory on both sides of the road to Jerusalem, these areas will become part of the state. Why should we obligate ourselves to accept boundaries that in any case the Arabs don't accept?"
The second topic was of the official name of the state, Eretz Israel, Ever, Judea, Zion, Ziona, Ivriya, and Herzliya were all put forward as proposals, with Zion and Judea being automatically ruled as the partition plan would have Jerusalem and the Judean Mountains placed outside of the State's borders. However, Ben-Gurion put forward "Israel" and it passed by a vote of 6–3. Among other topics, other members of the Moetzet HaAm, particularly Meir Vilner, wanted to officially denounce the British Mandate and the British Military entirely, but colleague, Moshe Sharett, believed it would be out of place and counterintuitive to the fledgling Jewish state on the brink of war. Meir Argov pushed to mention the Displaced Persons camps in Europe and to guarantee freedom of language. Ben-Gurion agreed with the latter but noted that Hebrew should be the main language of the state.
After some time of negotiating, voting, and deliberation, their time was running thin as midnight was on the fast approach. At exactly 12:00AM, the British Mandate will expire and the timing could not be any more careful or precise. Thus, began the signatory processes, As leader of the Yishuv, David Ben-Gurion was the first person to sign. The declaration was due to be signed by all 37 members of Moetzet HaAm. However, twelve members could not attend, with eleven of them trapped in besieged Jerusalem and one abroad. The remaining 25 signatories present were called up in alphabetical order to sign, leaving spaces for those absent.
After Moshe Sharett, the last of the signatories, had put his name to paper, Rabbi Fishman was called on to recite the Shehecheyanu blessing. Afterward, the audience again stood and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra played an encore of "Hatikvah".
[B]David Ben-Gurion: "The State of Israel is established! This meeting is adjourned!"
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Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany, Faronea
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[sup]SEPTEMBER, 1949[/sup]
[sup]ЖУКОВ ОБРАЩАЕТСЯ К ООН.[/sup]
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SOVIET TROOPS ENTER GREECE!
[sub]GRECO BULGARIAN BORDER — NIGHT[/sub]
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[/list]
| It has been months since the Soviet Union had successfully tested and detonated its first nuclear weapon successfully, and the Soviet Union was already rolling full steam ahead to continue to develop its nuclear technologies as well as produce its successful first nuclear bomb design. However, the detonation also allowed the Soviet Union to become bolder with its actions, the United States no longer had a complete monopoly on the most powerful weapon in the world, the Soviet Union joined the ranks of those Americans, and it too now held the weapons. The Soviet Union had established a series of Communist nations on the eastern half of Europe, ranging from Germany to Bulgaria. In Greece however, there was an opportunity for the Soviet Union to fully control Eastern Europe, and not have a weak point, not only that, but an easy point of entry into the Mediterranean. |
| Premier Georgy Zhukov, and his advisor on Eastern Europe, Ivan Konev, had a delicate decision to make, have Soviet Forces enter communist controlled parts of Greece and participate in the civil war, or hold out and simply provide physical support, one option potentially causes war and the other potentially causes war, and not only a war, but perhaps, a nuclear war. Thus, there were many elements to tussle. The Soviet Union decided to opt for the risk and send troops into Greece, more specifically, the border area with Macedonia, they would go through Bulgaria. The following was sent into Greece. |
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[sup]SOVIET INTERVENTION IN GREECE[/sup][sup]
- 4,500 troops
- 60 T-34 tanks
- 450 ZIS-5 trucks
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| The taskforce would enter through the southwest corner of Bulgaria and travel, albeit slowly, through the roads until they reached Polykastro, one of the Communist Occupied areas of Greece. In a statement, the Soviet Union announced the intervention as a "Humanitarian Mission" to provide the people of Greece with aid, food and medicine. The Soviet Union worried about about the Americans would end up responded, but in the short term, how the very much belligerent France would respond to such an intervention. |
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Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Not Xav, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany, Lux Lumen, Faronea, The Republic Of Choline
Greek News
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece"
Greek Civil War Update: Soviet Aide
[list]The Civil war has been experienced a new development. The soviets have sent forces into Greece to aide the communist forces. The communists have welcomed the soviets with open arms. This new development in the civil war is a major blow to the chances of success for the Kingdom of Greece. This new development comes as Operation Pyrsos ended in a communist victory and the retreat of the National Army of the Kingdom of Greece. The Greek communists have expressed interest in using the opportunity presented by the arrival of soviet troops to perform a sweep of the country, as the communists make their way to Athens. The Greek communists have expressed the desire to use this new opportunity to solidify and create deep relations and associations with the soviets. In fact, there is a rumor that the Greek communists will consult and as the opinion of the soviets in regards to content in the Constitution that will be made once the civil war is completed. The arrival of the soviets has also bolstered the approval rating of the Greek communists. One thing is for certain, if the communists win, Greece will be a heavily pro-soviet nation.[/list]
[list]Meanwhile, rebuilding efforts from the second world war has been making lots of headway in many areas around Greece; however, many have refused to continue the reconstruction until after the civil war to avoid needing to rebuild structures again if the civil war causes more damage to recently built areas. It has become a point of concern; however, that a large portion of the funds seem to have gone missing. Some suspect that communist sympathizers in the Kingdom's government have diverted the money to the communists. At this point in the war, the recent defeats has resulted in the Kingdom of Greece calling most of its remaining troops to defend Athens, while many villages and rural areas are being under protected. So far, this paper might be the last one until the end of the war, as the Kingdom of Greece has been cracking down on any media that is not heavily pro-Kingdom and anti-communist. We will attempt to continue to distribute the news, but as of now, are abandoning our Athens-based news office in fear of being arrested.[/list]
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany, Faronea
The founding of a nation
[sub]September 1929, Bogota.[/sub]
Servant: The Panamian diplomat has arrived sir
Miguel AbadÃa Mendez(president of Colombia): Let him in.
Diplomat: Greerings, President Of Colombia. I have come to discuss the unification question. We live in dangerous times now, and an Agression from another nation or an economic crisis could be fatal for us. We have agreed to Unite.
Méndez: Okay...I think the union will be ready in Ictiber next year, as planned?
Diplomat: Yes.
Méndez: Than the issue is solved.
Diplomat: Okay. Goodbye.
Méndez: Goodbye.
*the diplomat leaves the room and the presidential house and goes to the Panamian Embassy in Bogota.*
*One year and one month later, as said, the union is founded. Méndez, who was re-elected Colombian President in August, becomes the president of The Republic Of New Granada.
Present day news: The President holds an anniversary for New Granada.
[sub]September 1948[/sub]
Today, On October the 1st, our president Mariano Ospina Perez has made a national day, the 1st of October. This day would Celebrate the founding of our nation. The 1st national day will be in one month and Perez will organize a festival. After he made the national day, everyone applauded to his speech and suddenly the rates of him being re-elected went up by 20 percent! More and more people are now happy! “Our great President has done everything we needed, even more” a concerned passer-by sais. “He works very hard to makes our country so good and we hope on the national day he finally gets a rest.”
This is where our unusually patriotic report finishes. We hope too you to read our next newspaper, which will be put next month!
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany
The Netherlands gives up
[sub]September 1949 | on all media [/sub]
The President and Staates general decided and gave up on the dutch East indies. They are withdrawing every troop and the ships that should have been politicians and translators was secretly all along just to bring those men back safe. The army will also be reformed and professionalised the president says "The netherlands doesn't need a big army or needs to win impossible wars we will become a bastion a castle that will slowly crush the enemy physically and psychological"
The president also says that everything should be done to stop the spread of communism. After he saw the scarry situation. In Greece
There have also been some school reform like giving free meals to the school kids
PS :I know this is not much but I have school and I need some extra time to plan my steeps and I know this doesn't sound so good but trust me it's hard to write a text if the weight of your homework is break g you back
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Schnozzel, Republic Of Greater Germany, Faronea
Argentinian Commonwealth - La Rio de la Plata
(Escallasian Argentina)
House-of-Reps increases gov't spending on the Arts and Sciences
Focusing on Technocratic efforts to aid The People, the House of Representatives has been adamant on increasing the Gov't's spending. The creation of more libraries, laboratories, and art museums, and also more awareness on the Sciences. Not just building more statues, sculptures and statuettes, but also working on newer technologies.
La Presidenta condemns world nuclear initiative, "sucks-up" to Environmentalists
"What are you doing, hurting this Poor Earth? At long last, I have tried to better it, but now, the fools only seek Mass Destruction. This is ten times worse than anything the Argent could ever accomplish, and we've been working on sustaining the Markets, bettering Mankind, and for all intents-and-purposes, Scientific Discoveries. In that: We've been trying to better Argentinian lives by exploring the Last Frontier, Antarctica, but everyone wants to place their greedy hands on it. I have consistently helped the US and the UK, with no reward. I do this from the bottom-of-my-Heart, World. And, I don't see the point in allowing not just the Soviets, but any terrorist to harm Humanity and its Quest For Discovery. MET principles have only assisted Mother Nature and Terra, not harmed it. So now, I am done! I am raising my hand, and saying: 'No more!' Why does the World have to suffer to Greed? Why do Revolutionaries have to kill everything with Murderous Intent? Why can't La Plata just be a force for good? Why do hypocrites run the World?"
Comments on France, Germany, and Autonomism
"The French are my ally, but like I've said previously about Laos, they're making themselves weaker. Why do the French even try to combat Communism if they're doing this? There are many, many ways to uplift native peoples. You don't have to give into Autonomism. You don't even have to make a Federation. You can just simply do what we're doing. We accept all. We're liberals too, but these liberals are so weak. My protegé was right, about Germany. In her words, it ought to be neutral and centralist, not Red, not Green, but straight-up Neutralist. I may disagree with Norma, but I feel like I've done enough for Argentina. I've worked my ass off for this nation. I've struggled for this nation. There have been times where my heart was beating out of my chest; I still worked. I tired, trying to defeat Communists and Preservationists, and other forms of Ultra-leftism. I've proven the concepts of the Horseshoe Theory to be true, cause it is. While you have the Left and Right, there are times where the Left can be Authoritarian or Totalitarian or Collectivist. Same goes for the Right. Objectivism can be right-wing aswell. Utilitarianism can be Left, but it can also be Right. The Nazis weren't really just Right-wing, they were centre-right. There have been movements in History that have shown the faults of the Centre, much like how the Argentinian Centre became Ultra-left, and then us Julietists had to take-up the Torch. But the thing is, France, you're losing yourself day by day. What next? If you do not find a way to do something about the people that live in your borders without giving everyone independence, then you are dead. Bottomline. What next, giving Occitania and Brittany independence?'
Argentinians are not a monolith. Yeah, us Latinos and Latinas may act that way, but like I've said previously, I can scold the Americans. I can scold the British. I can scold pretty-much everyone who gets outta line, much like I've done with those in the UN that handhold Communists and Anarchists. Much like I've gotten angry over the fact that Germany bans Nationalism, but not extremist ideologies on the Left. If you ban one, you oughta just ban 'em all. The only reason why we've came after the Preservationists was, they became hypocritical. I'll say that there is no monolith. There is no "Evil left," or "Evil right," there's just evil people. There's good people. I've seen it, myself. But you cannot just put a stranglehold on Nationalism. I cannot even do that, in Argentina! I allow flag-wavers. I allow people to sing National songs. They love their country. I love my country, but there's a limit, yes. The Nazis were toxic and revisionist. They didn't collaborate with the rest of Germany. I've said alot of anti-German things in my time in-Office, but I will admit that they've done some things right. I admit that they're trying their best."
Meetings
"So now, I not only have to meet with the Americans, and the French, but also the Scandinavians. It's crazy. It's really, really crazy. We should enter trade deals. We should definitely strengthen ties, but in no way should we just get greedy. With this whole Antarctica thing, I understand, you may have some sort of National Pride, or overarching goal, but.."
She held her head in her hands. She spent so much time talking that she just felt drained. She played around with the ring on her finger, and tried to return to her speech.
"The ice thing. I understand that. I understand there are some peoples who really, really love the Ice. And then, like I've said about France and England, they have been my friends for awhile. This is not really a political move, but a Humanitarian Move. If all Americans and Euramericans cannot stand together, then what? There's people that attack our ways-of-life all the time. There's radicalists and revolutionaries everywhere, not just attacking Italy and Greece. As much as I've tried to minimize the threat, no empire lasts forever. There may be a day where Autonomism completely takes over, and there's no more Britain but just a Wales and a Scotland and an Isle-of-Mann, a Cornwall, an Ireland, a Shetland, an Orkney, a Canada, a Quebec, a Maritimes, and other 'British' places. Already, the Sealanders have seceded from Britain, and made their own. I do not have a problem with Sealand. I'd be willing to make deals with them. But, I cannot be shortchanged. I work tirelessly to-"
She felt fatigued, like she was about to faint, but her aides helped her. They slowly took her off of the podium and carried her somewhere else.
Now, there was dead space. Dead air. No one after Avery took the podium. There was just silence, in that room.
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[list]The Empire Times[pre]
DECEMBER — 1948[/pre][/list]
[list][list][pre]Forward with the Empire![/pre][sub][pre]Bringing you news from across the United Kingdom.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
[list][list]COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC TREATY SIGNED, BRITISH HOLDINGS ABROAD EXPANDED, REINFORCING THE BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE[/list][/list]
[list]| CALCUTTA — Viewed as a landmark piece of bipartisan colonial policy, the Commonwealth Economic Treaty has been signed by representatives from the 6 Home Countries, 1 Commonwealth, 1 Associated State (Kongo), and 41 Crown Colonies. All nations present formally agreed to trade terms agreed upon at the First Calcutta Commonwealth Summit earlier this year.
[spoiler= COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC TREATY]
[sub]HIS MAJESTY KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAY BRITAIN, IRELAND, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, and NEW ZEALAND.[/sub]
[sub]PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM[/sub]
[sub]FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND[/sub]
[sub]FIRST MINISTER OF IRELAND[/sub]
[sub]FIRST MINISTER OF CANADA[/sub]
[sub]FIRST MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND[/sub]
[sub]PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDIA[/sub]
[sub]STATE PRESIDENT OF THE KONGO REPUBLIC[/sub]
[sub]ALL GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF ALL THE CROWN COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM[/sub]
[sub]DETERMINED to lay the foundation for an increasingly integrated British Commonwealth between the many subjects of His Majesty, and others[/sub]
[sub]RESOLVED to ensure the economic and social progress of their realms by common action to eliminate the barriers which divide them,[/sub]
[sub]AFFIRMING as the essential objective of their efforts the constant improvement of the living and working conditions of their peoples,[/sub]
[sub]RECOGNISING that the removal of existing obstacles calls for concerted action in order to guarantee steady expansion, balanced trade and fair competition,[/sub]
[sub]ANXIOUS to strengthen the unity of their economies and to ensure their harmonious development by reducing the differences existing between the various regions and the backwardness of the less favoured regions,[/sub]
[sub]DESIRING to contribute, by means of a common commercial policy, to the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade,[/sub]
[sub]INTENDING to confirm the solidarity which binds the British Commonwealth and desiring to ensure the development of their prosperity, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,[/sub]
[sub]RESOLVED by thus pooling their resources to preserve and strengthen peace and liberty, and calling upon the other peoples of the world who share their ideal to join in their efforts,[/sub]
[sub]HAVE DECIDED to create a British Commonwealth Trade Organization and to this end have agreed to the following:[/sub]
[sub]Article 1 – The Commonwealth Economic Treaty creates a global organisation of member realms with the objectives of economic development and peace.[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Adherents to the Commonwealth Economic Treaty shall refrain from imposing new custom duties and equivalent charges on imports and exports, as well as increasing such fees on other Commonwealth realms.[/sub]
Article 2 – [sub]The Treaty shall create the “British Commonwealth Trade Organisation” organised by this Treaty and further organised by the regulations and by the jurisprudence of its governing bodies.[/sub]
Article 3 – [sub]The British Commonwealth Trade Organisation shall be open to new member states with the conditions set by the institutions. The British Commonwealth Trade Organisation shall only be open to nations which meets it’s standards for membership.[/sub]
Article 4 – [sub]The Treaty shall codify the machinations of the British Commonwealth Trade Organisation.[/sub]
Article 5 – [sub]Any signatory can repeal the Treaty and leave the community with a two-year period of negotiations.[/sub]
Article 6 – [sub]The Treaty shall form a regional development fund for correction of the economic imbalances between Commonwealth realms.[/sub]
Article 7 – [sub]The Treaty can be revised or replaced by majority opinion of the member realms.[/sub]
Article 8 – [sub]The British Commonwealth Trade Organisation can be dissolved by a majority opinion of the member realms.[/sub]
Article 9 – [sub]The Treaty shall enter into force 18 months after all members have ratified.[/sub]
PART 1 - The Jurisdictions of the British Commonwealth Trade Organisation
Article 10 – [sub]The Treaty shall establish the British Commonwealth Trade Organisation’s total jurisdiction regarding the issues of:[/sub][list]
⁃ [sub]Internal trade regulations[/sub]
⁃ [sub]External trade with non-member realms[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Common targets or agricultural production[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Maintenance of positive market forces[/sub][/list]
Article 11 – [sub]When total jurisdiction is given, the British Commonwealth Trade Organisation shall be the only institution to produce regulations following a majority opinion.[/sub]
Article 12 – [sub]The British Commonwealth Trade Organisation shall have shared jurisdiction with member states, and will not be competant unless member states agree that the BCTO is a better choice for regulation concerning:[/sub][list]
⁃ [sub]International transportation infrastructure[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Codes of Law and Law Enforcement[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Ecological and Natural protections[/sub][/list]
PART 2 – THE COMMONWEALTH TRADE AREA (CTA)
Article 13 – [Sub]The British Commonwealth Trade Organisation institutes a common market named the Commonwealth Trade Area.
The CTA facilitates:[/sub][list]
- [sub]Regional freedom of movement[/sub]
- [sub]Intercontinental free exchange of services[/sub]
- [sub]Intercontinental free exchange of merchandise[/sub][/list]
Article 14 – [sub]Member realms resign any form of tariffs between member states and any form of discrimination between member realms concerning trade.[/sub]
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⁃ [sub]Tariffs and equivalent charges on any Commonwealth goods shall be no higher than 5%.[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Charges on all inter-Commonwealth exports shall be lowered to 0% within 18 months of ratification.[/sub]
⁃ [sub]A common policy on charges imposed on exports and imports with non-Commonwealth nations.[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Commonwealth realms shall maintain a fixed currency regime to, or utilise directly, the British Pound Sterling.[/sub][/list]
Article 16 – [sub]The Commonwealth Trade Area can be joined also by non-British realms who in this situation, follow all BCTO regulations.[/sub]
PART 3 – THE INSTITUTIONS
The Commonwealth Trade Authority
Article 17 – [sub]The Commonwealth Trade Authority is the executive branch of the CTA. The mission of the Trade Authority is the following:[/sub][list]
⁃ [sub]Proposing trade regulations[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Ensuring the proper execution of regulations by member realms[/sub][/list]
Article 18 – [sub]Three Executives will be elected by the Commonwealth Trade Commission to serve for a period of 5 years, for 2 consecutive or non-consecutive terms.[/sub]
Article 19 - [sub]The CTA is located in London[/sub]
The Commonwealth Trade Commission
Article 20 – [sub]The CTC is the highest authority of the CTA. The Trade Commission has the following powers:[/sub]
⁃ [sub]Voting on proposed trade regulations.[/sub]
- [sub]Deciding on jurisdictional matters of the BTCO[/sub]
- [sub]Deciding on the budget and expenses of the Commonwealth Regional Development Fund[/sub]
- Deciding on matters of common jurisdiction
- [sub]Deciding on the entry of a new member realms[/sub]
- [sub]Determining the objectives of the CTA that the Trade Authority must follow[/sub]
Article 21 - [sub]The Trade Commission is composed of a 5 deputies from each member realm. It meets at the initiative of the Commonwealth Trade Authority.[/sub]
Article 22 – [sub]The Trade Commission is located in Calcutta.[/sub]
The Commonwealth Court of Commerce
Article 23 – [sub]The CCC is a judicial body with the mission of enforcing trade regulations, and resolving economic disputes between member realms.[/sub]
Article 24 – [sub]The Court is the only body to interpret the treaty and regulations. It has total jurisdiction to adjudicate when either a member realm, incorporated party, or an individual is in direct violation of trade regulations.[/sub]
Article 25 – [sub]The Court relies on member realms to apply the Court’s decisions.[/sub]
Article 26 – [sub]The Court is managed by six judges designated by the Trade Commission’s majority opinion.[/sub]
Article 27 - [sub]The Court will be located in Cape Town.[/sub][/spoiler]
A set of policies have been put forth by the Commonwealth Trade Authority as beneficial reforms which should be undertaken by member realms and developing nations globally. Titled the "London Consensus" the policies include:
[list]1. Developing nations should adhere to disciplined fiscal policy. Budget overtures and high debt-to-GNP ratios should be avoided. Debt should not grow faster than GNP.
2. Developing nations should redirect spending from economic subsidies and towards key development services such as primary education, healthcare, and commercial infrastructure.
3. Developing nations should simplify their tax codes, broaden the tax base and adopt low income and corporate taxes.
4. Developing nations should adopt moderate to high and positive interest rates, determined by market forces.
5. Developing nations should abandon import substitution policies, and adopt a liberal trade regime. They should prioritise exports based on national comparative advantage.
6. Developing nations should adopt a market determined currency exchange rate.
7. Developing nations should reduce barriers to foreign direct investment, providing incentives for foreign capital to flow inward.
8. Developing nations should prioritise state enterprises, and seek market providers for state services.
9. Developing nations should adopt a policy of regulation. Prioritising the abolition of regulations that impede market entry or restrict competition, except for those justified on safety, environmental and consumer protection grounds, and prudential oversight of financial institutions.
10. Developing nations should seek to establish transparent and democratic institutions. Corruption and rent seeking should be viewed as economic deadweight.
11. Developing nations should form state instruments for the security of property rights. Reliable governance, and the rule of law are imperative for producing long term economic growth.[/list]
The treaty will officially go into effect on 5 December 1949, allowing all member realms ample time to prepare for the economic changes which lie ahead.
—
COLOGNE— Top financiers from the United Kingdom have recently gone on an investment spree in newly independent Germany, competing with their French counterparts to buy up undervalued assets in the bombed out nation.
Investment groups such as Barclays Bank, AngloAmerican, HSBC, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Western Pacific Bank, Royal Bank Canada, Scotiabank, Nedbank, Bank of Montreal, Midland Bank, Lloyds Bank, Rothschild Bank, National Westminster Bank, Northern Bank, Bank of Scotland, and many others have come together to acquired major stakes in the following companies:
[list][spoiler= UK investments, listed by stake in company]
• Commerzbank (52%)
• Dresdner Bank (52%)
• DVB Bank (60%)
• Deutsche Bank (56%)
• BASF SE (60%)
• Deutsche Bahn (58%)
• Munich Re (52%)
• Continental AG (51%)
• Messerschmitt (48%)
• Focke-Wulf (48%)
• IG Farben (48%)
• Henkel (44%)
• Krupp (45%)
• Heckler & Koch (45%)
• Mauser (45%)
• Gelsenwasser AG (47%)
• Siemens (44%)
• BMW (45%)
• NSU Motorenwerke (45%)
• Audi (60%)
• Fresenius SE (51%)
• Allianz (51%)
• Mercedes-Benz (40%)
• Volkswagen AG (40%)
• Adidas (45%)
• Bundesdruckerei (49%)
• Deutsche Post: (49%)
• Flottweg SE: (49%)
• Liebherr Group (51%)
British and German private and public investors will form the following companies:
• Deutsche Lufthansa AG (52%)
• Deutsche Handelsgesellschaft AG (95%)
• Bundeslandwirtschaftskredit AG (75%)
• Rheinland Immobilienverwaltung (75%)[/spoiler][/list]
British and French firms both seem to have a vision for a Germany empowered by western capitalism, in the face of nearing Soviet tyranny. Deutsche Handelsgesellschaft AG(German Commercial Investment Co.), Bundeslandwirtschaftskredit AG (Federal Agricultural Loan Services Co.), and Rheinland Immobilienverwaltung (Rhineland Property Development Co.) are specifically created to provide competitive business and agricultural loans to a re-emerging German economy. The Rhineland Property Development Co. is established to facilitate investments into the purchase, renovation, and resale of many thousands of destroyed properties throughout Germany. Opened under wet lease as a subsidiary of British Overseas Airways Co., Deutsche Lufthansa AG is founded with connecting flights to any British Airways destination internationally. Deutsche Lufthansa AG will receive its initial fleet of aircraft from British aircraft manufacturers such as Handley Page, De Havilland, Short, Vickers, Avro, and Canadair.
As British capital flows into Germany, things look bright for the nation.
—
WEST BERLIN — Unprovoked Soviet aggression has resulted in calls by France to reinforce Western Allied positions in West Germany and Australia. It was a call that Prime Minister Clement Attlee simply could not leave unanswered.
The Ministry of Defence has announced an large increase in the active personnel and equipment present with British Forces Germany. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Armoured Divisions of the Royal Army will be indefinitely stationed in North Rhine-Westphalia. Bringing total troop levels to 52,000 men alongside 1,000+ tanks of various class. The British Troops of Berlin (3,100 troops in three infantry battalions, an armoured squadron, and a number of support units) have been organised into the Berlin Infantry Brigade. These forces have set out to sandbag and barricade all checkpoints within the British-occupation zone. Heavy and general-purpose machine guns can be seen employed at defensive fighting positions created at the zone’s check points. Royal Air Force bases at Ahlhorn, Bückebug, Celle, Fassberg, Gatow, Gütersloh, Jever, Laarbruch, Nordhorn, Lübeck, Schelswig, and Wunstorf have been put on an indefinite alert status. The 54 air squadrons present at these airbases are composed 576 fighters and interceptors, 72 transport aircraft, and 24 light to heavy bombers.
The 1st Armoured and 2nd and 4th Infantry Divisions will be deployed to British-occupied Austria in the coming months. The 1st Armoured division will take up position in the Steiermark sector of Austria, directly ahead of the Soviet zone in Bad Blumau. The 2nd and 4th Infantry Divisions will take up positions in nearby Graz, preparing to reinforce the 1st Armoured Division at a moments notice. RAF Germany has been tasked provide air coverage of British-occupied Austria in the event of Soviet invasion.
The RAF has also announced its own round of aerial missions to drop supplies (including military equipment and ammunition, food rations, and fuel) in West Berlin and West Vienna. After French missions to resupply the West Berlin and West Vienna went successfully, Britain has taken the mantle of supplying the cities to lighten the burden on France. The British Foreign Office has declared that hostile engagement of Royal Air Force aircraft as they attempt to provide humanitarian aide will be taken as a flagrant act of aggression. Flights will commence on 19 January 1949, and will number no more than 2 flights per week for 3 weeks. Iconically food products from the UKÂ’s vast empire will be air dropped, specifically to give the Germans a taste of the glories of capitalism.
With tensions rising in Europe, who knows how long the hard won peace will truly last... |[/list]
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[list][list][list][sub]299円 — In Your Local Theater ![/sub][/list][/list][/list]
[list][list]THE YEAR IN THE NEWS ! | December 31, 1948[/list][/list][/list]
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[list][list]His Majesty Abdicates ![/list][/list]
[list]| Perhaps the most significant event in Japan in two centuries! A first since his ancestor the Kōkaku Emperor has done so in 1817, His Imperial Majesty has formally abdicated on January 30. He has done so after a triumphant visit to the martyr city of Hiroshima in late 1947. There, the local population applauded their sovereign as he delivered words of comfort and encouragement to them. Then, on the evening of January 30, in his second address to the Japanese nation, this time on television, he solemnly declared : |[/list]
[list][list][list][sup]| Emperor Hirohito (Television Broadcast) : |[/sup] "To our good and loyal citizens :
Having pondered the great necessities of the nation and the people since the end of the War, such decision was taken for us to fully renounce and abdicate the duties befallen to us by the august Imperial bloodline.
It is a fully-matured decision, the weight of which we realize will impact the nation as a whole. However, the Imperial Household Ministry has proceeded forward, upon our guidance, with the fulfilling of this decree, based on the Special Abdication Law passed by the nation's esteemed democratic representatives last year.
It is especially incumbent that, as this abdication procedure take effect today, we, in our new quality of Emperor Emeritus, take it upon ourselves to bear any of the consequences that may result from the fifteen years of War.
Terrible suffering has been incurred to the people of Japan during the war which took place under the Shōwa Era. To redeem ourselves, and let Japan take a new course in the affairs of the world, it is necessary for its revered Imperial bloodline to remain, but also to be led by a new reigning Emperor. The Prince Akihito will fulfill this promise, four years from now. Until then, the Regency Council, headed by Prince Nobuhito of Takamatsu, will be responsible with maintaining the Imperial family's affairs and overseeing the Crown Prince's education.
Let the entire nation continue as one family from generation to generation, ever firm in its faith in the imperishability of its sacred land, and mindful of its heavy burden of responsibility, and of the long road before it. Great efforts have been displayed since the end of the War to reconstruct the nation, which is to be lauded by all. As for the suffering of the people, be they civilian or military, during the War, none of it shall be forgotten, as we will now use our time to reflect and give thanks to their boundless devotion."[/list][/list][/list]
[list]| Such was His Imperial Majesty's address, to a nation bowed in respect and admiration for its sovereign. But in a break with tradition, the Crown Prince was not immediately enthroned; such event is said to be ill-timed in regards to his education. However he is to reign, although under the guidance of the Regency Council, but only to see a new Imperial Era declared once the Regency is over, in 1952. |[/list]
[list][list]General Election Won by Liberals — New Constitution to be Adopted on January 1st ![/list][/list]
[list]| While reconstruction and peaceful rebuilding has continued uninterrupted, Japan was also roiled by two political scandals ! First came political deadlock when Prime Minister Tetsu Katayama's Socialist majority found itself unable to pass the amended New Constitution draft. Such prompted the resignation of many cabinet members, bringing about a House in disarray and new elections. Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's return to political affairs was thus heralded, as this experienced Liberal formed a new government and passed the amended Constitution through the Diet. The New Constitution will now contain a clause allowing the Emperor to abdicate, and leaves unscathed Articles 1 to 8 enshrining the Emperor's role as a symbol of national unity. However, the government then had to manage the Showa Electric Scandal, in which opposition leader and influential politician, Hitoshi Ashida, has been implicated. |[/list]
[list][list]Trial for War Criminals Ends — 7 Death Sentences ; 18 Imprisonments ![/list][/list]
[list]| As the Second Tokyo Tribunal begins, the First Tribunal ends with the sentencing of death for former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six others! Our country, now free from its wartime burden, is today ready to engage on a new path of democracy and law. All eyes are now turned to the Second Tokyo Tribunal, which will be smaller and shorter in length - Its results expected by the end of next year or the start of the following one. |[/list]
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[list]MAY 1948
CAIRO, EGYPT — MIDDLE EAST[/list]
[list][list][sub][pre]وطن - عمل - استقلال
The Homeland - Labour - Independence
THE WAR OF LIBERATION AGAINST ZIONISM - EILAT & GEOPOLITICS[/pre][/sub]
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[sub]The 14th of May 1948, a day of great catastrophe for the Arab Homeland, the situation in Palestine had deteriorated in the weeks leading up to the scheduled British withdrawal—violence had broken out prior to this date, with Mufti Al-Husayni's militia and the Jews—it had largely been inconclusive, but the conflict had entered a new level. Arab States, such as Egypt, watched nervously as the British deadline neared and the enemy made preparations to officialize their colonization—the writing was on the wall by May 1948 and as the United Nations partition was rejected by the vast majority of regional governments the conflict had escalated beyond a peaceful solution. Throughout Cairo, Amman, Damascus and Baghdad cries had been made in favour of intervening in Palestine and saving the Arab's from total destruction, passionate propagandized material had been circulated within the population pushing for a "war of victory" against the Zionists. Arab fears were fully realized, when David Ben-Gurion, in a speech to the World Zionist Congress in Tel-Aviv, proclaimed the "independence" of the "State of Israel".[/sub]
[sub]As this conflict bubbled to the surface of the British Mandate, Qaddab was himself hesitant to involve Egypt in Palestinian affairs, at least privately. Also privately Qaddab failed to convince the Young Egypt Party that tolerating the UN proposals of partition would be more successful than resisting, however the public and internal pressure was too great and despite never personally rejecting the plan, Qaddab would permit Egyptian actions against Israel. Geopolitically, the principal actors in this war, namely Egypt and the Hashemites in Jordan, the latter of which has the benefit of colonial-era British officers, lack a common commitment to coordination. Ever since overthrowing dynastic rule in Egypt under the auspices of republicanism, anti-colonialism and nationalism, supporters of the Young Egyptians have adopted a cold attitude to the Hashemite rulers of the Kingdom, who are seen as a reflection of the Egyptian Monarchy. Absolute, ever dependent on foreign forces and seeking the unification of both banks of the Jordan River under their bloodline, King Abdullah wanted no part in EgyptÂ’s vision for Palestine.[/sub]
[sub]The executioners of that vision would be the Egyptian Self Defence Forces, who between December 1947 and May 1948 gradually deployed the 23rd Nour Division and 17th Ra'ad Division in the Sinai Peninsula as it became abundantly clear that the status of Palestine would be decided by force of arms. With support of the 1st Air Legion, the total ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ numbers around 25,666. During the same time, in Majdal, a city within the former Mandatory districts of Gaza and Lydda that were allotted by the UN to the Arab State, a ‘Palestinian National Council’ proclaimed itself the representatives of the Palestinian people under the auspices the civic leader Musa Al-Alami. The Palestinian National Council barely excersied authority beyond the city of Majdal, with the exception with affiliated civil councils interwoven with tribal connections across southern Palestine, yet was reflective of a rapidly developing phenomenon across Palestinain society. Being the lack of trust between locals and the Arab Governments over the latter's commitment to establishing an independent Palestine. For this reason, the Plaestinian National Council offered a secondary statement, indicating a “willingness to live alongside the Jews in accordance with the partition”. A willingness which fell on deaf ears and which was swallowed up by the wider euphoria.[/sub]
[sub]General Iskander Sallun Al-Banzan was appointed to lead the Expeditionary Force into Palestine. The battle space he was confronted with was one characterized by the arid Negev Desert, a patchwork of hills and sharp cliffs swallowed by a tide of sand and coarse dust. The region was isolated from the main ‘core’ of the Zionist efforts in Palestine, and the few Jewish militias operating in the unforgiving desert lacked an organized defence. In effect, until Al-Banzan reached Bir Sheba or the central Palestinian coastline, the Egyptian’s could act aggressively to consolidate control. The Negev’s only seaport, and ‘Israels’ only access to the Red Sea via the Tiran Straits, is Umm Al-Rashrash (Eilat). The settlement had seen some effects of the Zionist Aliya despite remaining a small outpost, protected by up to 500 militants of the Judean Sword organization. FATA had calculated that they were inadequately supplied with ammunition and likely could not withstand a direct assault for that reason. FATA’s reports would keenly influence the decision on the 15th of May to begin the ‘First Phase Offensive’. The ‘First Phase’ as Al-Banzan called it, was aimed at improving the position of the Egyptian Self Defence Forces in anticipation of future actions in the area. For such, he needed to firmly eradicate even the smallest threat from Umm Al-Rashrash and take the town.[/sub]
[sub]The mountainous terrain that towered over Umm Al-Rashrash would serve an important purpose in not only providing reconnaissance of the area's activity but, also act as a springboard for mortar and light artillery fire on what were known or suspected forward positions of the Judean Sword. The Zionist presence simply did not have the means to respond to Egyptian artillery, nor a means to critically disable Egyptian M24 Chaffee’s as Officer Hamad Haider Al-Hajjer ordered the final assault. Although witnessing some house to house combat in the old town, where smaller streets and crowded housing lended well to the sleek nature of Judean Sword’s formations, resistance was mopped up within a few hours. The former British Police Office in the town, a relic of the Mandate, was to become the new headquarters of Officer Al-Hajjer, who sought to further push northwards using the aptly named ‘North Road’ which led to Bir Sheba. Continents of the 17th Ra'ad Division, which had carried out the assault, captured several northern hills and points in the process, with the intention of forming a buffer between the port and any unforeseen Zionist counterattack and to further expand the scope of reconissiance operations. Office Al-Hajjer appointed Nasrullah Al-Meidan, an associate of the ‘Palestinian National Council’ in Majdal as the ‘Head of Civil Administration’ over Umm Al-Rashrash. Al-Meidan’s appointment, which appeared irrelevant as the 23rd Nour Division conducted preparations in northern Sinai for another assault, was especially important. It was to be the first interaction between Egypt and the ‘Palestinian National Council’, with the Egyptian military presence adding an additional layer of security and perhaps even legitimacy by appointing members of the Council’s local popular committees as civil administrators. Al-Hajjer’s decision had been carefully orchestrated in private, by FATA operatives, as part of a wider plan to gain legitimacy amongst Palestinians as a proxy against Jordanian encroachments.[/sub]
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A WMD Project begins in the Republic of New Granada
[sub] March 1949 [/sub]
Today, the president has openly started WMD project to make us a world power and liberate the colonies from their owners.
“Liberty”, he said “Was the wish of BolÃvar, in what century do we live, and we, the South American people didnÂ’t liberate anyone, not even a minor island! Our people are more than wishing to make the South American countries great and maybe even restore Gran Colombia! ThatÂ’s why we have to develop WMDs, so every nation could maybe liberate their colonies before we strike them. We are not seeking war, but seeking greatness!”
The professor in charge of the project says:
“The project shall take an estimated 4 years, if not more. The other things in the project how will we make the WMD, is [REDACTED].”
He then reacted on how spies from foreign countries could steal the documents:
“Spies, can be everywhere, they might steal our documents and other important stuff from their project, so we shall only report you when the WMD is finished and not before.”
Later the President gives a speech and calls his Argentinian and Brazilian Brothers to help New Granada is their liberating Mission.
Tags: Panmonia, Anglo Channel.
Liberalina, Not Xav
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE
[sub]Statement on New Grenadine nuclear weapons development.[/sub]
| The United Kingdom strongly condemns any attempts by New Grenada to procure or develop nuclear weapons. We urge them to immediately cease their endeavours, and call on the United Nations Security Council to address this matter. The United Kingdom and all her possessions will impose a strict trade embargo on New Grenada if efforts to acquire nuclear weapons proceed.
Any threats to the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom and her overseas possessions will be taken seriously, and responded to with overwhelming military force. |
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Grenadine Foreign affairs ministry:
[sub]Comment on the English response.[/sub]
“We were not planning to do anything bad with the WMDs, about the colonies, we certainly weren’t talking about the British colonies, as they have no colonies mostly without natives, we were talking about countries which poeple are the old colonialists. And we were talking about colonies who were being oppressed, and the British democratic government certainly doesn’t do that. And we will not stop the project, as we want to take place in the world stage.”
The elections in Peoples Confederacy Of Germanic Nationalities.
The presidential election date was set on March 17, and the preparations have begun. During the election campaign GCP (German Communists Party) temporarily threw away their "World Revolution" speeches and concentrated on promising to rebuild the country. With the help from most of the Socialist camp, these promises were fulfilled, and no one risked to name GCP "The Colossus on Clay Legs" anymore. But their contesters, SDP (Social Democratic Party), weren't planning to surrender. Their speeches were centered around the translated moto from the Russian Revolution but changed to be relatable in this dark time. "Liberty, Peace, United Land", and that was enough to conquer the hearts of war-torn, fatigued from tyranny and oppression Germany. The first round of the elections had 4 contests:
"United Germany"- 3%
Austrian Socialist Party- 4%
GCP- 45%
SDP- 48%
Parties Stable Germany, Free Germany, Our Nation is Germany, and German Radical Party was outlawed.
The second round was a close one, but SDP managed to overwhelm the opponents and with the support of most of the minor parties they managed to win, and so, the first president of PCGN was declared.
Second round
GCP- 37%
SDP- 62%
Kurt Schumacher announced that the parliamentary elections were scheduled on the 28th of May, and started to desperately organize the party and the country.
28th Of May. Results of Parliamentary Elections.
Despite GCP lost the elections, Walter Ulbricht still wanted to overcome his opponents, at least in parliament. 3 weeks before the elections it was announced that Radical Party is allowed to participate in the elections because their policy was revised by the commission. GCP immediately announced that this is a return of favors, and SDP "Used regular bourgeoisie machinations to stip power form the people". And so, 5 contesters were ready to take as many seats as possible, because they all knew that if they fail to win enough- this will be the last month in the lives of their parties, and maybe in their lives too. The results:
Radical Pary- 3%
ASP- 8%
United Germany- 17%
GCP- 34%
SDP- 38%
No party had a majority and none of the small parties wanted to join a coalition. The German political system entered the state of confusion.
United Germany rose up quite fast through the ranks in the past month. They were in opposition to both giants of German politics, and was openly naming them "Soviet Puppets". Their candidates were quite radical and already started to cause conflicts and even fistfights in parliament. Their ideologist Vendel Shwab, believed that Germany always needs a strong leader to endure the dark times. Some democratic newspapers already named the party "Second NSDAP".
Austrian Socialist Party was a generally social democratic party and allied with SDP most of the time. Their policy was focused on bringing up the Austrian rights issue. Karl Renner, as a leader of the party, kept repeating: "This is a confederacy and not the continuation of annexation". But overall, Renner was a contradictory figure even inside the party. Young and charismatic Bruno Kreisky agitated against his party leader, reminding the people that Karl was the full supporter of the Anschluss back in the day. In early July he was expelled from the party.
The smallest party on the parliament, Radicals. They judged al their competitors for betraying the left ideals and forgetting the goals of Marx and Lenin. Words were words, but the overall goals of the party were shady, and some even claimed that they are anarchists. Officially, the Radical Party didn't react to the accusations.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Zanbala Prz, Hindia Timur Raya, Faronea
The Way we go
[sub]September 1949| Media and the Telegraaf[/sub]
. The Plans for the Netherlands
Today in September the President held a speech and told the plans for the Rebuilding of the Netherlands we from Telegraaf are gonna give you the short version in 10 facts but don't worry we also have some news from the Dutch East Indies and the shocking thing that happened in Greece on page 3
Page 1
The 7 points the President made
1 the president wants to Electrify the railway till 1950
2. The rebuilding in cities is also gonna be done in the next two years
3. Farmers are gonna get low prices on new equipment for agriculture
4. There are gonna be tax cuts so people can buy more stuff
5. The Electrical and mechanical industries are gonna see huge investments and also the bet on industries too
6. The railway stations are gonna become free after the year 1953
7. Every family with 10 children will give the tenth kid to have the privilege to become the
Patinkind of the president and the family is also gonna get 25000 dollars
2 Page
Withdrawal from the east undies our dear the colony is know known as a free nation the Dutch the president didn't want to anything to escalate In an official statement.
nevertheless said were still gonna try and have the best relations we can with the new nation and we will, of course, recognize them immediately and now me schlief is our ambassador to the new nation.
He himself was shocked by the troops leaving but he's happy about his new position when asked in an interview.
We will for now see what will happen with this young nation
Page 3 Spread of Communism
A shocking thing happens the civil war that was raging on between the monarchists and communists ended with a win for the communists. we don't know what happens now but the president said that "the Greeks saw so much war that they probably won't even touch a butter knife" many critics said that that was just underestimating the new Greek government and already establishing bad relations with them.
Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Hindia Timur Raya
Upcoming Elections!
[sub] October 1949 [/sub]
Next year, in 1950, there are going to be Elections. Mariano Ospina Perez and Laureano Gomez Castro are the two people who could possibly be elected president. Laureano Castro is currently getting very popular, because he wishes to restore Gran Colombia, and also, for now make the country a confederacy, which will give semi-autonomy to all the regions. Here is the percentage of the support:
Castro: 63%
Perez: 37%
And CastroÂ’s percentage will certainly grow, because, as we said before, his popularity is rising. Probably Perez will close this newspaper after this article, but he surely will be charged of treason of corruption. Here, in the Republic of New Grenada there is free press! And no matter what happens, weÂ’ll post the election updates in April, Right After the late March elections! So donÂ’t worry if this journal is closed!
Liberalina, Not Xav, Hindia Timur Raya
[list][sup]SEPT 1949[/sup]
TIGHTENING OUR GRIP[/list]
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[sup]Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador[/sup]
The United Fruit Company starts solidifying control in
northern central america to protect its assets.
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| The United Fruit company already owns quite a bit of
the infrastructure in the nations its present in. But not
all. President of United Fruit, Samuel Zemurray and the
companies shareholders have devised a scheme to become
indispensable in the running of these nations. Its easy in
theory. They'd lobby governments one at a time to privatize
their industry, and hand it over to UFC subsidiaries gradually
over the course of a few years, to not arouse suspicion.|
| What they'd do is create three holding companies, one for
Central America, one for the Northern Andes, and another
for the Caribbean islands. All with unrelated names but
Zemurray would be the only stockholder in the company,
and the holding companies would own multiple subsidiary
companies like train companies, electrical companies,
telecoms, water suppliers and more. key infrastructure of high
importance to the economic interests of the nations at hand
and the United Fruit Company. |
| The first targets of 'The Big Plan' as its come to be called
by the few trusted people that know if its existence are
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. This would be known
as phase one. It would happen gradually over the course of
3 years. First of the three to be targeted would be Guatemala,
then Honduras, and finally el Salvador.|
| After that Val Verde, Ecuador, Colombia would be
targeted. After that would come the Caribbean. However the
current Colombian government presents a rather pressing issue
for the company, one it must solve now.|
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| OUT OF THIS WORLD, for QUALITY and FLAVOR! |
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Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Hindia Timur Raya, Faronea
LA NUEVA ESTRELLA: LANDMARK DEAL REACHED WITH UNITED FRUIT CO.
[sub]September 1949 | La República de Nicaragua[/sub]
[I]Recent talks were headed and hosted by the United Fruit Company in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in recent months with Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa and members of the Pellas family whom own a wide chain of grocery/food markets, several thousand hectares of land and cash crop plantations, sugar widely among them, the three parties agreed to specifically defined terms set by the CEO of United Food Groups, Samuel Zemurray. The Nicaraguan Republic agreed to produce at least 4,000 acres of land to begin the construction of plantations specifically geared toward cash crop cultivation, namely of coffee, which in Nicaragua's volcanic soils breed a rich taste from the arable sulphuric mineral content in the soil with the potential of producing some of the best coffee in the world. In particular, the Pellas family agreed to a stipulation of conceding to the company at least 1,000 acres of land on the volcanic island of Ometepe, one of the most arable land spaces in the entire country, and ideal conditions for coffee and rich tobacco.
The remaining acreage was seperated across three more seperate plantations, one in EstelÃ, in Matagalpa, and in Aguasdulces. The Matagalpa Departament is well known for producing the best bean quality, and thus is indispensable to coffee operations. However, many stipulations were also set by the Somoza family, particularly ones that would not let the United Fruit Company have the free reign it has in the rest of Central America, almost exclusively through the promotion of and investment in cattle and coffee instead of bananas and other profitable fruits the United Fruit Company truly sought after with vigor.
In the broad scale, the Somoza family stood firm in it's stipulations and expectations from the United Fruit Co., limiting the company's influence and presence overall in the country, a heavy-handed reminder of who sits at the seat of power in Nicaragua in particular and Central America in general. Instead of contributing toward the company's largest cash crop export, bananas, instead the company contributed toward Nicaragua's ever growing coffee cultivation and export market. Ultimately, the goals of the Somoza administration were met almost seemingly to the letter. At the core of the deal however, it was good business for all parties involved as United Foods presence realistically meant that substantial money would be flowing through the country and the Somoza and Pellas-associated Banco de América Central.[/I]
[B]LA NUEVA ESTRELLA: EVER INCREASING EXPANSION OF SOMOZA INVESTMENT; DOMESTIC PROMOTION OF CATTLE, MILK, COFFEE, SUGAR, COTTON
[sub]October 1949 | La República de Nicaragua[/sub]
[I]A month after sealing the agreement with the United Fruit Co., Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa approved and financially promoted the construction of five creameries across the country corresponding with 700 cattle producers from six municipalities in the western, northern and central areas of Nicaragua in Matiguás, Matagalpa, San José de los Remates, Boaco, and Managua where an existing milk pasteurization plant, built in 1943, handles up to 8,000 quarts daily. With this, a construction company in Managua, owned by a second cousin of Somoza GarcÃa, was awarded the bid to construct Managua's second milk pasteurizing plant in conjunction with the expansion of creamery facilities in the country. This stimulation, promotion, and expansion of Nicaragua's dairy sector meant that by 1953, when the second pasteurizing plant is complete, Nicaragua will see a sharp rise in production and consumption of higher quality milk overall.
Alongside promoting the dairy sector, having introduced the cotton-picking machines to Nicaragua in the mid-late 1930s, Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa, a major cotton grower himself, hoped that mechanical picking would make cotton even more profitable, but cotton was stifled for decades by low yields due to diseases that existed in tropical climate. It wasn't until the recent advent of a pesticide that protects cotton from disease and permits high yields in tropical climates, an active revolutionary breakthrough in Central America's historically risky, yet remarkably profitable, cotton industry. As the pesticides were made readily available for commercial and private use, cotton slowly began to rear it's head after years of dismay, steadily becoming the crop of choice for large landowners along the central Pacific coast where the Pacific Railroad system makes transport from plantation-to-port both time and cost effective. The country heads into 1950 with an immensely diverse and ever-expanding agrarian economy.[/I]
[B]LA NUEVA ESTRELLA: FOUNDING OF FIRST NICARAGUAN MUNITIONS AND ORDINANCE COMPANY; CONSTRUCTION OF FACTORY PLANNED IN MANAGUA
[sub]November 1949 | Managua, La República de Nicaragua[/sub]
[I]Through the influence and financial support of the Somoza administration, Emiliano Javier Conselva, an in-law relative of the Icaza family, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Conselva National Ordinance and Munitions Company of Nicaragua, often shortened to the "Conselva National Arsenal". Shortly following the rise of the company, land was expropriated and construction was planned for a large munitions and ordinance factory in Managua, capital de la República. The factory would produce surplus ammunition and shells for small arms, mortars, recoilless rifles, towed artillery, tanks, naval artillery, in addition to grenades, mines, and rockets, most if not all, cost-efficient indigenous copies of American munitions for use in a wide variety of universal American artillery and small arms systems present and in service with la Guardia Nacional.
This was the first major step, believed by Somoza GarcÃa, in expanding manufacturing in Nicaragua, providing a level of high skilled labor employment for eager-to-work Nicaraguans who prefer the emerging but fledgling manufacturing sector to the demanding industry of agriculture. Upon completion in 1951, the munitions factory is estimated to employ at least thousands of local Managuans across the three-story factory and additional employment slots company-wide overall.[/I]
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Arcanda, Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Hindia Timur Raya, Faronea
[list][sub]OCTOBER,1949[/sub]
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𝘿𝙐𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃𝘿𝙍𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙇, 𝙃𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙄𝘼 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙐𝙍 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙁𝙐𝙇𝙇 𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙋𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 !
[sub]BELANDA MUNDUR, HINDIA TIMUR MENDAPAT KEMERDEKAAN PENUH![/sub]
[sub]BANJARMASIN, BORNEO – AFTERNOON[/sub]
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[sub][pre]| Today, around more than hundreds of people cheered on the square in the city of Banjarmasin when they saw Dutch ships departing for the first time from the land of Borneo. Soekarna and his staff finally flew to Banjarmasin to sign an agreement with the Netherlands.
He then took a photo while shaking his hand with the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies at that time. Behind him, people continued to cheer and began to demolish the Dutch flag and attributes at the Dutch East Indies administration office.
Not long after, Hatta handed him a piece of paper. Soekarna will once again make a public speech.|[/pre][/sub]
[list][sub]| SOEKARNA, President of the Hindia Timur:| "Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, Om Swastiastu, today is a great day in the history of the Hindia Timur. Today we've got what we should have gotten.[/sub]
[sub]The fertile land of Borneo, Celebes Spice Island, Maluku Land, Lesser Sunda Land, and Bali. I, as the representative of the people of the Hindia Timur, am very grateful for the heroes who shed their blood until our achievements today.[/sub]
[sub]With this, all the people of the Hindia Timur, We declare, the Republic of Hindia Timur is officially established! Long live the Hindia Timur! United we stand, divided we fall!
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[sub][pre]| He was still speaking in public about the terms and conditions that had to be accepted by the Hindia Timur. There it stated that the Hindia Timur got complete freedom in its politics, general elections, and control over Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Tanah Maluku, and Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sundas), with the exception of West Papua who still controlled by the Dutch Government as an overseas territory.
With this, the Provisional Government of the Hindia Timuran State was abolished. A new Republican constitution was soon developed and Soekarna became the de facto President of the country with Muhammad Hatta as his Vice-president. Several legislative and executive bodies were built. Starting from the Hindia Timuran People's Representative Council, to the Hindia Timuran People's Consultative Assembly. The one is currently in the process of forming.
The Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, meanwhile, was seen in the background along with the ranks of his colonial government. He clapped his hands followed by the others. For the first time in more than 300 years, the Dutch moved from the lands of Nusantara, this is truly a big day in the history of the Hindia Timur, since its glory during the Majapahit era.
"...The Republic of Hindia Timur is officially established, together we'll bring the glory of Nusantara once again...", said Soekarna after his speech.|[/pre][/sub]
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Cherokee Confederates, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Kartnan, Teymour, The Reunified German Reich, Faronea
[sub] Statement Regarding the Declaration by New Granada[/sub]
We urge the Republic of New Granada to reconsider its attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction. While we stand against the practices of imperialism, colonialism and other barbaric relics of a bygone age, this is not the way to oppose them. The Republic's intentions in acquiring these weapons is unorthodox and unconventional, and it is requested to resolve from infringing on national sovereignty, failing which we will be taking an extremely active interest in the affair.
A place on the world stage must be earned, through a display of peaceful intentions and actions from a spirit of international cooperation. The Rike is more than happy to welcome New Granada into the community of nations and will support its bids for recognition, but cannot and will not stand for its ambitions toward spreading discord in the international community.
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Faronea
A new dawn
[sub]September 1949| dutch East indies[/sub]
People cheered army's withdrawed
Nobody saw this action coming
The General of the dutch East indies was totally shocked by this and a littel angry at the sudden withdrawl wich he himself didn't know about until the media announced it but seeing the cheering masses and the happy faces
He is Quickly in a happy mood. But he wondered what now what is he gonna do he thought to himself. As somebody brought him a message
:A new dawn
Mr schief
I know this came as somewhat as a shock since we didn't tell you the full scale of our plans but we would like you to stay there and help this new nations on its legs before foreign nations try something
Try to protect them from the
Communists and company's and I mean look out for the company's we have seen shocking things happening in the amaricans but for now there is nothing to worry about
We would advise you to share a beer with your friends and the locals for this special day to have a good start with this new nation and try to get on the good side of the president and other people in power.
We hope you can become our ambassador for the now new nation of hinda timur
Signed president of the netherlands
Mr Jansen
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, New Raines, Hindia Timur Raya, Faronea
Grenadian Foreign Affairs office
[sub] Response to Pacific.[/sub]
We see your condemnations injust, because we will soon have elections and if the confederate president gets elected, he will stop the wmd program. He probably will, but the present president is inconvincible. The works have started 7 months ago, and you shouldÂ’ve intervened before. Still, we are waiting for the end of March 1950 elections and hope to establish good relations with your nation!
Meanwhile somewhere in New Granada...
Perez: General, please do this whenever bad things happen. IÂ’m sure they will after the confederate guy becomes leader. But the majority is for him, and thereÂ’s nothing I can do about it. IÂ’m planning to end my political career if I donÂ’t win the next elections, and if the new president is suspicious or does something bad, acts against the poeple, establish a military Junta, put him in prison!
General: Understood, my president...
Grand Indochina, Czabalkia
Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
New Government Makes Strides
[list]The new government of Greece, officially created on October 1st, when the Constitution was signed on the same day that the Kingdom of Greece surrendered. The new government quickly seized the remaining military assets and all the money from the former government. While military personnel from the old government were pardoned by the new leadership, the royalty and higher-ups were were executed and their possessions were seized. One week after the new government came to power, the Five Year Plan was established to rebuild Greece and establish new industries across the nation. All those unemployed by the war have been drafted into the reconstruction efforts. The new government has promised free healthcare, free education, free housing, and free food, all paid for by the government. The government has been handing out Bonds to citizens in order to generate the necessary funds until the infrastructure is built such that the bonds are no longer required. The 7.5 million citizens of Greece have shown great support for the recent proposals and policies. One of the first locations subject to the rebuilding effort is an expanded port system, being built to allow a large number of ship construction projects. The docks are expected to be completed by next year. The Acropolis is also being rebuilt to serve as the center of government for the new government. While an official full nation name is yet to be agreed upon, the government has been referring to itself as the Republic of Greece. A very interesting development is that the new Greek government has enlisted the work of many masons, glass-workers, bronze-smiths, sculptors, artists, and architects, familiar with Greek architecture and styles.[/list]
[list]As a part of the rebuilding effort, the new government is temporarily allowing foreigners to come into Greece to help in the reconstruction efforts. The Greek government is also accepting any monetary and non-monetary assets being offered to it, outside of loans, which are being allowed on a case-by-case basis. While the Greek Government admits that it would rather use its full philosophy and communist ideologies right now, they also realize that it is best to wait to fully implement those policies until after the country is rebuilt. Greece is currently requesting aide from other like-minded nations.[/list]
This is an issue of the Greek Post's newspaper, made available internationally by the Academy of Knowledge. Do not redistribute without permission from the Academy of Knowledge.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Not Xav, Faronea
[I]La República de Nicaragua formally invites Greek refugees and exiles fleeing the Communist takeover of Greece with open borders and ports. Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa announced that Greek refugees fleeing the war, especially those of mercantile background, would be granted asylum in Nicaragua and additionally would be safe of all orders of extradition that could be imposed by the "hostile Marxist-Leninist horde that sit at the seat of the nation who's origins are inherently anti-communist..." as quoted by GeneralÃsimo Somoza GarcÃa. The asylum order was also extended to the Greek Royal family, those whom have made it out of the country. [/I]
Liberalina, Not Xav, Faronea
[list][list]{𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐁-𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐑: 𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓}
~ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 ~[/list][/list]
[I][sup]It didn't take long for the Levant to react when the declaration of Israeli independence was made. Immediately President Kamal called for an emergency meeting in the Grand Levant Assembly. Kamal initially was in favor of a two-state solution but now with his back against the wall, elements within the government, and the military demanded Kamal react to the situation. Fearing a potential reaction from the Minister of Defense, Husni al-Za'im, Kamal would come before the grand assembly and declared war on the 'Zionists'. The declaration seemed universally praised by the Assembly and Kamal's biggest rival al-Quwatli and his National Party even announced their full support for him. However, even by the admission of al-Za'im, the Levant Army was underequipped, unprepared, and to quote the Minister directly, the Levant military isn't worth a cent. To 'solve' this problem, al-Za'im, and other Syrian military officers secretly aided in the construction of the Arab Liberation Army. The intent being to use the ALA as a proxy force against the Israeli's without having to answer to Kamal or the Levant Assembly. 24 hours later, near the town of Zemahk, a Syrian infantry brigade, a mechanized battalion, an artillery regiment, and a company of tanks, crossed into Isreal on May 15th seeking to capture the town and secure the Sea of Galilee. At the same time, the Levant National Army would launch an attack north of Galilee towards the town of Al-Malikiyya on the very same day.[/sup]
[list][list][list]{ 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 } [/list][/list][/list]
[I]𝚉𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚑𝚔 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝: Under the command of Colonel Abdullah Wahab el-Hakim, the 1st Infantry Brigade supported by a battalion of armored cars, a company of French R 35 and R 37 tanks, an artillery battalion and other units crossed the border into Israel and attacked the town of Zemahk. The initial phase was multiple artillery strikes on the town with old French Canon Court de 105M guns. Then followed by a full-frontal assault with tanks supported by Infantry. The main plan was to capture the town and use it as a launching pad to strike and capture Tzemah.
𝙰𝚕-𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚢𝚢𝚊 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝: On that same day, the Levant Army would send a Lebanese infantry company to take the town of Al-Malikiyya. They would lunch their attack with air support by the Levant Air Force.
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Teymour, Faronea
Guys this is the remade version I hope this is better
Teujira, Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Faronea
[list][list]SOARING TO BERLIN - CRUISING TO VIENNA
October 1948 - Élysée Palace, Paris, French Republic[/list][/list]
| After the landing of the first French plane in Berlin unmolested by Soviet fighters or anti-air defenses, French troops in Berlin quickly unload all of the convoy's cargo before distributing it across Berlin. Upon the successful landing, the French government in Paris and the German government in Frankfurt are quickly informed of the operation's success and, with haste, further plans are drawn up to reinforce positions in both Berlin and Vienna and to begin a massive mobilization of cargo units to begin supplying Berlin and Vienna. While the positions established in Berlin and Vienna are overtly militarized, the air deliveries to be undertaken in the two cities are not and, therefore, should be free from aggression by Soviet forces. |
| In the immediate week after October 2nd, and in conjunction with the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force starts a massive campaign to deliver supplies, fuel, food, ammunition, and weapons to Berlin and Vienna from airbases in the FRG and Occupied Austria. Heavy cargo jets are used, often multiple times a day, to ferry goods and people back and forth- lighter cargo jets are used as well, and even some repurposed civilian aircraft borrowed by the French government for the time being in return for financial compensation. These deliveries and the militarization at posts across the two cities are backed up by the deployment, over time, of additional French soldiers along the border between the FRG and Soviet-Occupied Germany. Ready to cross the border at a moment's notice, the French forces in Germany are additionally supported, covertly, by 5,000 German soldiers- the first members of the German Territorial Force, ex-Wehrmacht soldiers donning French uniforms and French weapons. |
| On the 11th of October, a crisis is narrowly avoided after a machine gun being inspected by Col. Batutu is accidentally discharged towards Occupied East Berlin. Five bullets strike the wall of a store within the Soviet occupation zone, however the machine gun crew quickly writes a message on paper and dispatches an unarmed runner to the border to deliver it to Soviet and East German border guards explaining the nature of the accident. |
| Barring accidents, the Anglo-French airlifts into Berlin and Vienna are a resounding success as the months of October and November roll on. Thousands of tons of supplies are flown in every day as political leaders in France demand that the Soviets drop the embargo and allow the free passage of goods and persons to and from the two cities. Beyond establishing defensive capabilities, all military deployment is kept to an absolute minimum to avoid any unnecessary tensions with the Red Army. |
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Faronea
[list][list]THE FUTURE OF NAVAL WARFARE
14 May 1949 - Ministry of National Defense at the Hôtel de Brienne, Paris, France[/list][/list]
| The end of the Second World War and the Insurgency in Indochina has completely changed French military strategy and tactical analysis forever, as the large-scale mechanized nature of the war has shifted emphasis in many factors of France's longstanding air and sea traditions, as well as paving the way for the future jet-powered aerial warfare. Luckily avoiding destruction at the hands of the Germans during the Fall of France, and participating in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Pacific, the French Navy has decided to once again take charge in being at the forefront of naval developments and has announced a plan to begin sweeping overhauls of its long-range capabilities by upgrading its carrier capabilities in two ways: first, the sale of the outdated Bearn and Normandie carriers and a modernization of the Joffre, Brittany, and Brest carriers which represent the NavyÂ’s three most modern carriers, and secondly, the hosting of the Carrier Jet Fighter Program, a design competition which shall include designs by various French, German, and foreign aerospace manufacturers which shall serve as France's first carrier-based jet fighter. |
| The first stage of modernization, the upgrading of the carrier fleet, will begin immediately after receiving approval by the Ministry of National Defense, the Senate and the National Assembly, and President Edouard Daladier. The upgrading of the carrier fleet shall be pursued in multiple steps, beginning first with the immediate decommissioning and sale of the Béarn and Normandie, twin Normandie-class carriers converted from World War I-era battleships. Already outdated by the early 1930s, Béarn has served as France's main capital ship in the Far East Fleet since 1937 as a status of "prestige in irrelevance", however was moved out of its home port in Port de Plancy at the outbreak of hostilities with Japan to safety in French India with the rest of the Far East Fleet. Normandie, based in the Mediterranean Fleet, remained docked at Mers el-Kebir throughout the duration of the war after being damaged by Italian frogmen in 1941. Repaired after the fall of Italian Libya to Allied Forces, it has remained docked in Toloun since the end of repairs in 1948 as a barracks ship. It is expected that the Béarn will be sold to either a soon-to-be independent Vietnam or the recently independent Cambodia, while the Normandie may be sold for scrap to a private company. |
| After the Béarn and Normandie are decommissioned and sold, the Navy will begin to pull the Joffre-Class Aircraft Carrier Joffre and the Brittany-Class Brittany and Brest from active service one at a time to be substantially modernized. The largest modernization effort for the three carriers will be to make them jet-compatible, and while details are skim and largely classified, it is known that revolutionary steam-generated catapults capable of launching jet-powered aircraft will be installed on all three ships over a period of time from late 1950 into 1954. Based on German steam generators used on V-1 technologies, the catapults are to be developed by the French Navy in collaboration with French Aeroindustrial with assistance from Heinkel. Production of the catapults will be outsourced to factories in the Rhineland Mutual Cooperation Zone. Heavy guns on the aircraft carriers will also be done away with, removed and sold for scrap to be replaced with better anti-air defenses and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. |
| While the three carriers are upgraded substantially, the French Navy will begin hosting the Carrier Jet Fighter Program, a massive design contest to develop and select an aircraft to be produced and utilized as a strictly carrier-based jet fighter. Participating companies are required to design an aircraft capable of high-mobility air-to-air combat with STOL capabilities as to be used on the Joffre, Brest, and Brittany. Beginning in January 1950, participants will have until August 1952 to put forward, produce, and test designs before the most successful and desirable design is awarded a contract. Five companies based in France and Germany have expressed interest in the competition- Dassault, French Aeroindustrial, Société Aéronautique Française (Avions Dewoitine), Messerschmitt, and Heinkel. Companies not located within France and the Rhineland Mutual Cooperation Zone such as aeronautical companies from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain have all been invited to partake in the design competition. |
[list][list][list][list]DESIGNS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CJFP(CLASSIFIED)[/list][/list][/list]
[*] [url=]DASSAULT: Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan Variant, as of yet unnamed
[*] FRENCH AEROINDUSTRIAL: FAI Pétain I.AN(Aero-Naval), Variant of the FAI Pétain I
[*] DEWOITINE: Dewoitine P.5
[*] MESSERSCHMITT: Messerschmitt P.1113, Successor to the Messerschmitt P.1112 Prototype Fighter
[*] HEINKEL: Heinkel P.1080, Succesor to the Heinkel P.1078A[/list]
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Not Xav, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany, Faronea
Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
One Month In
[list]The Greek government is one month into the rebuilding process. Not much rebuilding has been done directly, as the architect are currently finishing up designs and drafts for the look and layout of the cities. Most direct construction that has been done so far, relates to the construction and rebuilding of roads, railways, airports, and seaports damaged by the civil war. Large amounts of progress has been made, as those unemployed have been assigned jobs as construction workers for the rebuilding efforts. It is estimated that the transportation infrastructure should take another five months to return to adequate standards. According to government sources, the next part of the reconstruction is the building of power generation and other utility infrastructure. The estimates are that those will take at least a year to complete. In terms of industry, the reconstruction is being used as an excuse to vastly increase industry in Greece.[/list]
[list]The money seized from the rich and from those who have fled Greece is being funneled into the reconstruction efforts. Many others are willingly contributing funds towards the rebuilding efforts. While awaiting to see if other nations will be contributing funds to the reconstruction effort, Greece has been looking for ways to maximize the use of its available funds. In order to ensure that the reconstruction does not hurt Greece's agricultural output, a large number of people have been assigned to work in the agricultural fields to produce food. It is expected that the government will be seeking to expand the areas of land being used to grow crops. Greek wine is being used as an incentive for workers who contribute greatly to the reconstruction and agricultural efforts. Those who join the military are being rewarded with extra food rations and with prioritized access to resources and housing. The Greek economy is not expected to grow much over the time of reconstruction, but is expected to increase once the period of reconstruction is over.[/list]
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Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Teymour, Faronea
Reforms in PCGN.
Summer of 1949
German Volkskammer, still fractured and ineffective started to pass the first laws that should have helped the populace. The most basic laws were passed without any resistance from most factions in the parliament. Volkspolizei and Volksarmee were founded in the first weeks after the rearrangement. With help from the Soviets, these structures were armed and empowered at an extreme rate. Despite the power struggle, neither of the parties was against German interests. The next issues were harder and desperately needed a compromise. Neither of the parties wanted to give up the minister spots to the enemies, fearing the purge. And the president was unable to give up the spots manually, due to the project of the constitution that protected the parliament against the dictatorial rule. The contradictory solution was found. Each of the ministries got a council of their own, leaders to which were assigned by 1 mandate system: 1 seat per each region, and so, 20 seats per ministry. Seats were assigned according to winners of the May elections. With this system, SDP managed to win the majority in all the ministries and pursue their views of Germany. Or so they thought. Soon, a truth unraveled: A big percentage of SDP members were not fully in support of policies that the party tried to follow. Those exact policies that SDP could not have abandoned due to pressure from GCP and United Germany and even from the Moskov itself. Sometimes the voting for a law turned into a joke when almost half of SDP voted against the law that should have been passed otherwise. The same issue was happening even in ministries, slowing down or halting at all important reforms. It required more than half a year to solve them all. Before the first snow, this list of reforms and laws managed to see the light of day:
June 16, "Subbotnik Act"
Following the practice of the Soviet Union, Bundestag passed the law that aimed to organize people in a struggle to rebuild the country. Every state worker had a chance to improve his country by working on public works every Saturday from 10 to 16. Despite on paper it was an act of good will by working class, in reality, you could have lost your payment, rank, or even the workplace if you decided to not show up without the reason. On the other hand, the administration of these events provided workers with food, drinks, and sometimes even hosted tournaments, giving out "cars", bikes, "flats" etc. Moreover, these events were a good way to get some food for the homeless or unemployed.
June 29h, Soft Nationalisation Policy
This policy stated that any land or factory owner had to sell his property to the government in 2 months, or it will be taken away forcefully. Despite the price that the ministry asked was just above unprofitable, the majority of owners agreed on it and sold their belongings. In this way, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Welfare, and the United Trade Union of Germany managed to take control over the economy, which already started to get massive subsidies from the government and other countries of the block.
Jully 3rd, Card System
The deficit of goods still was a massive problem, and nationalization could not have fixed that immediately. After a long debate, the card system was introduced, where some workers in some areas were paid with vouchers or with food or coal directly. Despite it was a contradictory solution, opposed by the "Freedom Wing" of SDP, the policy managed to save many lives from starvation. Just like Subbotniks, it was planned to cancel it as soon as the situation will stabilize.
August 12th, the formation of DPG.
DPG or the Society of German Pioneers was a way to ease the pressure on poor parents and their kids, and also a way to educate and raise the new generation of loyal to socialist ideas people. To become a Pioneer you had do be diligent, had good marks, and be friendly. Pioneer could be joined completely by free and by boy or girl age 8 to 16. The good message was enough to attract kids and parents, but in addition to this message, kids also were loaded with communist ideology. Being Pioneer had a lot of benefits: Many fan activities on weekends like trips to museums or camping, participating in special tournaments, competing in tests of mind and body for the right to spend summer in special camps. No, any Pioneer was sent to a camp, but only the winners of such tournaments got tickets to high-class camps, resorts, or even trips to USSR.
September 21st, "Collective Property Act"
By the start of autumn, the government realized that the wast amount of land was left uncultivated and the crops on it needed to be gathered and the new seeds needed to be planted. In a hurry, Volkskammer organized giant farm estates that promised food and shelter for workers that were willing to work in these farms. Also, Collective Farms offered to buy land for a good price from the small peasantry and people living in the countryside. With this reform Confederacy became somewhat autonomous in food production.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Teymour, Faronea
[list][list]DECISIVE BATTLE IN INDOCHINA LEADS TO VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE
9 February 1950 - Hue, Annam, French Indochina[/list][/list]
| The insurgency in Vietnam has come to a sudden halt as the Army of the Upper Mekong has successfully defeated the Viet Minh in a months-long battle of extreme tactical importance in northern Vietnam, the Battle of the Da River. 21,000 French forces of primarily Vietnamese, Algerian, and Gabonese origin have been engaged in fierce combat along the river near the country's border with Laos and China in the far north against the Viet Minh since November 1949, with fighting primarily focused on the western side of the Da River. Engaged in the deep jungle against the insurgents numbering roughly 47,000, Colonel Christian de Castries's forces in the region have finally managed to secure the important town of Mường Lay, a junction town held by the Viet Minh since October, securing a victory in the region. Importantly, this victory has convinced Annamese Emperor Bao Dai of the safety of the independence of a royal state Vietnam, with the Emperor formally announcing across the nation of his intention to approve of the independence of Tonkin and Annam as a unified Vietnamese state free of French rule. Barring Cochinchina, one of the most stable French colonies anywhere in the globe, Vietnam shall be the last country in Indochina to achieve independence from France as part of President Daladier's Asian decolonization plan. Besides the two small colonies of the French Settlements in Tchan-Tung and the territory of Kouang-Tchéou-Wan, Cochinchina shall be France's last proper colony in Asia following the sale of the French Settlements in India to the Indian Commonwealth and the independence of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. |
| Taking the direct offensive against the Viet Minh, the French Army's campaign against the guerrillas in the area has comprised of head-on assaults against the Viet Minh's lightly defended positions scattered throughout the Da River area. While the eastern bank has been relatively calm, the western bank of the Da River had all but been occupied firmly by the Viet Minh following an order of temporary withdrawal by General Charles Chanson to ensure the avoidance of an encirclement of French forces there. Originally an unpopular move, it has since proven to be a strong decision strategically and has allowed the preservation of large reserves of manpower. Preceded by a bombing campaign from November 7-14, French troops under Col. Castries crossed the Da River with the support of American-built M8 Greyhounds and M2 Shermans. Despite a heavy loss of armor, with some 44 of 264 M2 Shermans being lost or crippled during the fighting, infantry casualties were kept low during the fighting as French forces cleared a path to Mường Lay. Last night, after engaging and destroying Viet Minh positions in the jungles and smaller outlying villages and rice farms, Mường Lay was captured by members of the 2e brigade d'infanterie mécanisée of the Army of the Upper Mekong after 13 days besieging the city. Many Viet Minh soldiers escaped, fleeing south to Dien Bien Phu, but with the city captured, the battle has been proclaimed a success. |
| The victory of French forces in the Battle of the Da River has given Emperor Bao Dai, ruler of Annam, the solid victory against the Viet Minh which he had demanded the French secure before being willing to oversee French withdrawal from Vietnam. Criticized by many French politicians as a plan by Emperor Bao Dai to make France fight Vietnam's war, the victory in this most recent battle has affirmed to the Emperor of Annam that the Viet Minh threat has been dealt with to enough of an extent as to leave an environment stable enough to allow an independent Vietnam to flourish. The signing of the Franco-Vietnamese Accords has been set for June 18th, with the Annamese provincial capital of Hue to become the new imperial capital of a unified Vietnam. |
| Before Vietnam gains independence, General Chanson has ordered that the forces in northwestern Vietnam press the advance against the remaining Viet Minh towards Dien Bien Phu. The 14,000 soldiers present for the Battle of the Da River are to be rebuffed by an additional 3,000 Moroccan soldiers and push from Mường Lay to Bien Diem Phu. |
Arcanda, Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Teymour, Faronea
Netherland economic plan showing success
[sub] Febuary 1950 | The Telegraaf[/sub]
After the 7 pillar plan was announced from the president many critics and suspicious people weren't really sure what to think of it many could only vaguely predict what was gonna happen but after some months everybody sees the plans as a huge success the national railway is about 90% electrified and has seen some delay in some still destroyed parts of the Netherlands but will be completely electrified in march the rebuilding of housing is also going a steady bit since. the railways haven't electrified some city' a have been rebuild faster than other starting some little immigration into these part of the Netherlands. The Birthrates are also slowly picking up since the money can help some families in worse condition some kids have seen abandonment and have been left in orphanages.wich have slowly started making this policy to be seen more negative in the eyes of the public. the president himself has claimed that there will be strict measures against this kind of practice and has also sadly reminded of all the kids that will not have a father and mother because of this but has sadly claimed that for the rebuilding of the Netherlands this practice needs to stay may it be with stricter rules.
The heavy and agriculture industries are currently booming under these new funds and even little farms profit from this help as thousand of agriculture and heavy industries equipment is shipped to the Netherlands the factory is slowly starting to produce again and farms finally catch up with the rest of the western world. Our coal industries especially are taking advantage of this and are slowly but surely taking up pace. The Tax cuts are also letting the woman and men starving for some class finally buy new clothes the people are flocking and standing before shops to get some of the newest products it seems that mostly woman finally can get some new hats and not just the woman toys for the kids and even bigger meals for the ever bigger growing family it seems like the people we're starved to consume some professionals believe that after the economy and cities are rebuilt that this
Will lead to an economic wonder in the next 20 years or so but that's for now in the future.
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Not Xav, Faronea
Upcoming Presidential elections
[sub]March 1950[/sub]
It is becoming much more obvious who will win the late March elections. Even most of the government now prefers Laureano Gómez Castro over Mariano Ospina Perez, the current president. That’s because, first of all, he will stop the mad nuclear program, that would lead to a crisis if Perez will be elected, second, he will reform our country into a confederation, meaning the states will have a medium level of autonomy, and finally, he has promised to return Gran Colombia.
Castro even states:
“What Bolivar worked for, all his life, shall be soon complete. Soon, there shall be another Gran Colombia that shall be even greater than the old one, and even make Colombia and the other South American countries the way Nolivar wanted them to be, a bolivarian republic, NO more military juntas and finally the RIGHTS of people that aren’t in action during a military junta. We have to make South America great, and for it to be an example for other countries and continents!”
After this speech, CastroÂ’s support grew to 80%, while PerezÂ’ went down to 20%.
Perez even admits to the public that he canÂ’t win the elections, so no sense voting for him...
The next newspaper will be out in April, and the results of the elections shall be announced there!
(although every reader of this newspaper already knows who shall win....)
Czabalkia, Not Xav, Teymour
Svea Rike
WAR!
[sub] The Rike Invades Iceland![/sub]
INVASION PLAN: https://imgur.com/o2rbCqL
The cold and sparsely inhabited island of Iceland and its 120,000 inhabitants have historical strong ties and interests with the mainland of Scandinavia. Following its illegitimate and unrecognised declaration of independence as a consequence of the dissolution of the Northern Federation, discussions were opened concerning the integration of Iceland within the Rike.
16 Saab 21R jet bombers based out of Tromsø, Norway, are scrambled to destroy the meagre Icelandic navy, consisting primarily of gunboats and fishing boats repurposed for coastal defence, and which do not comprise more than 7 in number. This shall negate the capacity of Iceland to wage defensive naval war against the Fennoscandian Navy. This shall done with one overfly to confirm the suspected locations of these ships, followed by a second sortie carried out by different aircraft once confirmation is radioed back to the mainland. The second seat on the recon aircraft shall be filled by a navigator, who on provision of charts of Iceland shall inform command if the ships are seen at different locations.
This bombing is expected to take a period of 17 hours from recon to planning, supply, execution and RTB. The bombers shall be accompanied by 7 Saab 29A Tunnan air superiority/ground attack aircraft in order to quell any Icelandic resistance whether from AA artillery or aircraft. The bombers shall carry
Three destroyers of the Faroe class, located within the naval base on the Faroe Islands, one amphibious assault ship containing 2000 Amfibiekåren personnel of the 17th Amphibious Patrol Boat Company and the 202nd Coastal Ranger Company, based out of Gothenburg, Sweden, and one heavily-protected command ship carrying envoys and diplomatic negotiators with carte blanche from the Crown shall be mobilised effective immediately and dispatched to Iceland.
They are exepcted to reach their destination within 19 hours, and shall arrive soon after the conclusion of the bombing campaign.
On the confirmation of the destruction of Icelandic surface vessels, the destroyers shall engage in minesweeping operations and clear a path through the coastal waters off the continental shelf. They shall spearhead an incursion within Icelandic territorial waters and shall institute blockades of Reykjavik, Vik, Höfn: the three major ports of the island- and force any and all incoming traffic to return with naval escort out of Icelandic waters. Traffic leaving Iceland shall be returned to port within Iceland, failure to comply with which will result in said vessel being boarded and searched.
Once naval superiority has been established, troops on the amphibious ship shall land at the designated site and fan out across the western coast, putting down armed revolt if any, and if not they shall distribute baskets containing chocolate, schnapps, and propaganda leaflets.
They shall then coalesce at the marked point and march on Reykjavik, which will lead to interaction with 90% of all Icelandic citizens.
They shall then occupy the city and check all entry and exit points, the port continuing to be blockaded navally.
An armed escort of the diplomats shall march on the Capitol and demand the Icelandic unconditional surrender.
All citizens excepting the incumbent government shall be offered amnesty and repatriation under the Rike. Iceland shall be completely annexed as a Federal Province and its citizens shall become Rike citizens with all the rights and privileges that that merits.
The sitting government shall be offered the opportunity of repatriation under a probation period. They will be treated well, offered citizenship and voting rights, but be kept under strict surveillance in a location of their choosing for a period of 5 years. They shall be offered representative posts within the Icelandic local government.
Iceland shall have 7 senators within the Thing and the post of Minister for Iceland shall be established within the Central Goverment, elections for which shall be conducted within Iceland itself, from the existing political parties.
United Kingdom military bases shall not be interfered with.
Nicaragua
The Rike announces its investment of $400 million in the up and coming Nicaraguan Canal venture, which it views as a viable financial undertaking. This stake is purchased in return for access in perpetuam to the Canal as well as the acquisition of a 0.03% share in the profits.
Completion of Phase I of the Industrial Expansion Programme
After the completion of industrial bases from which the Rike targets massive increases in productive capacity, there is an eminent need to power these new beasts. In its commitment to ecological principles, it has been decreed that they shall be powered sustainably, primarily by the harnessing of hydroelectric power. In that view, several hydroelectric and tidal power plants have been commissioned, which are expected to be complete by 1955. They are:
1) Glomma power plant, Norway (1952, 30 TWh)
2) Fjördland Tidal Array, Norway, consisting of 70 individual installations (initially 25 TWh, but eventually about 60, 1954)
3) Iceland Geothermal Installation (10 TWh initially but expanded to about 40 TWh by 1970, 1957), consisting of :(10 TWh initially but expanded to about 40 TWh by 1970, 1957)
-Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station
-Reykjanes Power Station
-Svartsengi Power Station
-Krafla Power Station
4) Swedish Hydel Project consisting of dams on the larger rivers of Sweden to provide low-impact sustainable microhydel (variable, 1952)
5) Finnish Geothermal Installation (initially 5 TWh, 1955)
With a combined output of 90 TWh they are expected to supply 115% of domestic demand (excluding current sustainable energy output of around 32TWh), and they will be phased into use.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Not Xav, New Raines, Faronea
Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
First Greek Election
[list]The First Greek Election has come and gone. This election was the first test of the new election and political system for Greece. During this election, there were 213 candidates. After the debates and polling, the final election results resulted in the final 42 Senators being elected. In addition, the Greek President-Elect Nikos, was congratulated by the Party for his clean politics and trustworthiness. He did mention that one of his first priorities is to reformat how names are given in Greece. He proposed that people be given a standard first name, while their middle name shall be based on the month the baby is born in and the last name would be the city the person was born in. This proposal, while controversial, was proposed as a way to make people more equal. The election results show that many Greek citizens are looking towards the future. Of those elected, 71% of them advocate for the rapid expansion of the military, through development or by purchasing arms from the USSR.[/list]
[list]The Election has also been a test of the reconstruction efforts, as the transportation infrastructure was being tested. In addition, many temporary buildings had to be erected due to the official government sites still being under construction. So far, the reconstruction has only moderately slowed down the election efforts, as roadwork and construction sites blocked a number of routes to the voting sites. The people have so far tolerated the numerous construction sites and transportation issues, while the infrastructure is being rebuilt. Some people have expressed doubts that the reconstruction would be done in five year, but the government has stated that it was confident that the reconstruction would be finished within the desired time-frame. Some foundations have already started to be laid. The Greek government has stated that over a hundred thousand citizens displaced by the civil war have been assigned as construction workers in order to help accelerate the construction efforts. The Greek government desires to make the country focused on industry, as its current agricultural land can fulfill the need of food in Greece. To reward workers, Greek wine is being provided to hard working citizens. The new port facilities being built are almost done, after which, the Greek government will seek to rebuild its navy and its communist merchant marine.[/list]
This is an issue of the Greek Post's news paper, made available internationally by the Academy of Knowledge. Do not redistribute without permission from the Academy of Knowledge.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Teymour, Faronea
National Railwys completely electrified
[sub]1950 march | The Telegraaf[/sub]
The first pillar of the seven pillar plan has been completed and will now help rebuild the city's much faster but this is small news to the bigger news that the Netherlands mainland may get bigger and the states we're some want to join is Luxembourg as this city was once part of our empire it has still strong ties with us but some minority groups want full integration and this movement is closely picking up pace. They hope that trough unification they will get higher living standards and better military protection.some even called for a national referendum but the majority still try to get the people on their side.
Mr schlief the ambassador to the newly free east indies wants to negotiate a treaty and the land that the Dutch will give this new government and will try to solidify borders he also had some ambitious plans for the east indies wanting to open good relationships wants high government funding for railways agriculture and industries. The Dutch government ignored those calls and have called for forgiveness because they can't give those fundings out for another nation when their own nation is in dire need of them.
Now the government said that schliefen should try to ready these projects
and plan ahead of time as the Dutch will not be able to go through with these plans until 1953 and in his blindness schliefen absolutely forgot that
for these plans to become realized the east indies need to approve them and overlook them.mr schliefen has publicly apologized saying that something like this won't happen again and that he needs to get accustomed to his new role.mr schliefen has still seen public approval because even if his plans were made without the east indies government in mind the plans still are only focused on improving the east Indies his plans are not to harm the east indies.
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Faronea
NO DATE, SOMEWHERE IN MAINLAND CHINA
[sub]PART I OF "CIRCUMSTANCE MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS" SERIES[/sub]
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[sub][pre]TO HOME, WE GO ![/pre][/sub]
[sub]"What crimes against humanity ? I never killed humans or ordered the execution of any human being ! IÂ’ve only killed traitors and Chinese, neither of which fit the description of human."[/sub]
[sub]- Nobusuke Kishi, Economic Minister of Manchuko -[/sub]
[sub]On the fifteenth day of August 1945, the Jewel Voice Broadcast (玉音放送 - Gyokuonhōsō) was transmitted across Japan then later, to all corners of the Pacific. The broadcast contained an announcement that was delivered to the Japanese peoples through the soothing voice of Emperor Hirohito, it was a declaration to end the Greater East Asia War (大東亜戦争 - Daitōasensō) or in other words, the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allies. There were tears, there were fears and there were worries, but in the end, all negativity subsided and paved way for acceptance. In the following months, the process of occupying the Japanese Home-Island by the Allied forces was unsurprisingly peaceful, however the same can't be said to the distant lands that were under control of the Empire of Japan. In those places, from islands of the Pacific to the Dutch East Indies, the remnant of the Imperial Japanese Army (残兵 - Zanpei) continued to fight on despite all odds were against them.[/sub]
[sub]Fortunately for the Allies, the 1,100,000 Japanese troops stationed in China didn't share that attitude. Originally these men were part of the Kwantung Army (関東軍- Kantōgun) and the China Expeditionary Army (支那派遣軍 - Shinahakengun), they were part of the largest concentration of troops that the Empire of Japan could ever throw. By the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War (日中戦争 - Nitchūsensō), their Ways of the Warrior (武士道 - Bushidō) has been broken, their guns have ran out of bullets and their desire was only to return home. Between August to December 1945, about 500,000 Japanese servicemen in China were repatriated under the watch of the Allied Control Commission, but in January 1946, the process was met with a sudden halt.[/sub]
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[sub][pre]ARE WE EXPENDABLE PAWNS ?[/pre][/sub]
[sub]"It was perfectly clear to us that if we told the Japanese to lay down their arms immediately and march to the seaboard, the entire country would be taken over by the Communists.
We therefore had to take the unusual step of using the enemy as a garrison until we could airlift Chinese National troops to South China and send Marines to guard the seaports."[/sub]
[sub] - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States -[/sub]
[sub]The Republic of China has the potential to become another democratic superpower of the world, that was what Franklin Delano Roosevelt believed when he granted China a seat within the Security Council of the United Nations, but the reality was very much different as seen by his successor, Harry S. Truman. The Nationalist has tried to subdue the Communist for more than 10 years in the past, but somehow they never success. Part of the reason was blamed on the Second Sino-Japanese War, but perhaps the main one lied deep inside the Kuomintang, they were an inept bunch of generals and politicians that cared more about power struggle than common sense. General Douglas MacArthur, and a bunch of hawks within the U.S government was very eager to solve this problem by throw some troops at China, like how they already wasted billion of taxpayers's dollars there. However, Truman has to deny such decision, he has made a promise to "bring the boys home" with the American public and if he tried the differ, then he could watch his approval rating crashing down like the stock price of 1929.[/sub]
[sub]That wasn't mean Truman would abandon China...[/sub]
[sub]On January 1946, President Truman used the influence of the United States within the Allied Control Commission to halt the repatriation process of Japanese servicemen. The result was about 600,000 Japanese soldiers were forced to stay in China for longer and to Truman this was great. The man intended to use these remnants of the Imperial Japanese Army as watchdogs to keep lands from falling to "wrong hand". The Japanese would fought off the Communists, until the arrival of the Nationalist Chinese, in which they would be escorted to the nearest POW camps right after. Also, it should be remembered that most of the Japanese troops that got the chance to go home in 1945 was those that got captured during the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation (Манчжурская стратегическая наступательная операция - Manchzhurskaya Strategicheskaya Nastupatelnaya Operatsiya), the rest was holding out in their respective places across China, only a small amount was in captive. About the plan, it was a huge success for Truman, as the Communist Chinese has been cornered to Northeast China as he expected.[/sub]
[sub]These Japaneses wouldn't have any chance to return home again as the Chinese Civil War restarted in July 1946, before Truman could resumed the repatriation...[/sub]
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Arcanda, Val Verde-, Otsla, Liberalina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Faronea, Panmonia
[list][sub]10 MARCH, 1950[/sub]
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𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙊𝙍 𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙎 𝙍𝙀𝘽𝙐𝙄𝙇𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙀𝙁𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙏𝙎
[sub]KANZLER KÜNDIGT WIEDERAUFBAU-EFFORTE AN[/sub]
[sub]FRANKFURT AM MAIN – MORNING[/sub]
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[sub][pre]| This morning, the Chancellor arrived at the Bundestag which has been temporarily "transferred" to Frankfurt due to serious problems in Berlin. About a dozen cabinets of his choice also gathered to discuss German development issues. West Germany has received logistic assistance over the years to keep the economy going.
Germany was one of the countries that suffered the worst damage during the Second World War. Much of the infrastructure of the Imperial era and ancient buildings are currently still razed to the ground.
The reconstruction of Germany after World War II itself was going to be a long process. Germany had suffered heavy losses during the war, both in lives and industrial power. 6.9 to 7.5 million Germans had been killed, roughly 8.26 to 8.86% of the population.The country's cities were severely damaged from heavy bombing in the closing chapters of the war and agricultural production was only 35% of what it was before the war.
In 1947, the Marshall Plan, initially known as the "European Recovery Program" was initiated. In the years 1947–1952, some $13 billion of economic and technical assistance—-equivalent to around $140 billion in 2017—were allocated to Western Europe. Despite protests from many beneficiaries, the Marshall Plan, although in the less generous form of loans, was in 1949 extended to also include the newly formed West Germany. In the years 1949 until 1950's, West Germany will receive loans which totaled $1.45 billions. This amount, together with French investment in a number of German companies, will be used for rebuilding infrastructure and restoring pre-war conditions.
Starting from today, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer announces a development plan evenly distributed throughout the urban and sub-urban areas of West Germany. Not only that, the planning for the construction of the Berlin Tunnel, which was stopped due to the Soviet blockade, will be continued in the next few weeks.|[/pre][/sub]
[list][sub]1950 GERMAN REBUILDING PROCESS ANNOUNCED BY THE CHANCELLOR:
[*] Construction of all infrastructure damaged or affected by the War. Providing houses and apartments for war victims.
[*] Continuation of construction of the Berlin Underground Tunnel (continuation planning will be carried out as soon as possible).
[*] Starting a new constitution, creating a free and democratic country. The inauguration of several ministers, as well as bringing justice to all the people of West Germany.
[*] Development of relations with the Allied countries: France, Britain and the United States. Planning to side with the Western Bloc is still under consideration.
[*] Re-industrialization. Factory rebuilding to help the German economy. As well as rebuilding the important sectors such as universities, schools, and others.[/sub][/list]
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RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
[sub]April the 1st, 1950.[/sub]
The election results are, no you wonÂ’t guess, Inexpected! Castro of course won, but it was a very hard win. 40% of the voters were for Perez! After his speech, he encouraged many people to vote for him, he knew he couldnÂ’t win it but he could at least TRY.
“I knew I was done from the beginning, but a little competition is always nice.”, he states.
Also, This Country is now the Grenadine Confederation! As Castro wanted, his dream came true!
Flag Modifications!: Little modification has been made in the flag, just a set of stars to represent the states of the newly formed Grenadine Confederation!
Revolts in the streets
[sub]April the 9th, 1950.[/sub]
The supporters of Perez have been currently making demonstrations, and after the police stopped them, they started true armed rebellions on the streets! This might cause a revolution but Castro says:
“It’s always good to crush a rebellion after you come to power. It helps you sustain it.”
After the rebels found out what he said, they started organizing themselves, stealing weapons from ArsenalÂ’s etc.. We donÂ’t know what will happen but we hope for the best...
The discussion.
Note: ItÂ’s top secret, so itÂ’s not a newspaper, just a discussion of two people.
[sub] April the 8th, 1950.
Location: ???[/sub]
Mariano Ospina Perez: Glad to see you once again, General.
General ???: Me too. So what about the revolts?
Perez: Please support them. IÂ’m gonna retire officially, so I ask you to take leadership.
General ???: Understood, my president. But what if the revolution fails?
Perez: Flee. Or stay and die. ItÂ’s your choice.
General ???: FLEE?! NEVER!! Me, a soldier would flee?! I wonÂ’t! If it fails IÂ’ll stay and die!
Perez: Ok. Your choice. For now bye. I shall announces my retirement tomorrow.
Perez announces retirement.
[sub] April the 10th, 1950.[/sub]
Today, Mariano Ospina Perez abdicated and left his “leadership” to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, a General Of the Grenadine army...
This is an unexpected term and no one shall know who will win...
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[list]The Empire Times[pre]
MARCH EDITION — 1949[/pre][/list]
[list][list][pre]Forward with the Empire![/pre][sub][pre]Bringing you news from across the United Kingdom.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
[list][list]CHURCHILL RESIGNS, 1948-1949 FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON, AUSTRALASIA AND CANADA SEE INDUSTRIAL BOOM[/list][/list]
[list]| WESTMINSTER — It was a deeply sad day when the BBC reported that Sir Winston Churchill had collapsed at his Chartwell residence on 3 February 1949.
The former Prime Minister, who boldly led our nation against the Nazi menace, has served as Leader of His MajestyÂ’s Loyal Opposition since his defeat in the 1945 General Election. He has since led efforts to curtail the Attlee MinistryÂ’s attempts to dramatically expand social welfare programs and drastically reduce our colonial holdings. Despite his opposition, great strides have been made under his leadership fo make compromises with the Labour-Liberal Coalition. It was ChurchillÂ’s adamant opposition to decolonisation which prompted the Liberal Party to form a coalition with AttleeÂ’s Labour Party. Leaders within the Liberal Party feared the costs of re-establishing and maintaining direct colonial rule in the wake of the Second World War.
The 75-year-old was rushed to Saint BartholomewÂ’s Hospital in London in the middle of the night on 17 February. His spokesman met with reporters outside the hospital the following morning and assured Britons that "(Churchill) is expected to make a full and speedy recovery." Shortly thereafter it became clear that Churchill was not going to make the recovery that was expected. ChurchillÂ’s stroke had been deeply debilitating and he spent the next several weeks in intensive care. Talk soon when from how quickly Churchill would retake the reins, to when the Conservatives would finally accept his condition. Discussions of potential paralysis, memory loss, sustained cognitive issues, and many other long term effects came to dominate conversations of ChurchillÂ’s condition.
It was announced on 22 February that ChurchillÂ’s party and parliamentary leadership responsibilities would pass on to John Anderson, Viscount Waverley. John Anderson had served as Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Bengal Governor and was a historical ally of Churchill with broad appeal. His seat at Woodford would remain vacant until the coming election, though it would almost certainly remain a conservative holding. John Anderson made it openly clear that he has no interest in running for a general election in his old age, and announced that a leadership contest would be held on 4 March.
There was one Tory Lord Temporal who had been building a profile in the media over the past several years: Lord Deputy Speaker Baron Prescott Rothschild. The Lord Rothschild had served 5 years as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during the Churchill War Ministry and proved himself a capable diplomat. His services were once again employed in the negotiating and drafting of the Commonwealth Economic Treaty. The Treaty was signed in December of last year and represented a major step forward in colonial and economic policy. Promising to hastily prepare our vast colonial empire, into a so-called Commonwealth of Nations. He ran unopposed in the leadership contest, seeing as he was an ideal candidate for both traditionalist and market conservatives (who often switch vote for the Liberals). He won with the votes of 2610 of 3142 eligible Conservative Unionist members, demonstrating the sheer unanimity of his support within the party.
Due to his seat in the House of Lords, Rothschild could not take his place as Leader of the Opposition with real legitimacy. That title would instead remain with Sir John Anderson, who held a seat in the House of Commons. However on 18 March 1949, Lord Rothschild announced that he would seek East MelbourneÂ’s seat in the House of Commons in the 1950 General Election. If elected, Rothschild could become the first Leader of the Opposition or Prime Minister who was both born and elected to Parliament outside of Great Britain.
With moderate support for the Liberals, this next election will likely be a face off between Prime Minister Clement AttleeÂ’s Labour Party and Lord RothschildÂ’s Conservative Unionists. Major issues which will likely define this election season include the future of colonial policy, LabourÂ’s unyielding policy of nationalisation, persistent rationing, and the Malayan Emergency.
With that, the election season is off to a rather rough start.
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PERTH — After a monumental upset victory in the Football League Cup, Perth’s own Voortrekkers FC have returned to the Land Down Under as Football League Champions. The 69th FL Cup, titled the "4th Boer War" by sports commentators, was played in a series of 3 matches at Nairobi City Stadium in British Kenya.
The Football League Table for the 1949-1950 season was as follows:
[list]
1. VOORTREKKERS F.C.,
42 Pld | 26 W | 16 D | 0 L | 58 Pts [sub](Champions)[/sub]
2. MANCHESTER CITY F.C.,
42 Pld | 23 W | 17 D | 2 L | 53 Pts [sub](Finalist)[/sub]
3. RANGERS F.C.,
42 Pld | 20 W | 16 D | 6 L | 53 Pts [sub](Semi-finalist)[/sub]
4. MANCHESTER UNITED,
42 Pld | 19 W | 18 D | 5 L | 48 Pts [sub]Semi-finalist[/sub]
5. F.C. MONTREAL,
42 Pld | 17 W | 16 D | 9 L | 43 Pts
6. NEWCASTLE UNITED,
42 Pld | 17 W | 12 D | 13 L | 43 Pts
7. ROYAL MELBOURNE,
42 Pld | 17 W | 10 D | 15 L | 43 Pts
8. ARSENAL,
42 Pld | 18 W | 7 D | 16 L | 41 Pts
9. ASTON VILLA,
42 Pld | 16 W | 9 D | 17 L | 40 Pts
10. EVERTON F.C.,
42 Pld | 16 W | 13 D | 13 L | 40 Pts
11. HONG KONG F.C.,
42 Pld | 17 W | 10 D | 11 L | 39 Pts
12. CHELSEA F.C.,
42 Pld | 13 W | 18 D | 11 L | 37 Pts
13. CELTIC F.C.,
42 Pld | 13 W | 17 D | 12 L | 37 Pts
14. PACIFIC F.C.,
42 Pld | 11 W | 17 D | 14 L | 37 Pts
15. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR,
42 Pld | 11 W | 13 D | 18 L | 35 Pts
16. WIMBLEDON F.C.,
42 Pld | 12 W | 10 D | 20 L | 35 Pts
17. NOTTINGHAM FORREST,
42 Pld | 11 W | 19 D | 11 L | 34 Pts
18. SOUTHHAMPTON F.C.,
42 Pld | 9 W | 14 D | 19 L | 30 Pts
19. OTTOWA CITY F.C.,
42 Pld | 8 W | 21 D | 13 L | 30 Pts [sub](Relegated)[/sub]
20. BOHEMIAN F.C.,
42 Pld | 7 W | 17 D | 18 L | 28 Pts [sub](Relegated)[/sub]
Semi-finalist matchups were drawn from the top four scorers. Voortrekkers v. Rangers was particularly noted for itÂ’s 89 minute goal, which put the Voortrekkers in the lead. The semifinal match ups and their final scores are below.[list]
[sub]Voortrekkers F.C. (3) v. Rangers F.C. (2)[/sub]
[sub]Manchester City (2) v. Manchester United (0)[/sub][/list]
Voortrekkers F.C. and Manchester City went on to play the Football League Cup Finals for a full 70 minutes without either side scoring. The first and only goal of the game was performed by Voortrekkers star striker 'Piet Van Heerden'. The final score was as follows.
[sub]Voortrekkers F.C. (1) v. Manchester City (0)[/sub]
Having broadcast this past season to the entirety of the British Commonwealth via BBC and the BBC Foreign Service, the Voortrekkers have shot up in popularity. Having played a full season undefeated, the Perth Voortrekkers may be the most popular team in UK football. They will have to repeat their performance in this past season if they want to maintain that popularity. This wonÂ’t be an easy task for a team with has historically relied on PerthÂ’s working class Afrikaner youth to fill itÂ’s ranks.
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SYDNEY — The economic growth reported in Western Europe and America appears not to be geographically constrained. The massive build of the Australian and Canadian industrial bases in the midst of the Second World War has found a new purpose as civilian manufacturing sees greater demand.
AustraliaÂ’s mining sectors have long offered many valuable raw materials to the world. Coal, iron ore, gold, and many other exports finding high export prices have stimulated domestic investment into capital stock. With a relatively large domestic population (11 million) and a high standard of living, Australia already possesses a market for manufactured consumer goods. The manufacture of textiles, leathers, shoes, machinery, metal products, petroleum and petroleum products, automobiles and heavy vehicles, books, records, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are quickly becoming rising industries. Manufacturing is expected to make up 20% or more of AustraliaÂ’s gross national product by the 1960s.
The similar can be said of Canada, which also built a considerably robust manufacturing sector in the midst of the Second World War. However a distinct driver of economic growth in Canada is coming in the form of light oil deposits found south of Edmonton and throughout the province of Alberta. Geologists currently anticipate many billion of barrels worth of oil may lie trapped beneath AlbertaÂ’s rocky terrain. The newly found reserves are driving economic growth into Western Canada, as new oil wells attract skilled labor and their families into rather remote areas of Canada. Discussions have begun in CanadaÂ’s Parliament to build pipelines from Alberta to Ontario and Quebec, presenting even greater job opportunities across Canada.
Skilled labor shortages in New Zealand, Canada, and Australia have both resulted in evermore increasing immigration from the Home Islands, particularly from Ireland and Scotland. ItÂ’s said that more UK citizens will live outside of the Home Islands than within them by 1965, a testament to the pluricontinentalism of the Anglo-Celtic peoples. |[/list]
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Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
Greek President-Elect Delivers Speech
[list]President-Elect Nikos delivered a public speech in Athens at noon today. This speech was broadcast over the radio to reach all over Greece. He spoke at a theater that rested at the base of the Acropolis, where construction has recently begun. The theater was recently built in order to hold this speech and any speech in the future. After the speech, the attendees were polled and each rated the speech as 'excellent'. Overall satisfaction of the government is extremely high. Many in the audience have been inspired by the speech. Below are important segments of his speech.[/list]
[list][list]| President-Elect Nikos: "People of Greece, it was not long ago that the monarchist pigs ruled over us with an iron fist. We used to be bullied and abused by the capitalist elite and the officials within the monarchist regime. We Are Free! Greece, under the new government shall be a fair and equal society, where no one is deprived food, water, shelter, or resources just because of ones social or economic class! No More shall capitalists be free to abuse us! No More shall anyone be left to die just because of the identities of one's parents! No More shall we be oppressed! I shall lead Greece in this new era of prosperity and equality."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| "The first step to rebuild Greece is under way. We are rebuilding transportation infrastructure and building new power plants and a new water and sewage distribution network. Along with the construction of the Acropolis, Athens shall be rebuilt to be better and more beautiful than before. The seaports and airports being built have almost completed construction. The next step shall be rebuilding residential, hospital, academic, and law enforcement infrastructure. In addition, Greek industry is currently under a massive expansion effort. After all this is completed, the military shall be subject to a massive expansion of military infrastructure and armaments. We have already drafted all those displaced by the civil war to help in these construction projects. My personal goal it to make Greece the most economically powerful nation in the east Mediterranean Sea, and once the reconstruction is done in 1955, Greece shall begin producing industrial goods in large quantities, generating vast amounts of revenue for the people."[/list][/list]
[list]This speech concluded on a high-note, as he continued to orate how he shall make Greece more prosperous than it ever has been before. He even promised that all Greeks shall be given free education, housing, food and water, television, radio, and many other things. So far 30% of transportation infrastructure has been repaired, 10% of housing has been rebuilt, 5% of industries have been rebuilt, 80% of seaports and airports have been rebuilt, and 15% of utilities have been built. The best performing industry right now is the agricultural sector that recovered rather quickly, as it was never targeted during the civil war. With all of the praise towards the President-Elect, many are wondering how well he will do once he is actually in office.[/list]
This is an issue of the Greek Post's news paper, made available internationally by the Academy of Knowledge. Do not redistribute without permission from the Academy of Knowledge.
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Argentinian Commonwealth - La Rio de la Plata
(Escallasian Argentina)
With Avery Escallias-Amelios hospitalized, Norma Martinos, Avery's protegé, wouldn't let that get the better of her.
Avery rested, as her fatigue wasn't caused by anything dangerous or serious; she just needed some more sleep, instead of Politicking, as she'd said that before in the Future.
Julietists were nervous after hearing the news of Avery nearly-fainting and passing-out behind the podium, but were very happy to hear of Norma temporarily taking the reins whilst La Presidenta slept. |
| "Well, my friend kept ragging on the French. I guess she's right, but...every empire has its time in the sun. I don't know what to say. Maybe Spain had to deal with Anarchism and Catalonia, I'm not sure, but this kinda showed how Argentina was growing."
(Retrospective)
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La Presidenta condemns world nuclear initiative, "sucks-up" to Environmentalists
"What are you doing, hurting this Poor Earth? At long last, I have tried to better it, but now, the fools only seek Mass Destruction. This is ten times worse than anything the Argent could ever accomplish, and we've been working on sustaining the Markets, bettering Mankind, and for all intents-and-purposes, Scientific Discoveries. In that: We've been trying to better Argentinian lives by exploring the Last Frontier, Antarctica, but everyone wants to place their greedy hands on it. I have consistently helped the US and the UK, with no reward. I do this from the bottom-of-my-Heart, World. And, I don't see the point in allowing not just the Soviets, but any terrorist to harm Humanity and its Quest For Discovery. MET principles have only assisted Mother Nature and Terra, not harmed it. So now, I am done! I am raising my hand, and saying: 'No more!' Why does the World have to suffer to Greed? Why do Revolutionaries have to kill everything with Murderous Intent? Why can't La Plata just be a force for good? Why do hypocrites run the World?"
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There was no point in aiding the Grenadans or whomever, when Argentina was already anti-nuke. Argentina had been sucking-up to the Environmentalists for a while, though they've been contrarily pro-miner. In some time, Avery and her supporters came up after everyone, mainly the Communist-Socialists and Preservationists, but recently, she had to bake bread with other groups like the Environmentalists, and make other plans.
They could've been pro-nuke and placed all their eggs in one basket, but...
There was a whole cow to be milked, and although Argentina went Technocrat and Plutocrat, they still sucked-up to the Environmentalists and their subsections (like Naturists, Primalists, Primitivists, etc) while still maintaining the Statusquo of having MET principles and enshrining everything Avery Escallias-Amelios had done in her term.
At this point, Norma wasn't so sure if Autonomism was a bad thing, after all, it gave Argent more hopes. The map changed alot, though, but, now there was Sealand, Indonesia, Laos, Viet Nam and other areas getting independent or declaring their independence. With Sealand, Argentinian-British relations were starting to break as Avery supported the Sealander Confederacy and House Blaque over Londonium.
[url=]https://www.nationstates.net/nation=panmonia/detail=factbook/id=1423348[url]
But, if new elections were to occur, and if Norma won, Argentina would be caught in a vindaloop as Argentina's relations would've changed. Starting w/ Argentinian-German relations and then possibly ending on making Argentina more nihilistic.
[url=]https://www.nationstates.net/nation=panmonia/detail=factbook/id=1422393[url]
There were also those many times that Avery criticized the others for not playing Ball, so probably an Argentinian-British or Allied Split? Hopefully not, but things got dicey in Latinamerica, especially over Antarctica and the new initiatives.
The Scandinavians had invited Argentinian diplomats and ambassadors to talk about Antarctica, as they say that they had claims since a long time ago that predated Scandinavia's reformation (Norway)
Avery had to enter talks with both the Americans and French, but she had to rest, so the Argentinian gov't had postponed this until she was better, which may take her awhile since Politics had fatigued her and she wasn't taking full care of herself. Before, she had stood with the US when it came to Huey P. Long getting shot and also FDRs' death, but she still had to enter talks with the US as they had to have a new President, so American-Argentinian Relations could've changed since then.
But, Argent was just making sure that they were on good terms. They didn't want to end-up like Britain where the Argentinians were starting to support the Regionalists and other anti-London groups. And besides that, they've had claims on the Falklands, but nothing had came up out of that, since Argentina always tries to broker good ties and deals with nations.
Avery had stood with the KMT against Chinese Communism, but apparently, that had failed - China went Red.
Avery had condemned the Greek Communists. That failed, and so, Greece went Red.
The Soviets continued to sink their claws into things where they shouldn't have been, much like a little kid placing her hand in the Cookie Jar, but Argentina was doing much the same - trying to stoke fires and make Progressivist nations and/or economic deals. Argent also made several deals with Queen Stuart of House Blaque (the Sovereign of Sealand) as Sealand was essentially an iron island in the North Sea.
The North was falling to Communism, so Argentina continued seeking the South. Already, Avery had Antarctica in her eyes - which was why she had wanted her allies to also "colonize" and "explore" it, though she knew she may annoy the UN. Argentina continued to poke the UN over its "equality" issue; they said: "Communist-Socialists and Capitalists are equal, and no one may come after them if they disagree with either Economical System," and then, Avery in response, criticized and critiqued them. She continued to come after everyone, and had said that she stood-up for all Latin peoples but especially Latinas.
All of this political change and taking-care of a Nation had made Avery tired and fatigued, and so, she had almost fainted, but, she had her protegé to pickup the reins, pickup where she'd left-off.
Norma Martinos would've ushered-in a new era for Argentina, an era of Skepticism, Cynicism and Nihilism. An era where Argentina went their own way - kinda like what they were doing under the Escallias Administration, but not really, as La Presidenta was essentially a Caudilla, or female dictator in the Latin World, but more of a "progressive dictator" that supported the West and continued to go after Communism, Preservationism, and other ideologies that had damaged Argentina.
Neo-colonialism and progressive dictatorship, but Escallasianism had changed La Plata for the better. Now, Argentina was trying to make better relations with the Dutch, its second colonizer, back when Sunriot was Patagonia, but the Dutch were doing like the British and French, letting-go of their colonies. They let-go of their empires. They willingly weakened themselves and let the Soviets take-up the reins.
They're killing Euramerica by letting the Oligarchs (the UFC) and the Communists to takeover everything; hence why Avery was so hardcore when it came to Anticommunism, because she pretty-much had a Red Scare (like Americas' McCarthyism) where she was like: "I'll be damned if I let the pinko-commies takeover Sunriot."
And that's why she was kinda like: "Anyone but Moscow."
She didn't really hate London, she was just trying to make her own Sphere-of-Influence and not just perpetually and habitually suck-up to the Allies, or suck-up to being Anti-German. She and her voters, her constituents, her supporters knew that Argentina was built differently. That the Spanish blessed Argentina with a Higher Purpose. Argentina was thus way better than Brazil or Colombia or Peru. Argentina had what the Americans called "a Divine Right" to rule over the Continent, to protect the Continent. Argentina had to take-up the reins from both the Viceroy of New Spain and the Incan Empire. Peru was too inept to fulfill their destiny, to live their potential, to take-up Spain's legacy as "the protector of all Latins," so Argentina had to.
Argentina was the Soul-of-America. Argentina had their own philosophies. They didn't just have MET principles, but had other things. They were especial.
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[pre]Madrid Gazette[/pre]
Franco's development plan - MAY 1950
[list]| Generalissimo Francisco Franco, made an announcement later this evening to redevelop Spain following the end of the Spanish civil war. The plan came ahead following a period of relative stabilization within Spain, thus allowing for redevelopment of the Spanish State. Franco had also intended to bring Spain "back on its track", wanting to return Spain to its former glory. It is also worth noting that Spanish infrastructure has been destroyed as a result of the civil war, and the new plan had intentions to rebuild it. Budget funds for reconstruction had been allocated through charities and donations, totaling some 14 million Spanish pesetas. Other efforts of the new development plan included:[/list]
[list][list]
• Naval redevelopment plan, commissioning of new destroyers, cruisers and submarines, and possibly an aircraft carrier
• Remilitarization, introduction of a draft system to protect Spanish interest and sovereignty
• Re-introduction of Spain as a touristic hotspot to allow for more economical development
• Invitations for foreign investors into Spain (only a select few would be allowed to invest)
• An integrated highway and rail system stretching Spain and Spanish Morocco[/list][/list]
[list]| Francisco Franco had also shown interest in joining the United Nations, to break international isolation and to reintroduce Spain into international politics. On top of which, bringing welfare and equal rights to the Spanish people, and strengthening Spanish unity to prevent the rise of unwanted separatism.[/list]
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[list][list]BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU
1949 - Dien Bien Phu, Tonkin Protectorate, French Indochina[/list][/list]
| Following France's decisive victory in the Battle of the Da River, the French High Command's emboldened attitude has reassured military leaders on the ground to continue the pursuit of Viet Minh forces in northwestern Vietnam. Convinced to press the assault against the Viet Minh and ensure the stable transition of Vietnam from French colony to independent state, the French Army under General Charles Chanson has been ordered to press the advance west. Dien Bien Phu, a town close to the Laotian border and occupied by Viet Minh forces, is the centerpiece of the assault by 17,000 French colonial soldiers and an additional 2,300 French Foreign Legionaries. Intended to be a set piece battle, French tactical leaders and many of the soldiery are more than confident in their ability to oversee an unflinching victory against the insurgents and force the Viet Minh back to operating in rice fields, jungle caves, and small hamlets. |
| In order to make a showy victory to display before Vietnamese independence on June 18th, General Chanson orders for two columns of mechanized infantry- infantry supported by M8 Greyhounds- to press the advance straight towards Dien Bien Phu. Forty miles south from Mường Lay, the site of France's most recent victory against the insurgency, two columns of two thousand infantry and sixty four M8s are dispatched to spearhead the assault and do so beginning on February 13th, just five days after the capture of Mường Lay. The mechanized infantry, supported by a couple dozen artillery pieces towed by supply trucks, push down the main road connecting Dien Bien Phu and Mường Lay with almost no resistance bar scattered gunfire from entrenched positions which account for little more than potshots to discourage the French advance. Confident in their numbers and because of their past successes, the forces proceed towards the city and, within three days, arrive overnight. |
| The city which had become home to most of the Viet Minh's military headquarters in northern Vietnam during the recent period of intensification, and to many insurgents who had successfully retreated during the capture of Mường Lay, is found shockingly deserted. While General Chanson and Major General Christian de Castries had expected to be forced to lay siege to the city, the soldiers of the 2e brigade d'infanterie mécanisée essentially march uninterrupted through the city, cutting down Viet Minh flags and banners and raising that of France and the Tonkin Protectorate. The locals mostly hide in their houses, with the ones who don't being taken by French forces and detained for questioning regarding the whereabouts of the Viet Minh's forces. Very few leads are found beyond the notion that the insurgents had "retreated over the Laotian border after the capture of Mường Lay. |
| The all-clear is given to the rest of the forces still stationed at and near Mường Lay to begin their march to Dien Bien Phu to bring up the rear and reinforcec the mechanized infantry. reconnaissance units attached to the 2e brigade begin to perform search and destroy missions for Viet Minh ammunition deposits in the area- of which there are a startling amount; so many, in fact, that the various platoons of forward recon units struggle to find and destroy all of them. The occupation of the city continues to be established with the 2e establishing defensive positions on the outer rings of the city and along the fields to the south. |
| The occupation persists for the next three days as the mechanized infantry awaits the arrival of the rest of the army on the morning of the 20th. However, on the night of the 19th, chaos breaks out as Viet Minh artillery positioned to the north of the city begin to unload hundreds of shells at the French positions in the area. Initial radio reports reveal that the entire rest of the army dispatched to Dien Bien Phu, counting nearly 18,000 soldiers in all, had become engaged on all sides along the roads leading to the city from Mường Lay which had been completely devoid of any military presence days ago. Mortars, artillery, and machine gun fire completely tears into the encircled army consisting of tanks, infantry, trucks, horses, and all assortment of other military supplies and equipment. The sudden ambush of the Army of the Upper Mekong's Northern Corps means that the 2e Brigade, in the city with little more than M8 Greyhounds and artillery guns, are left completely isolated as an all-out Viet Minh assault begins to batter the city. |
| Quick thinking by the 2e brigade's commanding officer, Colonel Abel Brugière, sees the brigade's limited artillery pieces being established along a half-circle running the city's northern edge. Although unable to properly return fire on the Viet Minh's artillery, the placement of the French guns prevents the city being overrun by Viet Minh infantry as an initial limited assault by a couple hundred insurgents armed with SVTs and PPsHs is repulsed largely with the help of artillery fire. Forward positions are established at key positions, named Gabrielle, Beatrice, and Anne-Marie in an attempt to secure the areas under most threat of direct assault. Lightly defended, these positions are sure to be overrun in days, but could provide enough time for the 2e to better defend the city and await reinforcements. |
| As the days pass, the rest of the ambushed Northern Corps are slowly forced on the retreat following a massive loss of armor and depletion of supplies due to use or destruction. The road, blocked by derelict tanks and burnt out trucks, is left completely impassable by the mechanized force, however Major General Castries orders the French Foreign Legion units and a select few infantry units to attempt to forge their way through the Viet Minh's lines to reinforce the desperately overwhelmed garrison at Dien Bien Phu. the French Foreign Legionaries are able to battle their way off the roads and into the jungle, at which point they are able to make the four hour's walk to the city without impediment- the other infantry units are not, and are overwhelmed before being forced to retreat. After five days of furious fighting, the Corps makes a full retreat back to Mường Lay, essentially leaving the 2e Brigade and the Foreign Legionaries stranded and without support. |
| The arrival of the Legionaries are well-received by the 2e brigade who quickly take full advantage of the 2,000 new troops by stationing them at the forward positions established the week prior. The French forces in Dien Bien Phu use what little supplies and ammunition they have sparingly through intense rationing and avoiding unnecessary use of ammunition, utilizing their firearms only when the enemy comes within full view and direct range of their rifles. For three nights, the French and Foreign Legion soldiers hold out in their positions completely isolated as the rest of the Corps regroups, counts their losses, and prepares for a counter-offensive to break the siege of Dien Bien Phu. It is on this night that a crucial order is given- the 2e brigade is to establish a makeshift airfield to the grassy field directly south of the city, from which their position shall be supported by air. |
| For two days, the French soldiers brave gunfire and artillery bombardment to create three long runways running from east to west large enough to support small and medium cargo planes. In the evening of January 27th, the first aircraft arrives- a lone Bloch MB.220 from the French air base at Luang Prabang in neighboring Laos. Carrying desperately needed ammunition and food, the MB.220 is met with applause by members of the Foreign Legion detachment in the city, who come running towards the runway while waving their hats jubilantly in the air. The supplies are taken from the plane before the aircraft is sent back on its way, with the rations and ammo being rationed throughout the army. Colonel Brugière, informing Castries and Chanson of the airlift's success, is met with the news that airlifts will continue to be overseen once every four days until the rest of the Corps breaks through to the city. |
| As the days continue, more airlifts follow suit as the Corps recoups from its losses in the ambush and prepares to counter attack the Viet Minh positions. A week passes, and then two, with no support for the 2e besides what comes through the air. Throughout Indochina, a coordinated effort by the French Air Force to reinforce Dien Bien Phu is established, with planes from across Laos, Cambodia, and French Vietnam constantly flying into the city and an increasing rate as the Corps, mostly due to apathy by Castries to engage the well-entrenched enemy in line with his old cavalry-style mobile tactics. Eventually, halfway through February, the Corps is mobilized to press onto Dien Bien Phu, doing so with haste. Splitting their forces into various columns of different sizes with gaps between, the Corps attempts to avoid an ambush on their way to the city, and while mostly successful, they are still engaged in small gunfights frequently. |
| Beleaguered and with morale faltering, the defenses at Dien Bien Phu begin to fall as well. On February 16th, Gabrielle, the farthest of the French positions, falls to an enemy assault consisting of prolonged artillery bombardments and mass wave attacks. 131 soldiers are killed or taken prisoner during the assault, and with the Viet Minh now desperately close to a French air strip, the scale of the battle intensifies. What had been predominantly supply missions with occasional ground attack runs on the part of the Air Force soon develops into intense bombing runs on Viet Minh positions, dropping thousands of tons worth of explosive and incendiary bombs on the insurgents. The Viet Minh, surprisingly intuitive for an organization of such rag-tag origin and formation, deploy M1939 61-K anti-air guns of Soviet production to fire upon the heavy bombers and medium transport craft throughout the area. The anti-aircraft fire begins to cause trouble for the Air Force, with two planes being downed over a week-long period and even more being damaged. However, at the end of this crucial week, the Corps arrives in Dien Bien Phu, narrowly surrounding the Viet Minh siege and forcing a chunk of the insurgent line to crack, allowing the Corps to rush in. |
| As the Corps enters Dien Bien Phu, they find a horrible sight - of the 4,300 soldiers who had been in Dien Bien Phu since the start of the siege, 2,562 had been injured to some capacity or killed during the siege. In fact, the only thing which had kept the Viet Minh from completely overwhelming the city until this point had been the serious losses incurred during the Battle of the Da River, and the presence of air support. With the city reinforced and an exit provided, the 2e and the Foreign Legionaries are sent back to Mường Lay to be sent home. |
| However, the Viet Minh siege still remains, and with the entire force of the Corps now in Dien Bien Phu, the full might of the Viet Minh has an easy and unified target to assault. |
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Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
Greek Passport Law Passed
[list]Today, the Greek Passport Act of 1950 was passed with unanimous approval from the Senate. This new law was made with a number of goals in find. The first provision establishes that all those crossing the border must have a valid Greek Passport or valid entry permits. The second provision states that no person foreigner may be within Greece without those documents, as those without the required documents would be deported. The third provision states that permits may be given to communist nations in order to promote cooperation with other like-minded countries. So far, only Great Britain is on a list of banned nations. This law was designed in order to keep track of border crossings and the number and location of foreigners within Greece. Diplomats are currently exempt from this specific law. Those in law enforcement are permitted to ask any person for proof of documentation, so any foreigners should keep those papers on him or her at all times. It should be noted that any person deported is not entitled to 'his or her' possessions. This law has been the first one passed that was not directly about reconstruction or administrative procedure. This law has been viewed positively by citizens who have taken part in the polling about the law.[/list]
[list]In addition to the law, the government has been publishing advertisements in an attempt to entice foreigners to come to Greece and participate in construction crews to help in the rebuilding efforts. Greece has also started to advertise Greece as a tourist destination in an attempt to bring in revenue for the reconstruction efforts. There are a number of laws expected to be passed in the near future. There are rumors that traffic law will be introduced soon and that some morality-based laws shall be passed in the near future. Some delay in lawmaking has occurred due to the reconstruction of Greece. So far, over thirty laws are currently up for debate and drafting, generating a lot of work for the Senate. Once the Acropolis is completed, it is expected that the passage of laws would occur faster as there would be an official building and administrative structure for the Senate.[/list]
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Remaking of the 7 pillar plan
[sub]1950 June | The Telegraaf[/sub]
Reworking of the seven pillar plan
It has been underestimated how long it will take to rebuild all city's and Co struction and will likely know completed in 1960-1970 this is a lot more time then first estimated but the president said that he and advisors looked to positive to rebuilding .
Also the protest in luxenburg become more widespread and some parties are getting bigger and bigger the government of the netherlands ignore these protests for annexation. And the president said that there will be no discussions about annexations until these protests doesn't represent the majority.
(sorry I just needed to fix some things since they were to optimistic like the full rebuilding on 5 years wich was crazy since ww2 was very destructive)
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[list][list]Invitation for Romania
[sub]June 15th, 1950| Athens[/sub][/list][/list]
[list]| President Nikos of Greece decided to begin expanding diplomatic and trade relations with the world in order to bring money into the Greek economy. He sent requests to many nations. Of all the nations he specifically wanted a in-person meeting with the Romanian government. The Greek President wanted to make sure that the Greek economy survived through the reconstruction of the nation, and beyond. The President knew that the Greek econoomy was very instable at the moment, given the civil war damaging a lot of the economy and the reconstruction slowing down supply routes. President Nikos knew that without some revenue from trade, the Greek economy might crumble before the communist reformation of the economy could be completed. It was with this in mind, that he sent one specific letter to the Romanian government. |[/list]
[list][list]Good day Government Officials of Romania,
I have sent this message to you in the interest of mutual economic and diplomatic prosperity. I hereby invite representatives from your nation meet with me in Athens in order to arrange a beneficial diplomatic relationship and economic trade relationships. The Greek government seeks to ensure our countries have positive and beneficial diplomatic and economic relations for many decades to come. I have a number of proposals to discuss with you once you arrive. Such proposals shall be for the benefit for both of our nations. Please respond as soon as possible with your response and willingness to attend this proposed meeting in Athens.
Have a nice day,
President Nikos of Greece[/list][/list]
[list]| Once the letter was sent, all President Nikos could do is wait, while the letter made its way to the Romanian government. While he await the response to the letter, he ordered that the renovations on the former Royal Palace in Athens be rushed, so that it could be up to communist standards by the time of the meeting. He ordered that the palace be filled with Greek communist symbols and art. That palace was where he, as president, was residing, while the Acropolis was being built. On the bright side, most of Athens' new transportation infrastructure layout has been completed and many of the buildings within Athens had their new foundations finished. President Nikos knew that the palace would soon be torn down, once the new Presidential residence in the Acropolis is finished. |[/list]
(ooc: Socialista Romina )
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[list][sup]APRIL 1950[/sup]
THE SUCCESSION PROBLEM[/list]
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[sup]United Fruit HQ, New Orleans.[/sup]
The shareholders and board of directors consider who to put in charge of the UFC after Zemurray leaves
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| Its no secret that President Samuel Zemurray is getting old. He is 73 now and soon, he'll have
to step down from leadership and the board and shareholders will have to choose a new President
of the Company. It is essentially an open secret. The shareholders and Board of Directors are mostly
in agreement that the new President needs to be a weak man willing to bend to the will of the two
of them. It is not necessarily a smart decision to have a puppet in place instead of a strong man that
shares their views and goals but Shareholders and Board Members are not known to always want
the most logical of things for companies. |
| There are multiple candidates, however the one that fits the bill the most is Alan Bronzeberg. He is
a timid, quiet and spineless man. One of the most forgettable of the Board members in the company
but that is the point. He consistently follows the crowd, oft does whatever anyone tells him. He is a
perfect candidate for President, if you want to have a Marionette in charge. However, people can
always be unpredictable, men that are quiet and follow what others tell them might not always stay
that way when given power and control. To top all that off, the people that want Mr. Bronzeburg in
charge don't have any insurance in case they're wrong. Not having a Plan B is never good.|
| The shareholders and board members are not all in agreement that a puppet is needed, a few want
another Zemurray, another man of action who can lead the company to greatness. Even they though
would prefer a strong man that is willing to listen to the counsel of other men. James Hugh Stuarte
is not that man. One of the prominent Shareholders, "Jim" Stuarte was originally born in Yorkshire
to a wealthy family, but moved to america at a young age. A very unpredictable, stubborn and eccentric
man is he, a staunch capitalist who is not known to care for politics for it 'gets in the way of business',
he is the best candidate for those that want a man of action in charge of the company. However, one
must always careful of what they wish for... |
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| OUT OF THIS WORLD, for QUALITY and FLAVOR! |
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[list]The Empire Times[pre]
MARCH EDITION — 1950[/pre][/list]
[list][list][pre]Forward with the Empire![/pre][sub][pre]Bringing you news from across the Empire on which the Sun never sets.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
[list][list]ELECTION 1950 RECAPITULATION, CROWN COLONIES PREPARE FOR SELF RULE IN 10 TO 15 YEARS[/list][/list]
[list]| WESTMINSTER — The U.K.’s new Conservative Unionist government will take office on 25 March 1950 after an unprecedented success last month. In order to assist our international readers with interpreting the results of the last month’s election, we have created a special 1950 General Election guide.
[list]PARTIES CONTESTING:
CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY:
[list][sub]Currently the largest opposition party in the UK. Representing a center-right to right wing position.[/sub]
[sub]Slogan: 'DonÂ’t hope for a better nation, vote for one.'[/sub]
Includes:
[sub]- Democratic Unionist Party (Ireland)[/sub]
[sub]- National Party (New Zealand)[/sub][/list]
LABOUR PARTY:
[list][sub]Currently the largest party in the Labour-Liberal Coalition. They represent a largely left wing position.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Slogan: 'The Labour Way is the better way.'[/sub]
LIBERAL PARTY:
[list][sub]Junior partner in the current governing coalition. They represent voters from the center left to center of the British political spectrum, they are generally classical liberals.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Slogan: 'Make a Difference.'[/sub]
UNION OF REGIONALISTS:
[list][sub]A coalition of separatist, regionalist, and nationalist parties. Most support for the party comes from ethnic minorities abroad and IrelandÂ’s Catholic community.[/sub]
Includes:
[sub]- Irish Parliamentary Party (Ireland)[/sub]
[sub]- Sinn Fein / We Ourselves (Ireland)[/sub]
[sub]- Scottish National Party (Scotland)[/sub]
[sub]- Plaid Cymru / Party of Wales (Wales)[/sub]
[sub]- Union Nationale / National Union (Canada)[/sub]
[sub]- Parti Québécois / Quebec Party (Canada)[/sub][/list]
OSWALD MOSLEYÂ’S BRITISH MOVEMENT:
[list][sub]The successor party to the new banned British Union of Fascists. The party is largely a fringe group and has no seats in Parliament.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Slogan: 'Make Britain Great Again!'[/sub]
COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREAT BRITAIN - MARXIST LENINIST:
[list][sub]The largest communist party in the UK. They hold no seats in Parliament.[/sub][/list][/list]
THE ISSUES:
• Since taking office in 1945, the Labour government has pursued a policy of widespread nationalisation. Since 1946 they have nationalised approximately 20% of the post-war economy, including coal, steel, energy, civil air transport and aviation, railways and locomotives, and healthcare. These policies have been decried by the Tories and the majority of Liberals, both of whom view the moves as increasing economic inefficiency. Conservatives claim that far greater economic growth would be seen with less government intervention. Attlee’s supporters credit his nationalisation campaign with stabilising the UK’s fragile post-war economy. Leader of the Tories, Lord Rothschild, has proposed the privatisation of light industries to attract greater foreign investment and increase corporate accountability.
• The last 5 years have seen political consensus between the Liberals, Labour, and the Tories in regards to much of the expanding welfare state. The creation of the National Healthcare Service is considered to be among the greatest successes of the Attlee Ministry, and a legislative achievement for which all 3 parties can take pride. Many millions of Britons have used it’s services thus far, and Prime Minister Clement Attlee has consistently referred to it’s success in his campaign. State-run unemployment insurance, public housing initiatives, state-run pensions, state-run life insurance, child benefits (exclusively for married couples), and the state-run old age homes were all examples of new welfare initiatives undertaken during the Labour period. Rationing of petrol, bread, sweets, meat, milk, sugar, and many other daily necessities has proven to be deeply unpopular, and it one of the biggest sources of displeasure with the Attlee Ministry.
• The Malayan Emergency continues raging after 2 years. While Labour continues trudging toward withdrawal and transfer of power to local forces, the Conservatives have promised to 'neutralise the Communist guerrillas and leave with some dignity.' Lord Rothschild has likened Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s adamance toward decolonisation as 'running away with our tail caught between our legs' and stated that he will adopt a policy of 'responsible decolonisation'. A Conservative government has promised to defend Malaya and all British Commonwealth realms from the threat of Marxism or Fascism. Fears of foreign ideological threats bode well in South England, Western Canada, and Australia which had first hand experiences with Axis military offensives.
• Since 1945, the Soviet Union has violated it’s Potsdam commitments to respect the democratic will of Eastern and Central Europeans. They have established a network of Communist Party ruled satellite states, independent while retained under the political and military hegemony of the Soviet Union. The Conservatives and Liberals have both accused Attlee and the Labour Party of appeasing the Soviet Union. The collapse of the Greek monarchy, of which the Duke of Edinburgh was a member, has shocked the British public. The demonstration of Soviet nuclear capabilities in 1949 shook the UK even more so. The Soviet Union had been played off as a non-threat in the past, or at least no where comparable to British power. Today some might say that the Soviet Union has eclipsed British power, alongside the United States. The Conservative Party’s defence of the British Empire frankly appeals to a wide base of Anglo-Celtic nationalists, who view the Empire and Britain’s super power status as a badge of pride. Many Conservatives openly take the opinion that 'the British should and will play a leading role in global affairs under a Tory government.'
• The newly founded Commonwealth Trade Area is considered a major accomplishment for the Tory party, which boasts the Commonwealth Economic Treaty as a success of their paternalistic economic management. The Commonwealth Trade Area promises to maximise the economic potential of the entire British Commonwealth and facilitate investment and job creation across the globe. The Labour Party claims that the Commonwealth Trade Area goes too far in the direction of free trade, and threatens the long term job security of British workers. Despite this, the UK currently has full employment and rising wages which appears to contradict this message.[/list]
MAIN PLATFORMS:
CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY:
[list]• Conservatives believe in enterprise. We believe that the quality of daring was never more needed than today. It deserves practical encouragement wherever it is to be found. Only by its exercise can mass unemployment be averted and prosperity attained.
• The UK can resolve her economic difficulties not only by reviving her native strength but by fortifying every link with the nations of our Empire and Commonwealth.
• We must rebuild the reserves of the sterling area, of which we are the principal guardians and with our partners enlarge the area of trade over which free exchange prevails.
• The Socialist Government are temporising with grave economic perils. The UK’s difficulties will not be resolved by some trick of organisation, nor will prosperity come as a gift from government.
• Socialism has imposed a crushing burden of taxation amounting to eight shillings of every pound earned in this country. Enterprise and extra effort have been stifled. Success has been penalised. Thrift and savings have been discouraged. A vote for Socialism is a vote to continue the policy which has endangered our economic and present independence both as a nation and as men and women.
• There is no foundation for the Socialist claim to have brought us prosperity and security. Ministers themselves have declared that but for American Aid there would have been two million people unemployed.
• The time has come to restore the business of food purchase to the experienced traders in food and to end direct Government buying. If the experience of other countries is any guide, this change will certainly effect some reduction in the cost of our food. Meanwhile the production of food is rising in many lands, and thus it should be possible to reduce the number of commodities for which rationing remains necessary. Our Conservative policy is clear: to reduce the cost to the taxpayer by the wise buying of food.
• We hope that during the life of the next Parliament the country's financial position will improve sufficiently to enable us to proceed at an early date with the application in the Government Service of the principle of equal pay for men and women for services of equal value.
• Almost every incident of daily life is bound by controls which Parliament has had little chance to debate. These controls shelter the sluggish from failure while holding back the adventurous from success. They permit easy profits without insisting on efficiency.
• We shall bring Nationalisation to a full stop here and now. Thereby we shall save all those industries, such as cement, sugar, meat distribution, chemicals, water and insurance which are now under threat by the Socialists.
• We shall repeal the Iron and Steel Act before it can come into force. Steel will remain under free enterprise, but its policy on prices and development will be supervised as in recent years by a Board representative of Government, management, labour and consumers.[/list]
LABOUR PARTY:
[list]• When the Labour Party published Let Us Face the Future in 1945 those five words were more than the title of the Election Manifesto; they were five words which crystallised the minds of our people at that time. By hard work, good sense and self-discipline the people have laid the foundations of a future based on free social democracy. They have helped Parliament and Government to carry into effect all the main proposals in that Manifesto.
• Socialism is not bread alone. Economic security and freedom from the enslaving material bonds of capitalism are not the final goals. They are means to the greater end - the evolution of a people more kindly, intelligent, free, co-operative, enterprising and rich in culture.
• By explaining to the people what needed to be done, by giving the facts, by appealing to the patriotism of the people, by vigorous, sensible leadership, the Labour Government has led the UK to the first victories of peace. Now let us win through together.
• The nation's greatest need is to export more, especially to North America, so that we can pay for enough food to eat, and enough raw materials to keep our factories running.
• Labour will not be content until each public enterprise is a model of efficiency and of social responsibility. The Government must be free to take all necessary steps to that end. The initiative and public spirit of the individual manager must be fostered. New leadership should be given its chance to emerge. The public will be encouraged to make much more use of the Consumers' Councils.
• Private enterprise must be set free from the stranglehold of restrictive monopolies. Labour's aim is to give a fair chance to everybody in industry, above all to the small concerns which have been the most ruthlessly exploited by trusts, cartels and rings.
• In the last five years we have waged a successful defensive battle against inflation. Food subsidies, rationing, price control of essentials, rent control, and the freest possible competition where supplies have been plentiful - these are all helping to keep down the cost of living.
• Since the war more than a million new homes have been provided. Yet in spite of this great achievement, the demand for new homes is pressing. We must move forward until every family has its own separate home, and until every slum is gone. Rent controls and rent tribunals will be continued. The law of leasehold will be reformed so as to do justice to householders, shopkeepers and business men.
• In the days of Munich, when the Tories decided British foreign policy, the prestige of Britain sank to its lowest ebb for a century or more.
RESULTS:
[list]House of Commons Results:
Total: 34,400,900 ▲ 6.1% | 74.2% of voters
⁃ CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY:
46.7% ▲ 14.2% | 16,065,220 votes | 541 of 1,000 seats ▲ 165 seats
⁃ LABOUR PARTY:
34.4% ▼ 6.6% | 11,833,909 votes | 317 of 1,000 seats ▼ 172 seats
⁃ LIBERAL PARTY:
11.2% ▼ 9.3% | 3,852,901 votes | 65 of 1,000 seats ▼ 32 seats
⁃ UNION OF REGIONALISTS:
7.7% ▲ 1.7% | 2,648,869 votes | 77 of 1,000 seats ▲ 39 seats
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The election has provided the Conservatives with a 40-seat governing mandate and the largest popular vote swing in the history of the UK. This is most attributed to RothschildÂ’s appeal to small 'c' conservative Liberal voters who disliked more traditionalist conservatives like Churchill. His wartime diplomatic service made voters extremely comfortable with Lord Rothschild, and they seem to have desired his political leadership as international tensions stand at an all time high. His family history and personal career as a successful Rothschild banker translated to confidence among voters; 57% of UK voters believed Rothschild would do better on the economy. The Prime Minister-elect won his home seat of East Melbourne with 59.9% of the vote, in the mostly upper class district.
Due to the magnitude of the Tory victory this election, the Conservative Unions will enter the House of Commons with a government mandate. They are expected to pass tax reform and sweeping colonial governance reforms this June.[/list]
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CALCUTTA — As the new Rothschild Ministry prepares to take office on 4 April 1950, they have announced intentions to meet with the Commonwealth Trade Commission and Commonwealth Trade Authority to discuss new policies to prepare for colonial self-rule.
The incoming Conservative ministry had published their future colonial policy in their 1950 General Election manifesto. The party platform illustrates a plan to build strong democratic institutions within 10-15 years in any British colony with greater than 100,000 residents. The first part of the Tory plan includes the drafting of constitutions for current Crown Colonies, granting them political structures based on the Westminster model. Parliamentary bodies shall be formed in each Crown Colony, established with an upper and lower legislative houses. Their head of government will remain the appointed Royal High Commissioner, and the UK government will retain a veto over their parliamentary procedures until an agreed upon date. This will be solely to ensure a peaceful transition of power, and to provide the current residents of British Crown Colonies with the stability of British Rule of Law as they make plans for the future.
Colonies which may soon see self-rule include British South Africa, Malaya, the Sudan, Guyana, Aden, Cyprus, the Gold Coast, and Kenya. These colonies are to be prioritised for self-rule, and given priority for development funds. These funds will be dispersed to various educational and infrastructural programs, in the hopes that increased economic prosperity on the part of the natives will reinforce the strength of the democratic governing institutions in these Commonwealth nations.
We expect to learn more about the Rothschild MinistryÂ’s colonial policy after meetings with with the CTC and CTA are concluded in Calcutta and London. |[/list]
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The Emerging Situation
[sup]Federation of Malaya, British Crown Colony[/sup]
JUNE 1950
[list]“The Malay emergency continues without resolution as talks between the home rule communists and the British colonial administration fell apart again this past month for the third time. Issues like unemployment and discrimation against a growing population of Chinese continue to plague the country, only increasing the popularity of those arguing for independence. In 1939, before the outbreak of World War Two, Malaya supplied 60% of the world’s tin and 40% of the world’s rubber. Now in 1950, the industries that once propelled the country’s economy forward have cripled it. During the Japanese occupation, much of the infrastructure was destroyed and then left in abandon as resources went to other areas in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan as well as for the general war effort. These industries have yet to be fully restarted as funds desperately needed are funneled to either back to Britain or to more “important” colonies like Australia.”
“While mainland Chinese immigrants were always looked down upon by the native Malay people, the current mass flight of Chinese Nationalist forces from the communist victory has worsened the ethinic situation. The communist victory also has given rise to many disgruntled immigrants and refugees turning to the communist revolutionaries for a solution.”
“The Malay policy under Atlee’s labor party was to transfer power to the local forces through negotiation, but the new Prime Minister, Lord Rothschild has decided to reverse this policy in favor of more aggressive tactics. With this transition, High Commissioner Gerald Walter Robert Templer states that he will do all he can to revive the Federation and repel the communist forces, but it is yet unclear how he will do so. An economic package is set to be drawn up, as the government in Kuala Lumpur hopes to hold on to power in this turbulent situation, dubbed the “Malay Emergency” by the Foreign Office in London.”[/list]
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Corriere della Sera
[sub] La vera notizia| Rome, Italy[/sub]
New Calls to join the United Nations as Parliament Passes a Series of Reforms
[13:34]
12th June, 1950
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The Camera dei deputati or the lower house of the Italian Parliament has passed a series of bills that will enhance the national police abilities to crackdown on communist influenced attacks on anti communist members across the southern regions in Italy. Specifically within the Sicilian and Campanian regions were hostility between anti communist members and the communist party controlled government politicians have been rampant. Prime Minister Fortino Bongiovanni and the Christian Democrats have raged war against the leftist ideologies within parliament and rival constituencies around Italy claiming that their Soviet influence ideologies will bring Italy down to its knees. Pinpointing at the recent Greek civil war, where the Soviet Union has infiltrated the conflict resulting in a communist victory within the country. Not only have recent events in the Mediterranean spark concerns, but also in the German occupied city of Berlin and the Austrian city of Vienna where the Soviet Union has successfully blockaded both cities within its capacity. This fear has prompted parliament to act on measures to ensure security for the Italian state by increasing defence spending, as proposed 2 years ago by the Prime Minister which now has seen much improvement. The Italian armed forces have increased their overall active personnel and continue to make strides towards greater research and development with domestic arms supplies to enhance military capabilities. 2 years ago the Prime Minister has told the world that Italy was not ready to enter the UN due to its domestic issues, now it seems that he may soon back track on these statements has government spokesman Gianni Trucello told the press that the Prime Minister will push for ItalyÂ’s entry into the United Nations next session. Overall support for ItalyÂ’s entrance into the United Nation on a public scale stands at 54% a poll conducted 2 years ago when Bongiovanni said Italy will not join, but itÂ’s expected public opinion has shifted significantly given recent circumstances.
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[list][list]FRANCE PRESSURES ITALY TO JOIN THE UNITED NATIONS
29 July 1950 - French Embassy in Italy, Rome, Republic of Italy[/list][/list]
| As the political situation in Italy continues to fluctuate, the neighboring French Republic has slowly begun to put diplomatic pressure on the Italian Republic to join the United Nations with French President Edouard Daladier stating that the internal crises in Italy "...can only be resolved once Italy joins the consort of the nations". |
| In an effort to solidify the power of the United Nations and bring Europe into a new post-war age, Daladier has continued to use France as a political vessel for the United Nations, espousing the doctrines expressed in the San Francisco Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on a national and international scale through France's foreign and domestic policy. Italy, which has been rocked by pro-Soviet insurgents in Sicily and Campania, the rural south of the nation, has been hesitant to join the United Nations under Prime Minister Bongiovanni who has expressed a disinterest in joining the United Nations until the issue of the insurgency is solved. As the tide of public opinion turns towards the United Nations in Italy, President Daladier has made statements urging Prime Minister Bongiovanni to join the United Nations at haste and has gone so far as to put direct diplomatic pressure on the Italian government until it joins. |
| "We cannot," the President stated at a press meeting on the matter, "allow, under any circumstances, such a key component of Europe as Italy to refuse to join the United Nations due to internal security. I have a great deal of respect for Prime Minister Bongiovanni, but his refusal to join the United Nations has shown that the fascistic isolationist attitudes in Italy, perhaps, which led it to leave the League of Nations before the last war are still alive and well in the halls of government in Rome". The President continued to state that France would be willing to assist in training and arming the Italian Army to fight against the insurgency in southern Italy, but not until Italy joined the United Nations. |
Teujira, Liberalina, Not Xav, Teymour, Faronea
[list]Times of India[pre]
13th September — 1949[/pre][/list]
[list][list][pre]Let Truth Prevail[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list]NEHRU, GANDHI SHOT DEAD, PATEL LEADS THE WAY.[/list][/list]
[list]| Calcutta — A chilly morning in Calcutta, it is only 5 in the morning, two men leave their stately homes and go for a walk at Dalhousie Square, in the heart of the city. Dalhousie Square, a remanent of the bygone Honourable East India Company, built to showcase the grandeur of Company rule in India, little did anyone realise it would also turn out to be a stepping stone for modern India. The two men walking away the Writer's Building were approached by a man in his mid-twenties. In a traditional Indian dress, a Nehru cap on his head, he bowed to them before pulling out his revolver and discharged two shots point-blank at the two men. National guards rushed from the Writers Building to investigate the matter, but it was too little too late, both men lay dead and the young man shot himself before the guards could intervene. The young man was identified to be Col. Bahadur Shah, a former British Indian Army Officer from the North-West Frontier, and the two men? To the shock and dismay of the entire nation, PM Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi were shot on that chilly morning. The whole nation was in mourning on that day, all sessions of Parliament were suspended for the week, C. Rajagopalachari, the Governor-General of India called for a week of mourning of the untimely death of the nation's premier freedom fighters. The flags flew at half-mast the following week and foreign dignitaries were invited to attend the state funeral of two of India's pre-eminent Statesmen. This was followed by a peaceful exchange of power with Mr Patel taking the place of Pt. Nehru as the head of the Indian National Congress and called for the enactment of the Constitution of India and the first general elections to take place on India's independence day, and to fulfil the wishes of the great martyrs who had sacrificed so much for the nation. |[/list]
[list]| With the General Elections results declared in December, the Indian National Congress achieved a supermajority in both the houses of Parliament and consequently, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was inaugurated as the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of India. In a rousing speech in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) stressing on diversity and the need to maintain a united state. |
Excerpt from Patel's Speech
[pre]
"The first requisite for building a strong, free India is unity and peace. If there is no unity in the country, it is bound to go down. Therefore, we must, first of all, adjust our differences and behave in such a manner that there are complete harmony and peace in the country. You cannot expect the Government continues to maintain peace by force. It would be an evil day when in this country the Government has to use repressive measures permanently. Today we are passing through a period of crisis and our young men have, in their impatience, not realised that the freedom which has been obtained with great difficulty is likely to be lost or likely to give no benefit, no advantage if we do not appreciate that our present duty is to unite and consolidate our freedom."
"We lost our leader because we forgot the very first lesson. If we do not realise even after his going that in unity lies our strength, then greater misfortune will befall us. For unity, we must forget differences of caste and creed and remember that we are all Indians, and all equal. There can be no distinction between man and man in a free country. All must have equal opportunities, equal rights and equal responsibilities. This is difficult for achievement in practice, but we must continuously strive towards that end."
"There is one other thing that we have to do to maintain peace and order in this country. For a few years at least, till we can stand on our legs, we must forget that we can now and then threaten the Government. We cannot function if the Government is to be challenged day after day by groups of people who want to have their way. What they want may be, according to their honest thinking, very good; but Gandhiji has put before us the ideal of obtaining what we want by peaceful methods and through truth and non-violence. If people begin to threaten and challenge the GovernmentÂ’s authority and try to overthrow it to gain their objectives by force, the latter would not be able to do anything constructive. Forces are existing in this country which would create chaos and disorder, which would weaken the country instead of strengthening it."
"We in the Government have been dealing with the R.S.S. movement. They want that Hindu Rajya or Hindu culture should be imposed by force. No Government can tolerate this. There are almost as ten times many Muslims in this country as in the part that has been partitioned away. We are not going to drive them away. It would be an evil day if we started that game, despite partition and whatever happens."[/pre][/list]
[list]| With the nation at ease with her new democratically elected government, the Patel Cabinet has moved forward with the National Infrastructure Act of 1950. Aimed at improving the current state of India's infrastructure and modernising it to surpass any country in the world, the plan has been decided to be funded by a National Infrastructure Fund, which itself would be funded by a 15% tax on vehicular fuel consumption. The Act has been aimed to construct new transport links to all parts of the nation, the first phase, scheduled to launch from the FY1951-FY1952 and to last till FY1957-FY1958 has been tasked with connecting the distant regions of the new commonwealth with the core regions of the country. Minister of Railways and Transport, Mr N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar has proclaimed the initial unprofitable phase to be extremely necessary to promote general unity, harmony and prosperity within the nation. The first phase has been divided into 5 important components: Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western and Central zones. In the Northern Zone, the cities of Rawalpindi, Lahore, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Srinagar are to be connected with the city of Delhi, through a combination of railways and roadways. In the Southern Zone, the cities of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Madras, Madurai, Coimbatore, Vizag, Cochin are to be connected through rail and road networks with particular concentration in Madras and Cochin as they are the foremost port cities in the region. The cities of Indore, Bhopal, Bhilai, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Nagpur in the Central Zone are to be interconnected with each other with particular agglomeration in Nagpur, Varanasi and Lucknow. In the Western District, the cities of Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Poona, Bombay and Karachi are to be connected by road and naval transport links. The port-cities of Bombay and Karachi are to be the main agglomeration point in these regions. The Eastern District has been designated to be the largest zone, comprising of states from Behar to Burma, herein the cities of Patna, Howrah, Dhanbad, Calcutta, Dhaka, Chittagong, Shillong are Rangoon are to be connected by road networks predominantly as they are already served with extensive rail networks. With the city of Rangoon being a particular outlier in the region, naval transport through the cities of Calcutta and Chittagong will be established and subsidised to ease the travel of people and goods. The island chains of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar are to be included under the Southern and Eastern sectors respectively. Following this, Phase 2 of the plan is to be released in a few years and is expected to focus on more modern technologies and their implementation. |[/list]
[list]| With the issue of infrastructure resolved, the Patel Cabinet has also passed reforms on healthcare, education and commerce. The Indian Railways one of the oldest organisations of the country has been reformed and is being modernised to form a joint-transport link within the nation. This includes the suspension of the monopoly status of the Indian Railways on Indian rail-tracks, henceforth both domestic and foreign operators have been allowed to run on the national rail-tracks. Inspire these new competitors have been regulated to run a certain percentage of their rail operations through relatively rural and potentially un-profitable small-cities and towns. However, despite the loss of the monopoly status on rail operations the rail tracks have been maintained under the Indian Railways for them to maintain and modernise them. However, the company has been prohibited from charging its competitors excessive and unfair amounts and has been directed to spend at least 80% of the revenues collected from their lease towards maintenance and modernisation of the rail tracks. The new government has also passed the National Education Enhancement Act, under which the government has been stressed to provide for highly subsidised education to all citizens at all levels and has mandated compulsory education for children up to age 17. The University Grants Commission has also been tasked with building and maintaining the level of Indian Universities with Foreign Universities. The UGC under the Ministry of Education has been directed to set up an elite group of school modelled after the French Grande écoles specialising in the fields of Business Administration, Engineering, Civil Service, Law, Humanities, Mathematics, Life Sciences, and Pure Sciences. |[/list]
[list]| With the fundamental structure of a country in place, the country has ventured forward to express itself on the international platform. Coming forth from 200 years of British rule, the infant nation has to undertake the process of shaping relations between itself and the various nations of the world. However, the new cabinet has also been keen on maintaining her old relations with the old Empire and has ratified the Commonwealth Economic Treaty to lower barriers of trade within the former empire and to put forward guidelines towards the self-determination of the colonies, it has been praised as an economic equaliser with the former empire. The new Cabinet has also included plans to include the land-locked nations of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and Afghanistan into the National Infrastructure Plan and has pledged to fully cooperate on trade and strategic affairs with these nations. Mr Patel has gone so far as to guarantee the security of Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet from any foreign aggressor. India has additionally looked forward to establishing Embassies and High Commissions across the world to ease and encourage high-level communications between the leaders of the world and India. The nation has consequently welcomed and encourages all nations in the world to open up embassies in the city of Calcutta and has encouraged the opening of Consulates and High Commissions in the cities of Bombay, Madras, Rangoon and New Delhi. While negotiating with various leaders and ambassadors from the India House in London, Minister of External Affairs M. C. Chagla has proposed the establishment of Indian Embassies in the capital cities to the following nations. |[spoiler]France: Czabalkia
USSR: Liberalina
USA: Brickwall
Japan: Arcanda
Argentina: Panmonia
The Netherlands: The Reunified German Reich
Svea Rike: Pacifica Occidentalis
East Germany: Boikostan
West Germany: Republic_Of_Greater_Germany
Spain: Kartnan
Italy: The Italiano State
Greece: Lux Lumen
Levant: Otsla
Indonesia: Hindia Timur Raya
Nicaragua: Val Verde-
Romania: Socialista Romina
[/spoiler][/list]
Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Not Xav, Kartnan, Hindia Timur Raya, Republic Of Greater Germany, Faronea
The Grenadine Confederation wishes to join the UN.
[sub] June 1950[/sub]
Laureano Gómez Castro, The President Of the Grenadine Confederation requests to join the UN.
He notes:
“This organization was created in 1946, 4 years ago, and we didn’t even bother to join it! We should now that we’ve understood it!
GRENADINE CIVIL WAR BEGINS
[sub] June 1950[/sub]
A few months ago, tensions began to grown in The Grenadine Confederation. Fights began in the streets, Perez giving his “revolutionary post” to General Pinilla and retiring. But this month, something different, different than the last month “jokes” happened...
Pinilla led a revolt in Llanos Orientales, a region in South Colombia. Many followed him and they’ve got the whole region. They can soon take all of South Colombia but Pinilla says: “We need a civil war to make us independent, and a few other countries which we will not reveal until the time comes..”
Battle reports in Llanos Orientales to general Pinilla
[sub]July 1950[/sub]
The Battle Of Matancera
[sub]the start of our revolution- July the 2nd[/sub]
Today we took our future capital and finally clearly started the revolt. The battle raged on for 8 hours. CastroÂ’s forces fled. We won!
Meanwhile somewhere in Matancera
*??? Knocks on a door*
*???! Oppens The door*
???!: why are you here
??? To tell you a very important thing...
What they say after:
[REDACTED TOP SECRET]
Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, New Raines
Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
August 5th, 1950
Greece Begins Military Expansion
[list]The Greek government recently began a period of vast military expansion. It has begun a recruitment drive for what is being called the Alexander Armies. While general recruitment is currently ongoing, two new armies, called the 'Alexander Armies' began recruitment today. The Alexander Armies consist of the Alpha Army and the Beta Army. These armies are set up, not as district-based armies, but rather highly mobile armies for flexible deployment demands. The Greek government is marketing the Alexander Armies as 'the means to which Greece shall never again fall under foreign occupation'. There are rumors that the new armies shall be using motorized infantry and armored vehicles. Those who pass basic training shall be invited to Athens in order to perform specialized training. There are many people still recovering from the wars who have already joined on its first day open for enlistment. Military recruitment has skyrocketed in recent months. Many in the Party openly admit that the funds for these new armies come from the seized funds of the former royal family. The Greek government is currently researching building new tanks and armored vehicles, based on vehicles left over from the second world war and the Greek Civil War. In addition, new propeller-based aircraft are being developed by Greece, as potential purchases from the USSR are being considered. In terms of the navy, the Athens-class of cruiser will begin construction next month, while a new class of destroyer is being designed and may begin construction in a few months. It is currently rumored that Greece may even build an aircraft carrier, but the government has not yet determined if an aircraft carrier is even needed.[/list]
New Laws Passed
[list]The Greek government has recently passed a series of laws that outline the morality of Greece. Acts deemed illegal in these laws include murder, assault, destruction of property, fraud, abortion, birth control, and many other actions and activities. In addition, the Academy system has been further solidified by these law. Also, it has been mandated that all women between the ages of 25 and 54 must give birth to and raise at least five children, as a means to increase the Greek population. Education reform was also included in the list of laws passed by the government, so that all children can get a high-quality education at no cost. So far, most people have shown a positive reaction to these new laws, though some women are upset at the child quotas being set by the government. One set of laws regard quotas for industry, but do not actually come into effect until 1955, when all the industries would be rebuild and able to restart production.[/list]
This is an issue of the Greek Post's news paper, made available internationally by the Academy of Knowledge. Do not redistribute without permission from the Academy of Knowledge.
Teujira, Val Verde-, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, New Raines, Faronea
Greek Post
"Your Reliable Source of News within Greece, since 1949"
August 6th, 1950
Potential Soviet Base coming to Greece
[list]Today, it has been announced that the USSR and Greece have been participating in some talks over the construction of a soviet naval base in Greece. The proposed location of the base was the island of Santorini. This naval base is being granted as a sign of good faith and hope of mutual cooperation in the future between Greece and the USSR. This base will benefit the USSR due to it allowing the Russians to set up a naval base in the Mediterranean. Currently, the Turkish government leans towards western Europe, meaning that without the base, Soviet influence might be limited due to its current lack of direct access to a major body of water. With this base, Greece will provide the soviets with direct access to a major body of water from which it could exert its influence to European and African nations. It is currently unclear whether the entire island is being dedicated as a naval base for the soviets or if the naval base will just be a small part on the island, as the government is keeping most details on this potential naval base secret.[/list]
Greek to to open Open-Pit Mines
[list]Today, it has been announced that a few open-pit mines have had their facilities built and will be ready to begin mining soon. These mines had been prepared such that it uses mechanical and chemical processing to extract minerals and metals from rock and soil in order to output useable quantities of minerals and metals necessary for Greek industries to operate. These mines have been set up in 25 square kilometer slots of land, where the open-pit mines will only take up 9 square kilometers. So far, there is only a limited number of minerals and metals being targeted for extraction, but experts in geology state that as new technology and industrial needs arise, more minerals and metals may be extracted from the mines. With the increased mineral and metal output from these mines, economic experts predict a rise in economic productivity from the industrial sector of the economy. The scale of these mines present a logistical challenge as the mine becomes deeper, as the processing facilities can not be moved down as the mine gets deeper. Instead, it is planned that a mining rail system would be built in order to transport extracted materials to the top of the mine to be processed.[/list]
This is an issue of the Greek Post's news paper, made available internationally by the Academy of Knowledge. Do not redistribute without permission from the Academy of Knowledge.
Val Verde-, Antillian, Otsla, Liberalina, New Raines, Teymour, Faronea
The Lisbon Letter-Portuguese News outlet
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Death of King LuÃs Filipe Of Portugal! Since 1910 when King LuÃsÂ’s father King Carlos the I died of a heart attack king LuÃs has ruled Portugal and lead Portugal through two world wars. He ensured that his people escaped most of the fighting. He was considered a fine ruler and a true example of what a king should be. Unfortunately today July 18th 1950 King LuÃs died from a heart attack at the age of 62. Taken by the same thing that killed his father before him. King LuÃsÂ’s Son and heir Prince Phillips has succeeded his father today in a private ceremony held in the royal palace. Funeral processions are expected to be held soon.
King Phillips
Born in 1922 king phillips is 28 years of age. ItÂ’s hoped that the age of the current monarch will not be an issue as his father inherited the throne at only 22. It is announced that king Phillips has already set out an agenda he wished to complete within the next 5-10 years. There were many things listed however the big three seemed to be most important were the economy, the colonies, and the military.
The economy
King Phillips has one major goal for the nation. To better industrialize the nation. While Portugal is not a backwards nation itÂ’s industry is rather lack luster at best. With most industrial based companies only hiring 5-10 people. These small industries are just not large enough the compete on the global market. So king Phillips intends on making that his primary focus economic wise.
The colonies.
Portugal and her colonies have always been a very important issue since the 1400s While many European nations are starting to slowly decolonize Portugal feels very uninterested in this idea. Colonies like Mozambique have been in the empire for almost 300 years. All of PortugalÂ’s colonies are vital for PortugalÂ’s economy. And without them Portugal would be weakened. King Phillips has stated that as long as heÂ’s king Portugal shall never willingly give up her colonial holdings without a fight. However there are rumors that king Phillips may be looking towards leaving Guinea-Bissau as the profitability of the colonies is starting to become unsustainable. However itÂ’s mostly speculation at this time.
The military
After World War Two many nations were completely destroyed. Portugal however was one of the few nations in Europe to sustain almost no major damage to any part of the nation. This allows Portugal to focusing on expanding and modernizing the royal Portuguese military.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, New Raines, The Reunified German Reich, Faronea
Portuguese News Report
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Portuguese government acquires 50% of FN Herstal. In an effort to bring both jobs and expand the lackluster Portuguese military industry the Portuguese government has acquired 50% of the Dutch company. Thus allowing Portugal to produce better and more modern weaponry. And expand the industry to Portugal. Most of the Portuguese army still uses bolt action type weaponry. This simply cannot continue.
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Portuguese Dutch alliance
Upon further discussion between the two European nation Portugal has made a formal agreement with the Dutch The Reunified German Reich. This agreement includes a mutual defensive pact along with a agreement to mutually lower trade barriers such as tariffs and taxes between the two nations. There are hopes that other nations may join. The name of the New alliance is called the Pact of Europe, however non European nations can join if they are stable enough and meet certain requirements.
India PACT
A deal has been made with the Indian government that should solidify positive relations between the two nations. Goa a Portuguese province in India has petitioned the Portuguese government to allow them to be returned to India. After days of negotiations and talks between India, Portugal, and the council of Goa. A deal was reached. The terms include-Portugal will cede Goa back to India in exchange Portuguese citizens and businesses will still be free to operate there without any restrictions for the next 50 years. Also a mutual defense pact against against The illegitimate organization known as Communist China has been created between the two states. Both nation will support each other in any even the other is attacked by the ever aggressive Communist Chinese menace.
Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, New Raines, Faronea
hi everyone
Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, Faronea
Hello! Welcome to the RPC!
Antillian, Grand Indochina, New Raines, Faronea
Hey, welcome to the region!
Antillian, Grand Indochina, New Raines, Faronea
Welcome!
I thought OOC talk wasnÂ’t allowed....
Grand Indochina
Battle reports
[sub]August 1950[/sub]
The battle for Llanos Orientales- The final battle of the civil war
[sub]August the 29th, 1950[/sub]
We finally got indepdence! Hail Orientar!
Well we finally got our lands and indepdence in this battle!
ORIENTAR GETS INDEPENDENCE
After the last battles for Llanos Orientales, General Pinilla won the war! It took him less than 2 months! He shall be the pride of the Orientarian people! In the signing of the Orientarian independence, Pinilla wanted Panama to have Independence but Castro refused, saying: “We have already lost enough. Panama was not a real nation, it was created by Americans invading our lands.”
To which Pinilla Replied:
“So be it, but remember, one day Panam will get it’s independence!”
Then Pinilla made Orientar a military Junta, and became its ruler.
Meanwhile Somwhere
*??? Knocks on the door*
???!: itÂ’s you again? Come in!
*??? Comes in*
???!: so how has it been going the last month
???: Good. One more big push and there will be no general!
???!: Hehe....
Note: Teujira from now on IÂ’ll be playing as the military junta of Orientar, which owns the Llanos Orientales region in Colombia.
Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Kartnan
It is, but we donÂ’t use it very much in favor of Discord.
Antillian, Grand Indochina, Not Xav, Schnozzel, New Raines, Hindia Timur Raya, Faronea
[spoiler=OOC]Apologies for my lack of roleplays. Recently college has been a big ol' hardship. We continue[/spoiler]
[sub]| Wednesday July 14, 1948 | Huey Long Becomes the Democratic Nominee | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |[/sub]
[sub]| DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION |[/sub]
[list]| After many 2 days worth of voting, consideration and public acknowledgement, it is rather clear as to who the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States will be. It seems as though the party has abandoned the Atom Dropper and looks to move onto newer and more impressive heights. Huey Long, former Governor of Louisiana and current Senator of the State has been hard at work campaigning day and night. He has inspired millions of Americans to think outside the comfort of the normal political sphere. Could his candidacy signal a shift in American politics? Most news outlets do not think so. Most have called Senator Long's proposals outlandish and his goals even moreso. His "Share Our Wealth" Plan has garnered national attention as a new brand of American Socialism and has been painted as an attempt to bring Communism to the United States under the guise of a humanitarian/philanthropic cause. The Republican Nominee for president, Thomas Dewey, has continuously refused to call out Long on his left wing policies. Dewey, a political opponent of "red-baiting", has refused to do so and numerous times has decried that; "ideas [Senator Long's] are not a threat to the prosperity or security of the country. Most, if not, all threats, are otherworldly". |[/list]
[list]| With the nominations of Senator Huey Long and Governor Thomas Dewey made, the United States Presidential Election can go underway freely. |[/list]
[sub]| PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION | Candidate Platforms | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |[/sub]
[list][sub]| Huey Pierce Long, Senator from Louisiana |[/sub][/list]
[list][list]| Initiate the Share Our Wealth Program |
| Cap personal net worth, inheritance, and annual income. |
| Establish new amendments to the U.S. Constitution extending the rights of the American Citizen |
| Establish the 'Department of Veterans & Soldiers' |
| Adjust agricultural practices |
| Increase taxes |[/list][/list]
[list][sub]| Thomas Edmund Dewey, Governor of New York |[/sub][/list]
[list][list]| Return to normalcy |
| Focus on the home front by restructuring colonial possessions |
| End antiquated war policies |
| Focus on the reconstruction of Germany |
| Prioritize domestic affairs and infrastructural improvements |[/list][/list]
[sub]| Tuesday October 12, 1948 | Long v. Dewey - Presidential Debate #3 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |[/sub]
[sub]| CHICAGO, ILLINOIS |[/sub]
[list]| A father and son duo are sat in their home next to a radio. The father twists one of the knobs as the son waits with bated breath... |[/list]
[list][list]| [sub]CHILD:[/sub] | "Did you find it yet, daddy?"[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]FATHER:[/sub] | "Hold on... almost got it... there! Alright, quiet now..."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "Welcome, welcome, everyone who is presently tuning in to one of the first nationwide broadcast Presidential Debates. We are presently hosting one Senator Huey Pierce Long, the Democratic nominee from Louisiana. And Governor Thomas Edmund Dewey, the Republican nominee from New York. Gentlemen, thank you so much for joining me on my show and doing all that you do for our people. Firstly, each candidate has been allowed to write down or rehearse their opening statements. Both candidates will initiate this debate by delivering an opening statement. Governor Dewey won the coin toss for who goes first. Governor Dewey, whenever you are ready you may begin."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]THOMAS DEWEY, GOVERNOR (R-NY):[/sub] | "Ladies and gentlemen listening in tonight, thank you very much for doing so. For those of you who may not know me, I am Thomas Dewey. I am the Republican nominee for the position of President of these United States. During my time in politics I have most recently been the Governor of New York state. During my time as governor, I double the New York educational budget, created a nearly 700 million dollar economic surplus and have created thousands of jobs for the men returning to our country after their service in the Second World War. My experience as an executive is unquestionable and impressive. My colleague, Senator Long, has time and time again proven himself somewhat tyrannical in his home state of Louisiana where he is regarded as an effective dictator to the current Governor. I am an upfront man. I am an honest man. And I want you all to join me in ending the nearly 20 years of Democratic control over our proud republic. Thank you."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "Senator Long, your time is now."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]HUEY LONG, SENATOR (D-LA):[/sub] | "Thank you, Mister Winkle, and thank you Governor Dewey, and a heavy thank you to the American people who are currently listening in on this debate. I grow tired of the same old speeches that come out of the mouths of the men in Washington. I grow tired of hearing the same exhausting play by play comparisons of policies and legislation. You know why I am tired of this? Because, at the end of the day, no one cares. No one would dare given a hoot about the ongoings in Washington or the record of me or my Republican counterpart. What the people want to hear is; who will provide adequate change that will bring about the new Era of American Prosperity and American Excellence? Governor Dewey has indeed proven himself to be an incredible politician, mhm, but I am a proven leader, I am a proven improver. And although I am just a man, it matters not. Because every man is a king. And it is with this philosophy that I intend to bring about reforms that would make the reforms of the past look intentionally minuscule. Join me in making the American homeland proud and prosperous like it has never been before. Join me and become a King. Thank you."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "Thank you, Governor Dewey and Senator Long. Gentlemen, it is high time we get into the policies portion of the debate. The concern on all American minds is the growing, global presence of Communism. First question goes to you, Senator Long, what do we need to do about Communism, if anything?"[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]HUEY LONG, SENATOR (D-LA):[/sub] | "The threat of Communism is a real one. My belief is that we can quell the growth of Communism in the United States by installing policies that establish our own Capitalist Utopia. A utopia where the richest and wealthiest among us are able to do more on our behalf. A society that is rewarded by the presence of rich people, is one that doesn't wish to see the system that creates them torn down, of course."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "Thank you, Senator. And you, Governor Dewey?"[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]THOMAS DEWEY, GOVERNOR (R-NY):[/sub] | "I am no fan of red-baiting. But, I am also not a fan of communism. I am a capitalist through and through. Though, I believe capitalism should be used to improve the lives of the less fortunate as much as human possible. The way we do that is by establishing a tax system designed to boost business and by allowing the people to do as much as they can with as much money as possible. Not by taxing the wealthiest among us and forcing them to do the bidding of the Government."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "And what about communism on a global scale? Governor Dewey, you first then you Senator Long."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]THOMAS DEWEY, GOVERNOR (R-NY):[/sub] | "The idea that we should be dictating the movements and policies of other countries is an intriguing one. Though it is one that I generally will not entertain. So long as democratic principles are still well established in each country, there is no rhyme or reason to get involved in their ongoings."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "Senator?"[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]HUEY LONG, SENATOR (D-LA):[/sub] | "I can't speak for anyone else but I am certain that leading by example is the most we could possibly do for our planet. When the United States continues to be the world's shining beacon of capitalism... who would want to be a communist? Though, if communist insurgencies do arise in allied turf, then we have no choice but to combat it and quell any chance of a recurring insurgency."[/list][/list]
[ . . . ]
[list][list]| [sub]ALFRED WINKLE, MODERATOR:[/sub] | "Last question I have for you gentlemen is a simple one. Gentlemen, what do we do about the colonies the United States posses in Asia and in the Americas? Is it time to given them the option of self-determination? Senator Long."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]HUEY LONG, SENATOR (D-LA):[/sub] | "It is. It's high time that we give them the ability to govern themselves. The Philippines has been begging for freedom for many decades and with a little help from us they could be the world's next great experiment. Proper democracy in Asia. Same with the Koreans. However, the lands that we earned by fighting the Japanese in the Pacific and the Spanish in the Caribbean, it may not be the right time to let them go. They still play pivotal roles in our democratic process and in the security of our state."[/list][/list]
[list][list]| [sub]THOMAS DEWEY, GOVERNOR (R-NY):[/sub] | "I for one- oh, excuse me. Ehem, I for one would say that it is not time for us to relieve any colonies from our possession. We have much to do in our modern world and our colonial footprint is nowhere near the size of the British Empires nor the French Republic's. Until they have self-determination globally, the United States should be just fine the way it is, frankly."[/list][/list]
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[list][list]OPÉRATION MAIN FERME
[sub]20 Février 1950 - Sarrebruck, Sarrebruck District, Protectorate of the Saar[/sub][/list][/list]
| Operation Firm Hand, France's effort to gather up free Nazi technical and scientific personnel for use in French services, has been ongoing for nearly two years with limited successes at this time. While the operation had most directly succeeded in following rat lines which had taken Nazi scientists from Europe to South America in the final days of the war, a discovery which led to the capture of Kurt Tank, Reimar Horten, Ronald Richter and other former Nazi collaborators, the visible successes of the operation in the two years since have been minimal. However, in that time, the Second Bureau of the General Staff had been hard at work researching and investigating the whereabouts of former Nazis and Nazi collaborators in Europe, revealing a massive field of leads including figures of all scientific specialties and experience ranging from designing tanks to working on Nazi Germany's wartime nuclear program. Many of the physicists had been detained and imprisoned for a short time under the British Operation Epsilon, only to be released soon after, while many of the aeronautical and scientific experts had hardly faced any justice at all. France, now the ultimate victor in the decades' long war between France and the Teutonic Menace, could make good use of these personnel and as such, under Operation Firm Hand, they would be extracted from Germany and taken to France to work. |
| With the massive scale and size of Nazi Germany's technological-industrial-military complex, many of the low-level personnel responsible for Nazi Germany's technological advances, the average engineer or design team member, had retreated into the background, living quiet lives throughout Germany with no mention of their past involvement in the Germanic war machine. As part of Operation Firm Hand, the targets of French intelligence have been and continue to be higher-ranking and well known public figures; the famed aeronautical designer Willy Messerschmitt, for example, had been considered for employment in the Operation, but ultimately the decision was made that he would be returned to serve as the head of his eponymous company upon release from prison. Ultimately, the intelligence community had made the decision to confront and capture a long list of German scientists including Reimar Horten's brother Walter, living in Baden-Baden just near the French border with Germany; Ludwig Bölkow, one of the group leaders which had created the Me 262 fighter; Karl Baur, a German test pilot and engineer; Hermann Behrbohm, a German aeronautical engineer who had previously served at the French Aerodynamic Research and Development Institute in French-occupied Germany; Wolf Hirth, a renowned glider pilot and designer; Walter Rethel, design chief for the Bf 109 fighter; Gottlob Espenlaub, a rocket propulsion designer; Gerhard Fieseler, World War I flying ace and later aeronautical designer and NSDAP member; Heinz-Hermann Koelle, rocket and satellite designer; Felix Kracht, aeronautical engineer and designer; Paul Schmidt, a specialist in the studies of pulsejet technology and important designer in the V1 "Doodlebug" program; Wolfgang Liebe, inventor of the wing fence and part of the Me 109 team; and Georg Hans Madelung, a former member of Wernher von Braun's Nazi rocket program. Additionally, weapons developer Erwin Aders, the man most responsible for the design of the Tiger I and II heavy tanks, is selected for extraction from Germany to France. Additionally, physicists are selected for extraction too: Kurt Diebner, head of the wartime German nuclear program; Walther Gerlach, President of the Fraunhofer Society; Werner Heisenberg, specialist in quantum mechanics and director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics; Friedrich Bopp, nuclear physicist and quantum mechanics theorist; and Karl Wirtz, nuclear physicist and mathematician. |
| President Daladier, at the insistence of members of the intelligence community, authorizes French intelligence agents in Germany to begin the process of extracting the specialists and other notables from their houses and places of work on the 20th of February. In the coming weeks, the Germans are met individually by teams of three or four French intelligence agents who, sometimes visibly armed, explain how as part of de-nazification, they and their families are to be taken and escorted to France for service there in various technological and industrial capacities. Those with corporate positions in post-war German industries would be replaced without issue under French oversight, and all would be financially compensated and paid handsomely in France. |
[list][list]THE AFTERMATH[/list][/list][/list]
| As the German scientists and specialists arrive in France after their extraction, spoils are divvied up by groups vying to gain their talents. |
[list] [*] REIMAR HORTEN, LUDWIG BÖLKOW, WOLF HIRTH, GOTTLOB ESPENLAUB, WOLFGANG LIEBE, FELIX KRACHT are selected to serve as important team leaders and chiefs of design at French Aeroindustrial. The company, a state-owned merger of SFECMAS, SNCAN, SNCASO, and SNCASE founded in 1948, had become home to Kurt Tank, Walter Horten, and other aeronautical professionals taken from Argentina during the first phase of Operation Steady Hand. The first batch of German scientists, which had been brought voluntarily and on contract, had since produced the FAI Petain I for service as a trainer and light fighter, however emboldened by generous funding from the French government and now with the arrival of extremely talented aeronautical designers and engineers, FAI has been commissioned to begin moving onto its next project- a top-secret, extremely classified long-range flying wing bomber based upon the Horten brothers' Horten H.XVIII prototype.
[*] ERWIN ADERS, due to his expertise in development of heavy armor, has been sent to Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux- the successor to Renault, creators of the famed Renault FT and other early tanks. AMX, as it is known, will be tasked as one of France's primary armored vehicle designer and manufacturer in due time due to its prestigious background.
[*] HERMANN BEHRBOHM, a known proponent of the delta wing design, has been hired by Dassault Aviation due to his experience previous experience with aircraft design at the French Aerodynamic Research and Development Institute. He will participate as a team leader in future Dassault projects.
[*] HEINZ-HERMANN KOELLE, PAUL SCHMIDT, GEORG HANS MADELUNG have been dispatched to the CIEES facility in Hammaguir, French Algeria. Their experience with rocketry and ballistics will be put to use developing various missiles at the Hammaguir facility for the French Air Force.
[*] GERHARD FIESELER, WOLF HIRTH, KARL BAUR have been selected to serve as test pilots for contract for the French Air Force, the German Territorial Air Force, and various French and German aerospace companies.
[*] WALTER RETHEL has been contracted by Société Aéronautique Française (Avions Dewoitine) to work for that company, one of France's preeminent aeronautical companies, as a chief design leader.
[*] KURT DIEBER, WALTHER GERLACH, WERNER HEISENBERG, FRIEDRICH BOPP, KARL WIRTZ are all employed as members of the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique(CEA), France's state-owned research organization founded by Marshal Petain in 1945 to investigate the possibilities of nuclear energy. Despite receiving little attention under President Daladier's staunch anti-nuclear agenda, to allow such prominent and talented figures to either go unpunished for their services to the Nazis or to be captured and used by the Soviets or Americans is a possibility the President seeks to avoid and, instead, their efforts will be used to further atomic research within France.[/list]
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Industrial Growth incentives.
King Phillips has long observed the Stagnation of the economy. Portugal at one point was one of the richest is Europe but as non of that wealth was reinvested into the industrial development of the Portuguese economy the nation has been slow to properly industrialize. So as part of King Phillips new economic initiative, King Philips has begun a subsidizing program for all potential entrepreneurs.
How the program works
If a person wishes to for example start a canary or a textile mill or some other form of industry, they can put in a request to the Government to help subsidize up to 20% of the initial startup costs. In exchange that the entrepreneur pays back what the government lent. If the business fails the government will simply reposes what it lent. All requests will go through groups of government employed economists who will overview the submissions to ensure that the business has potential, and is not just a fraudulent attempt to gain free money.
Early privatization
Another obstacle for economic growth is how much the government controls in the economy. Due to the monarchyÂ’s power over the economy many industries are either owned or partially owned by the government, which means there is a certain amount of potential wealth lost by either mismanagement, or the lack of taxable businesses. So to help alleviate the situation certain industries are being sold to private investors. Mainly in the agricultural and heavy industrial sectors.
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[pre]Madrid Gazette[/pre]
[pre]October - 1950[/pre]
Canary Islands reopen
[list]| Tenerife -- The Canary Islands, an archipelago off the coast of French Morocco was reopened yesterday to tourists and investors. The archipelago had been closed following the Spanish Civil War, and rumors grew that former members of the Republican force went into exile in these islands. There has been no confirmation whatsoever about the news, but it is apparent that the island would be used as an important site for Spain and her people.
The decision to reopen the archipelago was approved by Generalissimo Francisco Franco two days ago, and came into effect yesterday. The decision was made merely as a political maneuver, hoping to make Spain "more welcoming" to foreigners, weathering off activists from criticizing Spain as a hostile state. Subsequently, the archipelago would also be used as naval base for the Spanish Navy, and already 2 destroyers were stationed in Tenerife. A new source of revenue for Spain, it is expected that the island would generate income that would otherwise be useful for the development and welfare of the Spanish State and its people.[/list]
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Operacija Veća asimilacija
The president signed an executive order to quench the masses of Yugoslavia. Dividing Yugoslavia into 9 different states. With the attempt of assimilating the many, many Yugoslavian nationalities. For example, Serbians rub shoulders with Macedonians. Croatians rub shoulders with Slovenians. Etc. This plan may prove successful. But will shatter any culture inside of Yugoslavia. Day by day, Ustaše gain more steam as the government goes into turmoil en mass. The plan executed today, Causing minor distress upon Yugoslavian citizens. The plan went exceeding well, gaining the respect of a new order of Yugoslavian’s. Yugoslavians who truly are Yugoslavian citizens. Carrying the legacy onward of our great people. The Slavic people rejoice for the entrance of Ustaše Forces. the forces whom don’t take away their nationality. For pure Slavic People. The government poses a threat tword their history, and nationality, taking it from them
Ustaše Gains Seat In Yugoslavian Parliament
A Ustaše Relations Officer is voted into Yugoslavian-Serbian Parliament. Ustaše Gain a major victory with one of their own in office. This is a step forward for the organization, allowing them to branch out into the governmental side. Instead of culling the masses with lies and fodder. Yugoslavia, Being a true republic, allowed these Ustaše into the government. As it’s what the people decided, and what it shall be. Will the Ustaše stage a Coup d'état from inside the government? Governmental Proprieties fear for the lives as the Ustaše Gains more steam in the governmental theater.
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Written by Refuge Isle.