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Xaverium wrote:[list]Elisavetgrad Vestnik[pre]

FEBRUARY EDITION — 1961[/pre][/list]

[list][list][pre]Ofitstialna Gazeta Narodnoi Parti![/pre][sub][pre]Official Newspaper of the People’s Party.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list]VOSTOK KRAI GOES UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER BOMBING - KNM INVOLVEMENT SUSPECTED[/list][/list]

The Swedish government strongly condemns the measures taken by the Republic of Kongo in the aftermath of the Novi Kharkov bombing. The government's arrest of hundreds of individuals, allowed for by anti-democratic emergency powers, represents another form of state repression directed specifically against those that have voiced out against the current administration in Kongo. Their arrest, based on tenuous as well as unfounded claims of being related to the Kongolese National Movement, should be condemned by every nation dedicated to the ideals of democracy. It additionally demands the immediate release of any prisoners unlawfully arrested with the emergency powers as well as an immediate end to the state of emergency. Furthermore, while the Swedish government also condemns the senseless bombing of the Wojtenko Hotel conducted by the KNM, the context of such actions must be considered. Thus, while the Swedish government condemns the violence of both parties it simultaneously lends its resolute and uncompromising support to the anti-racism and anti-segregation movement both in Kongo and internationally.

Xaverium, Otsla, Czabalkia, Autumnberg, Teymour

Official Report from the Socialist Republic of Romania

July 1961, Bucharest

The Communist Party of Romania is happy to announce that the large scale party and political "cleaning" has proven until now, very eficient with over 500 in party opposers to the nationalism policy arrested and well over 700 other secret ex-party members of PNL, PNȚCD, FP and the Iron Guard executed, or arrested. The Communist Party had to sadly report the killings of 29 party members and other 72 ex-opposition members for resisting arrest.

Other more important topics of today are, that the most beloved son of the people, Comrade general secretary of the party and president of Romania, has approved construction of over 90 new roads, and 4 new highways throughout Romania. The highways include the Bucharest-Pitești highway, Bucharest-Constanța highway, Craiova-Tîrgu Jiu highway and the Pitești-Sibiu highway. These highways and roads will come in handy, as the romanian Auto industry is preparing for a revolution in the whole CMEA and Warsaw Pact. At today's congress speech, our eternal leader has spoken about maintaining Warm relations with the east, while building relations with the west, africa, asia and the middle east:

"It is said Moscow doesn't accept our policies, i say good, you don't have to but one thing is sure. Why would you be locked in a cold dark room forever with no light? That's what the Stalin and Kruschev doctrines have shown to Eastern Europe. Each land and each people are destined to be lead, how they want. However, we would never betray our comrades to the east, we can assure this to moscow, we will turn to capitalism when oak trees make pears."

Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, East Germany Ddr, Batallon De Dignidad

Spainard wrote:|Jario Velazquez|: We are generous of the offer, now I will say that first this must pass through all regions within my country, but I am confident that the resolution will pass. However, I must warn that as my tenure in office looms more closely to its end, I cannot confirm that Spain, especially among more smaller nationalist and fascist groups continue to uphold the Francoist ideology.

[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Union: "Francoism will eventually find itself in the past as all the other dead and dying ideologies of tyranny have. There is nothing to fear. I will promise that the French Union will support Spain however it may need as it continues to push on towards a democratic future."[/list]

Hey I made a application for Indonesia but idk how to post the Factbook onto the post and the discord invite at the beginners guide is to old

Indonesian Democracy wrote:Hey I made a application for Indonesia but idk how to post the Factbook onto the post and the discord invite at the beginners guide is to old

Here is an invite https://discord.gg/cTYGdS74

Otsla wrote:Here is an invite https://discord.gg/cTYGdS74

Is it only the world map chat because that’s what i got when I joined

Indonesian Democracy wrote:Hey I made a application for Indonesia but idk how to post the Factbook onto the post and the discord invite at the beginners guide is to old

You copy the link to the factbook and telegram it to Teujira

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1513891

Official report from the Socialist Republic of Romania

Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Teymour

[list][list]RANGERS TO THE RESCUE!

May 1961 - Vientiane, Kingdom of Laos[/list][/list]

| The Imperial State of Vietnam has, in its time since reunifying with the Republic of Cochinchina, spent most of its efforts focused on internal development, economic modernization, and social liberalization. Under Emperor Bao Dai, the non-confrontational Imperial State has stayed uninvolved in the War in Laos, barring occasional commando raids and airstrikes against fugitive Viet Minh camps directly across the border. However, following the events of the Lao Coups the past year, Emperor Bao Dai's more hawkish advisors have recommended that the Imperial State enter the conflict against the Pathet Lao who have, since 1952, been directly allied with and aiding the Viet Minh's attacks against the Imperial State. As a matter of national security and regional stability, his advisors have posited, the Imperial State must do its part to bring about an end to the conflict. |

| General Nguyễn Khánh, Commander of the I Corps of the IAVN, has specifically been the man most responsible for pressuring Bao Dai into taking the fight into Laos. On 6 May, approval is granted by the Emperor via decree to allow military operations by two Ranger battalions in Laos. After this news reaches the White House, a deal is arranged allowing an air lift of the two battalions via Air America C-47s from their base at Vinh to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. Between the 6th and 14th of May, General Nguyễn Khánh organizes the two Ranger battalions - the 21st and 37th Ranger battalions of his own I Corps - and oversees coordination with Air America and the Royal Lao Army. At the culmination of the preparation phase, on 14 May, the first shipment of 28 of a total of 1,200 Rangers are loaded into one of two C-47s which will be used to transport the battalions, and arrive in Vientiane after around six hours of flying. After landing at the Wattay International Airport Military Base, they unload their rifles, ammunition, and other equipment and are taken in chartered busses to a ground base installation near Vientiane. |

| Between 14 May and 21 May, the rest of the 1,200 light infantry are flown into the Wattay Military Base, while the troops on the ground spend the time organizing their weaponry and equipment, meeting with local RLA officers, and securing defensible positions around the city. The commanding officer of the 12th Ranger Group, Major Phạm Tiến Dũng, also flies to Vientiane on 19 May to meet with RLA counterparts and formulate a potential offensive by Royal Lao Army infantry and Vietnamese Rangers to relieve the enveloped Royal Lao Navy and French Air Force position at Luang Prabang. |

Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kiger, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Teymour, Great Britain Et Ireland

August 1961

A Malian Malady

|The Malian situation began to deteriorate since 1960. The reinstitution of slavery, and the forced conscription of children, had seen many adults and free citizens put out of work especially those who had worked on the Green Wall, and Rail line. These men with nothing else to turn to began protesting. A group of 10,000 men, veterans, construction workers, socialists and conservatives all took to the streets of Timbuktu to protest the Malian government's actions. The Malian government responded with the deployment of soldiers to crush the protests. In an event known as the Timbuktu Tragedy Malian soldiers, Keïta Youth Members, and even some common criminals were allowed to partake in a massacre of members of protests. Assaults, Rapes, murders, and looting were all common as the Malian employed mercenaries descended upon Timbuktu. It's estimated upwards of a thousand people died, with executions in the government square being applauded by Prime Minister Beavogui. The Timbuktu Tragedy had the adverse effect of pushing many moderate protesters to extremism, with many joining the PWAF or the Traditionalist Front in Mauritania and Senegal.|

|All the bloodshed in the world couldn't save the Malian economy however as rising unemployment and weakening government grasp over anything outside of military bases and major cities, and a rampantly growing black market and corruption of government officials saw Malian finances go into total free fall.|

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Great Britain Et Ireland

Malian Imperial Federation wrote:August 1961

A Malian Malady

|The Malian situation began to deteriorate since 1960. The reinstitution of slavery, and the forced conscription of children, had seen many adults and free citizens put out of work especially those who had worked on the Green Wall, and Rail line. These men with nothing else to turn to began protesting. A group of 10,000 men, veterans, construction workers, socialists and conservatives all took to the streets of Timbuktu to protest the Malian government's actions. The Malian government responded with the deployment of soldiers to crush the protests. In an event known as the Timbuktu Tragedy Malian soldiers, Keïta Youth Members, and even some common criminals were allowed to partake in a massacre of members of protests. Assaults, Rapes, murders, and looting were all common as the Malian employed mercenaries descended upon Timbuktu. It's estimated upwards of a thousand people died, with executions in the government square being applauded by Prime Minister Beavogui. The Timbuktu Tragedy had the adverse effect of pushing many moderate protesters to extremism, with many joining the PWAF or the Traditionalist Front in Mauritania and Senegal.|

|All the bloodshed in the world couldn't save the Malian economy however as rising unemployment and weakening government grasp over anything outside of military bases and major cities, and a rampantly growing black market and corruption of government officials saw Malian finances go into total free fall.|

Official Report from the Socialist Republic of Romania

August 1961, Bucharest

The situation in Mali concerns the government of Romania, as it thinks this is a threat of peace in the African continent.

The Socialist Republic of Romania, would advise the government of Mali to resign, or it could lead to serious problems within Africa,

and the whole world.

We would also like to inform you, that if the Malian government cannot get a grip on the economy, Romania would like to

help with the reconstruction of cities, factories and infrastructure in exchange of money.

If however, the Malian government continues it`s very inhumane regime, the Socialist Republic of Romania would intervine in the political

scene from Mali.

The policies of slavery and conscriptrion of children in the army, and the horrible crimes commited in Timbuktu, are everything but

a process of peace throughout the African continent.

The situation is fragile, but, Romania firmly supports the Socialists from Mali.

Once a stable society is formed once again, Romania is open to diplomatic and Trade relations with Mali.

Again, we are open to send romanian architects and construction workers to help to rebuild the Malian infrastrcuture and all important buildings.

Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Autumnberg, Malian Imperial Federation, Great Britain Et Ireland

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania wrote:Official Report from the Socialist Republic of Romania

August 1961, Bucharest

The situation in Mali concerns the government of Romania, as it thinks this is a threat of peace in the African continent.

The Socialist Republic of Romania, would advise the government of Mali to resign, or it could lead to serious problems within Africa,

and the whole world.

We would also like to inform you, that if the Malian government cannot get a grip on the economy, Romania would like to

help with the reconstruction of cities, factories and infrastructure in exchange of money.

If however, the Malian government continues it`s very inhumane regime, the Socialist Republic of Romania would intervine in the political

scene from Mali.

The policies of slavery and conscriptrion of children in the army, and the horrible crimes commited in Timbuktu, are everything but

a process of peace throughout the African continent.

The situation is fragile, but, Romania firmly supports the Socialists from Mali.

Once a stable society is formed once again, Romania is open to diplomatic and Trade relations with Mali.

Again, we are open to send romanian architects and construction workers to help to rebuild the Malian infrastrcuture and all important buildings.

Prime Minister Beavogui sat back in his chair reading the declaration, his generals sat in front of him quietly. Beavogui then began to laugh, a soft chuckle, but it soon exploded into roaring laughter. “Romania? What are they gonna send over their tugboat navy and blockade our coasts? We've spent the last year under the French blockade and we haven't lost faith, why would a third world soviet bloc state cause me any fear.” He turned to his secretary “My dear please respond to the Romanians immediately. To the state of Romania. Not only do you lack the right to speak on the domestic matters of a sovereign nation, but you also lack sufficient force to enforce your will outside of what the Soviets will help you project. Please refrain from making statements on the state of Mali, Long Live Mansa Modibo.”

Xaverium, Teujira, Autumnberg

[list][list]PEACE IS SIGNED WITH THE FLN, PROMPTING MUTINY IN ALGERIA!

21 April 1961 - Ouargla, Oasis District, French Algeria[/list][/list]

| Two days ago, President Charles de Gaulle announced to the nation via radio and television address that the French government, along with the Front de libération nationale(FLN), had concluded secret negotiations in Algiers which has formalized into the signing of a treaty initiating a peace agreement between France and the FLN, establishing a precedent for future political and ethnic relations between France and the Algerian people, and establishing FLN control of the southern majority of Algerian territory known as the French Sahara. The Franco-Algerian Accords, which has seen the Republican government issue a formal apology for historic injustice against Algerians by the Imperial government of 1853-1940, will oversee a transition to autonomy for southern Algeria as a French Union Integrated Nation known as the Saharan Federation, a democratic state under the control of the FLN and the FLN's current civilian leader, Krim Belkacem, as President of the Federation. |

| As the Treaty is sent to the French Senate for ratification by the legislature, a group of French Fourth Army infantry and French Foreign Legionnaires have made clear their intention that they will not, in defiance of the peace agreement, withdraw from their wartime positions in the deep south of the Algerian desert. Troops stationed in Ouargla, the designated capital city of the Saharan Federation, have seized government offices and public infrastructure, imprisoned soldiers and officers not loyal to their mutiny, and have issued a public statement declaring their intention to remain in their posts until a new settlement is agreed upon by France and the FLN which will not 'throw away French military victory'. According to the mutiny's highest ranked officer, a Harki Colonel of the Fourth Army's 8th Algerian Infantry Division, the rebelling soldiers reject the terms of the peace agreement and 'refuse to accept signing away victory in a war which has been won'. |

| In nearby Ghardaia, at In Salah, in Tamanrasset, and in Adrar, other units of the 4th Army and even the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion have seized public infrastructure and declared fealty to the putsch, announcing their intentions to remain at their posts indefinitely. The 1st FPR's leading officer, Commander Hélie de Saint Marc, has traveled to Ouargla from Algiers in the past two days to join the mutinying infantry and aid in the tactical efforts to maintain their posturing against both loyal French 4th Army units and the FLN. French military response to the mutiny, since its declaration hours ago has been all but nonexistent as President Charles de Gaulle meets with members of the cabinet, the general staff, and other important figures in the military. General Raoul Salan, commander of all French Forces in Algeria, has been recalled from his headquarters in Algiers to Paris to meet with the rest of the French government to discuss a plan to combat the rebels. |

| Support for the Mutineers, and indeed the mutineers' ranks themselves, are largely based in Algeria's harkis - pro-French Arabs and Berbers who have aided the French Army and French Foreign Legion throughout the war. Other, European-born members of the 4th Army and the Foreign Legion completely opposed to any Algerian independence have also joined the ranks of the mutiny in the past day, however the prevailing sentiment so far seems to be that the tactical gains of the military since 1956 against the FLN in Southern Algeria not be squandered to appease a political victory. |

| The French Senate, in the meantime, will be deliberating upon the Treaty before voting on its ratification. With the War in Algeria still not formally ended, President de Gaulle will most likely authorize military assets such as jet attack aircraft to begin turning their fire away from the FLN per the agreements of the ceasefire, and towards the mutineers. However, a cohesive military action is, at this time, still days away as the French government and military congregates and deliberates. |

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Malian Imperial Federation

(ooc: not a news post but an actual RP post)

[list][list]Operation Goldmine: Phase 1, The Invasion Part III: Assault on La Paz

September 1, 1961[/list][/list]

[list]The Western Liberation Army fought its way across Bolivia, towards La Paz. The fighting was fierce and resistance became heavier, the closer to La Paz the WLA became. The Peruvian military force was now fighting in El Alto, the city to La Paz's immediate west. The buildings were being used by both sides for cover. Large sections of the city were on fire from both deliberate fires being set and from explosions. El Alto's airport has been rendered useless during the fighting. The Peruvian military force was now within about 5 km of the city limits of La Paz. The Peruvian military force in the area was also placing obstacles in the streets to act as emplacements to aide in the battles with Bolivian soldiers. The Peruvian supply lines now ran all the way to the Bolivian city of El Alto.[/list]

[list]Meanwhile, the Bolivian forces began evacuating important political officials to Sant Cruz de la Sierra. The military of Bolivia focused themselves on the western side of La Paz. Criminal activity and looting in La Paz increased dramatically, as police were called in to help defend the city and what resources were inside the city were drained from the civilians and given to the military in an effort to shore up the city's defenses. This caused riots to happen as well, which damaged large sections of La Paz. The financial situation in Bolivia collapsed, as the military of Bolivia spent more and more money that it did not have, through loans. The value of the Bolivian currency collapsed and food and commodities became too expensive for most Bolivians to legally afford. By this time, it was finally discovered that as much as 10% of Bolivia's currency was counterfeit, a fact discovered when the government found that much of the money in its own possession had discrepancies in its design and number marks.[/list]

[list]Meanwhile, the Peruvian military planned to do a final push towards La Paz, soon. The military planned to end off Phase 1 of the war by taking La Paz, and the final strategy to do so was determined and the preparations were being made. The plan to take La Paz was determined to be a flank, which would allow Peruvian forces to surround Bolivian forces. The War at this point caused major losses on both sides. Many civilians were also caught in the crossfire. In order to get some to change sides, the Peruvian military set up a military hospital behind the front lines that would treat both military and civilian injuries. The Peruvian military believed that this would convince Bolivians to accept Peruvian rule.[/list]

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, Malian Imperial Federation

September 1961

The Republic of South Africa is Born!

CAPE TOWN- After a referendum which resulted in the overwhelming majority to vote for a Republic in 1960. The country voted again to vote for their new government. Nelson Mandela of the Progressive Party ran against Samuel Manuela of the Conservative Party. In that election Nelson Mandela won the election for President. Mandela won with 52% of the vote to Manuela's 48%.

The Progressive Party won the majority of seats in the House of Commons and the Senate. The Progressive Party controls the provincial governments of 4 Provinces. The Progressive Party also controls 50% of all local governments.

President Nelson Mandela became President at 12 pm along the proclamation of the Republic of South Africa. As his first act of being President was increase more funding for infrastructure projects across the nation. Another act was to expand the capacity of the national power grid, and expand the health and hospital network. Mandela also announced the continuation of the construction of Africa's largest hospital which will have 4,000 beds. Construction of the hospital in the suburbs of Cape Town began in 1958. Construction completion is expected in 1962. More acts are expected from President Nelson Mandela in the future.

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Kiger, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Malian Imperial Federation

Malian Imperial Federation wrote:Prime Minister Beavogui sat back in his chair reading the declaration, his generals sat in front of him quietly. Beavogui then began to laugh, a soft chuckle, but it soon exploded into roaring laughter. “Romania? What are they gonna send over their tugboat navy and blockade our coasts? We've spent the last year under the French blockade and we haven't lost faith, why would a third world soviet bloc state cause me any fear.” He turned to his secretary “My dear please respond to the Romanians immediately. To the state of Romania. Not only do you lack the right to speak on the domestic matters of a sovereign nation, but you also lack sufficient force to enforce your will outside of what the Soviets will help you project. Please refrain from making statements on the state of Mali, Long Live Mansa Modibo.”

Official Report from the Socialist Republic of Romania

September 1961, Bucharest

This must not be used as a provocation from us.

The Socialist Republic of Romania is a peaceful nation, wanting peace with all it's neighbours and any country on the globe.

However, the Malian government must not think, that if Romania is still an underdeveloped Socialist country, it couldn't put pressure on other nations.

Our dear leader, general secretary of the PCR, president of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Constantin Rotaru has gathered the party for an important meeting, where he discussed about the situation and that Romania, supports the Socialists:

"The situation is not good, at all dear comrades. This, is what happens when a democracy is not used correctly, and why Romania will never see the lights of capitalism and democracy ever again. What the government of Mali decides and does, is not an active help for the nation, but a threat to the people living in Mali.

Least not forget that in this terrible, inhumane and corrupt regime, are the human lives which are being messsed with, human lives which could be used to help prosper the Malian economy, since it's already in ruins. Factories, apartments, shops, roads railroads could have been already planned or constructed, if the government corruption would not hav been so big. The people, are the true masters and will always remain true masters on their land, and on their riches!"

Everyone cheered

"But don't rush to applaud, this situation must be dealt with very quick, or else it could be too late already, and the world will see a Malian civil war. The protests of the Socialists, are supported by Romania. We are still open for negotiations regarding the construction of infrastructure and building in Mali, with Romanian materials and workers. If this is not accepted, Romania will try to impose sanctions on Mali!"

Xaverium, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Gaia Major

[B]Kingdom of Portugal

[I]Queen Catherine has issued a edict of immigration as parliament has taken to the issue yet it states any one wishing to flee from communist nations can enter Portugal on emergency safety visas issued under the house of medici.

The safety visas grants emergency asylum from communist regimes , the Chinese government is considered a safe nation as the kingdom as relations with the nation of China and considers them friends as the Chinese as acknowledge Catherine as the Portuguese ruler and the medici as the monarchy.

Xaverium, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Autumnberg

October 1961

The South African Industrial Revolution

With a new President in charge and under a Republican form of government, change is desperately needed. The Progressive Party controlled parliament began drafting a bill that would help change the country forever. Or at least that it is hoped. The Industrial and Mining Act of 1961.

The Industrial and Mining Act of 1961 provides government investment and funds to the manufacturing industry and mining industry. President Nelson Mandela signed the act into law yesterday. Economists say that boosting the manufacturing and mining industries is a good thing for South Africa. It could lower unemployment, spur development, increase urbanization, decrease poverty, and create a new working and middle classes.

The President also signed a bill passed by parliament to lower business and industry taxes to more acceptable levels. The Government of South Africa has started an foreign investment scheme. The South African Government has requested investment from Xaverium and Czabalkia. The only higher education institution of South Africa, the University of South Africa has also requested government funding at it's Cape Town Campus to help in a possible surge in enrollment in the future. With the rise of a working and middle classes in the future there is chance of a increase in enrollment at the country's only University. There is a proposal in place to create new Universities in the near future.

Xaverium, Otsla, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr

[list]Elisavetgrad Vestnik[pre]

SEPTEMBER EDITION — 1961[/pre][/list]

[list][list][pre]Ofitstalna Gaseta Narodnoi Parti![/pre][sub][pre]Official Newspaper of the People’s Party.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list]LUMUMBA GOES IN EXILE, CRIME BOSS ASSASSINATED, ARMS PURCHASES, FREE UNIVERSITY ON DOCKET[/list][/list]

[list]| BRAZZAVILLE — Following major crackdowns on the Kongolese National Movement by the Russian Afrika Police Service and Territorial Gendarmerie, it would appear that Patrik Lumumba and his top lieutenants have escaped Kongo and are currently living in Brazzaville, Gongo. Gongo, led by black nationalist President Moreau Asani M'kwam, is sympathetic to the terrorist cause of the KNM and Lumumba. As such, they have refused all requests by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs to extradite Lumumba, claiming preposterously that any trial by a white court would be a 'kangaroo court'.

Lumumba, however, appears well aware that Kongolese forces could neutralise him at any time. With many thousands of suspected terrorists now in jail waiting trial, Svatoi Vladimirsk seems currently unwilling to use force against the FR Gongo to secure Lumumba’s extradition. It is unknown if Lumumba is currently in Brazzaville, but he was confirmed to have sought asylum at the Gongo-Kongo border crossing in Svatoi Vladimirsk. He was accompanied by other known associates of his, being: Josif Mobutu, Aleksei Kalonji, Kirill Adoula, and Josif Ileo.[/list]

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[list]KIGALI — The capital of the Ruanda-Burundi bantustan, Kigali is not known for a reputation of public safety. Home to numerous criminal clans of both Caucasian and native extraction, the city is plagued by rampant and regular criminal warfare. Such high levels of violence have necessitated the presence of Kongolese Territorial Force Ground Forces in the areas around major joint enterprises. On 23 September, the city’s gangland warfare claimed the life of 83-year-old Artsan Gasparyan. Having emigrated to the Kongo as penal labor in 1895, Gasparyan had been a prominent figure in the criminal activities throughout the region for many decades. Starting as a extortionist in the 1890s in Aleksandria, Gasparyan would later move to Kigali in the aftermath of the Kongo’s victory in WWI. The collapse of the Russian Federation of States and transition to the Republic of Kongo presented a unique opportunity for Gasparyan to solidify his criminal empire in Kigali.

His enterprises included prostitution, robbery, extortion, corruption, gambling, and assassination for hire. His operations in Kigali were cut short in 1926, and Gasparyan was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Serving his sentence on a rainforest logging labor camp, he was released from prison in 1942 and returned to Kigali. Resuming control over his various enterprises, Gasparyan benefitted in part due to the creation of the Kongo’s 6 independent bantustans. With Kigali being placed within the State of Ruanda-Burundi, the Russian Afrika Police and MVD Kongo could no longer arrest him.

Recent waves of immigration from the Soviet Union are known to have included various criminals, many of whom have been denied residency in the Republic of Kongo but permitted residency in various Bantustans. It is believed that the Gasparyan criminal family has been embroiled in a conflict with several Soviet immigrant gangs. Gasparyan was killed in the courtyard of his personal restaurant, 'Yerevan Kitchen', after witnesses allege 7 masked attackers entered his restaurant and shot Gasparyan while eating dinner. Residents and administrators of Kigali fear that the death of Gasparyan will bring more violence to a city already embroiled in numerous crime wars.[/list]

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[list]SVATOI VLADIMIRSK — As internal and external threats to the security of the Kongo continue to emerge, the Jashchenko administration has committed to improving the national defences. As an associated realm of the British Commonwealth, the Kongo has enjoyed privileged access to British armaments for more than a decade. Nevertheless, the President and his administration has awarded many millions of Rubles in defence contracts exclusively to French and American arms manufacturers. State-of-the-art fighter jets, flak vests and helmets, new heavy and general purpose machine guns, thousands of recoilless rifles, hundreds of new APCs and tanks, brand-new surface-to-air missile defence system, and several hundred new helicopters, alongside upgrades and replacements for virtually all sorts of equipment already in use.

The Kongo Territorial Force will continue to reassert It’s position as the pre-eminent African military force. Coupled with the reintroduction of conscription by the State Duma in 1958, the Kongo hopes to maintain a permanent force of 50-75,000 active duty personnel. According to the National Defence Readiness Act of 1958, all men of European ancestry must complete a total of 70 months of national service by age 50. Beginning with 24 months of active duty service at age 16, all able-bodied men will be subject to periodic service call-ups at which point they will be expected to perform 3-6 months of active service until the remaining 46 months of national service have been completed. Call-ups after the initial period of national service are issued by lottery, announced monthly via local AM radio stations and mail. Conscripts awaiting further call-ups are assigned to localised "Reservist Territorial Guard" units, composed of white reservists aged 18-50. These Reservist Territorial Guards have played an active role in the current state of emergency, supporting the Territorial Gendarmerie and Russian Afrika Police Service as auxiliary forces. They stand prepared to repel or suppress any external or internal attack on the Republic of Kongo.[/list]

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[list]SVATOI VLADIMIRSK — A bill proposed by 4 Duma Deputies to provide free tertiary education to women and veterans of the KTF has recently been approved by the Duma’s Educational Committee. The bill, titled the Education and Training Guarantee Act of 1961, will make provisions for all citizens of the Republic of Kongo (Europeans) to receive tertiary education at the age of 16. The Kongo maintains a network of well respected institutions such as the States Universities of Aleksandria, Kananga, and Elisavetgrad, among others.

Penned by Deputies I. W. Rajkhman (KDP) and N. R. Feodorow (NP), the bill received widespread support committee and is likely to pass through the State Duma easily. Educational benefits were provided to military veterans in the aftermath the Second World War, and the bill is viewed by many as a continuation of that policy in light of new conscription laws. Women’s right groups, who have been heavily petitioning the Jashchenko administration and State Duma to expand suffrage to unwed women and/or women under 45, have lauded the bill as a step in a positive direction. |[/list]

Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Gaia Major

Post self-deleted by Xaverium.

Malian Imperial Federation

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE KONGO

[sub]Statement on the Timbuktu Tragedy in Mali.[/sub]

| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has suspended flights to the Mali Imperial Federation in light of recent events in the nation’s capital. Due to a policy of mutual non-interference, the Republic of the Kongo will not comment on the affairs of the Malian government. We do however wish to see all parties in the Mali Imperial Federation reconcile and for stability to return to the nation. Long term stability is paramount for national success. |

Teujira, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Malian Imperial Federation

1961, Development of West African Society

A New Type of Class System?

While united together in revolution, for many citizens their ties to other workers ended there. Even as the government persecuted and eradicated capitalist upper classes, new forms of personal division began to form. These divisions also began appearing in the government as well, people rallied together to form new coalitions with members of similar jobs on an local, state, and federal scale. This formation would be known as “The Collar System”

Blue Collar: (Politically Represented by Blue Collar Coalition, Urban Action Front, and Manual Laborer Protection League)The blue-collar worker referred to any and all manual laborers. Manufacturers, Miners, Warehousers, Electricians, plant workers, custodians, construction, maintenance, and many other jobs fell under this banner. Politically many blue-collar workers fell under the banner of the Blue Collar Coalition. The coalition favored policies that protected and supported the rights and businesses of the blue-collar workers themselves. This included industrial subsidies and urban planning, as well as limited work weeks and workers' compensation, as many blue-collar workers were directly affected by the policies. Socially the Blue-Collar Coalition seeks to end societal discrimination and attain more respect and solidarity for Blue Collar Workers.

No-Collar: (Politically represented by the Agrarian Union, Urban Farmers Initiative, and the Traditional Indigenous Rights Group, and the No-Collar Coalition) No Collar workers are the farmers and indigenous members of the Federation and make up the largest percentage of all people living in the Federation. As they hold a majority population they are also extremely divided into many separate groups. The Agrarian Union for instance favors the rights of small farm holders and cooperatives, while the T.I.R. support the rights of Natives, and Tribal People's. Even the No-Collar Coalition often finds itself divided between more social conservatives, and traditionalists and more liberal members. The No Collar members; however, make up an extremely important part of the backbone of the state, and the success or failure of the state depends on the devotion and education of the No collars to the cause.

White Collar:(Politically represented by the White Collar Coalition, Teachers Coalition, Doctors Coalition) While not being as populationally large as members of the No-Collars the White Collar Worker is even more diverse, often referring to the numerous service jobs within the Federation. From Doctors to teachers, to accountants and researchers. White-Collar Workers are politically often the most liberal members on the political scene, with neutrality, and cooperation being side goals. White-Collar Workers often face the discrimination in the federation, with their ideas and participation in the revolutionary society being overlooked, and with some even looking at them with suspicion. Groups like the White Collar Coalition have attempted to rectify these beliefs and mend the urban-rural divide, and mend the factory-service work divide.

Pink Collar: (Politically Represented by the Pink Collar Coalition, Women and Minority Worker Coalition, and the Guild of Merchants)

Often facing widespread criticism, and hatred by Conservative, and Revolutionary elements alike, the Pink Collars still represent a quickly growing section of West African Society. Originally used to define women workers, pink collar expanded to include not only women but also racial minorities, gays, and religious minorities, as well as merchants and retail workers. Politically members of the Pink Collar tend to favor strong protections for minority workers and merchants. They also fervently defend and uphold market socialism, and are considered experts in economics.

Red Collar: (Politically Represented by, Coalition of Revolutionary Artists, Union of Musicians and Media Personalities) Red Collar Workers are referring to the artists, and musicians and media members of the Federation. While a small minority in society they represent and extremely influential and sometimes wealthy part of West African society. They favor policies that protect freedom of speech, and press, while also favoring subsidies for the fine arts.

Brown Collar: (Politically Represented by the Coalition of Military Veterans, and the Coalition of Government Agents) The brown collar worker often refers to members of the Federal Government. This can be members of the military, politicians, and even just local officials. Politically they will favor policies that protect soldiers, increase military spending, and protect the power of Federal and Local councils.

Green Collar:(Politically represented by the Green Collar Coalition, and the Environmentalist Union) The Green Collar Worker is a fast-growing part of the nation. Concerned with not only upholding and protecting land, and conservation of resources, by the 1970’s Green Collar Unionists would become crucial in the Green Wall, and development of alternative energy and power production.

Yellow Collar: (Politically represented by the, Union of Christian Clergy, Union of Islamic Teachers, and the Coalition of African Religions While nominally secular, no one could deny the importance of religion in daily African life. The Yellow Collar referred to any and all clergy or religious teachers in the Federation, and while they legally could not hold any political positrons within the government or parliaments, various organizations including the UCC, and ICT lobbied for the protection of their faiths from government incursions.

Teujira, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Gaia Major

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[list]ROMANOV’S IN AFRICA[/list]

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[pre]FRIDAY, 4 August 1961 A.D. (Gregorian)

PINITSA, 22 Lipna 1961 г.н.э. (Julianski)

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[list]ST. JOHN INT. AIRPORT, Elisavetgrad, Elisavetgrad Krai, Republic of the Kongo[/list]

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| St. John of Kronstadt International Airport is the busiest airport in the Kongo, and serves much of the Elisavetgrad Krai province with international flights. The largest in population of all the Kongo’s provinces, and most wealthy by far, Elisavetgrad Krai was the economic and Stoinik cultural hub of the Kongo. Businessmen from all across the world, thousands and thousands of tourists coming for Safaris, and many hundreds of thousands of other travellers who flew in and out of St. John every year. Due to the Kongo’s draconian racial laws, many African migrants who wanted to work in the Kongo had to enter the country by land. As such, the airports in the country were largely devoid of Africans with the exception of the support staff. Flight attendants, pilots, restaurant workers, check-in, and the Territorial Gendarms who protected the airport were all Europeans.

This would come as a shock to Alexandre Levi Romanov. The French-born Romanov was visiting the Kongo for the first time ever, to visit family and get visit the world’s free Russian country. Free only for Russians, hence why the airport was devoid of melanated faces. In September, Elisavetgrad tends to run at a cool and dry 75°F. Today was much like any other, and the sun shines brightly on the golden savanna that surrounded the shimmering concrete metropolis that was Elisavetgrad. The shanty towns that expanded from the metropolitan city limits represented the undeniable brutality of segregation in the Kongo. The country was horrifically divided between the majority who lived in destitute poverty, and the minority who lived lives of grandeur subsidised by the fantastic economy generated by cheap labor and plentiful resources.

The Kongo Airways flights from Paris to Elisavetgrad take a lot longer these days due to the closure of Malian airspace to Kongolese aircraft. Detours around Mali and through the United Arab Republic add additional few hours to the flight time. Nevertheless, the Kongo‘s imported aircraft are among the world’s best and they have provided Kongo Airways with among the world’s fastest, quietest, and most luxurious travel accomodations. Despite sanctions on the Kongo from certain nations, travel continues to increase for Kongo Airways due to domestic population with increasing wages.

Waiting at the airport for Alexandre Romanov was his cousin, Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow. Pjotr was a Stoinik, descended from the Kongo branch of the Romanov family. His family had become members of Stoinik society during the early 1880s, forming various investment companies and plundering the colony’s wealth from the early days of colonization. Today the Romanow’s of the Kongo were the owners of the Imperial Standard Tobacco company and Imperial Standard Vodka, both among the Kongo’s best sellers. Due to security threats from the KGB, the Romanow’s kept a rather low profile.

Today, Pjotr dressed in a simple white polo shirt and brown pleated slacks. In terms of stature he was not an impressive man, standing at 5’4”. However due to conscription and service call-ups Romanow incredibly fit, a trait which was shared by Stoinik men and women alike due to government health programs. At 35, Romanow’s platinum blonde hair was beginning to whiten and thin a bit in the front. He had grey eyes and blonde eyebrows that contrasted heavily against the coppery brown of his skin. Years and years spent out in the equatorial Kongolese sun had given Pjotr’s skin a leathery appearance. He smoked a Davidoff cigarette in the international arrivals area, unwilling to smoke his own Imperial Standard brand for elitist reasons. He held a sign that said Alexandre Levi, not wanting to write down the last name of someone who’s family held incredible importance in this country. |

Czabalkia

Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation

[list][sup]APRIL 12 1961[/sup]

The Flight of Yuri Gagarin [/list]

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[sup]BAIKONUR COSMODROME, KAZAKH SSR, USSR[/sup]

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| Today would be one of the most momentous days in the entire history of the Soviet Union. Today one man would go where none had gone before. Into Space. The Vostok 3KA would be the craft the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin would take into space. HQ would communicate to Gagarin with a network of ground stations, also called Command Points. all of these Command Points were located within the Soviet Union of course, so when he was out of the USSR and over open water they had no way to figure out if he was alive or not. The Vostok 3KA would be launched into orbit on the Vostok-K expendable carrier rocket. The Vostok 3KA capsule had limited thruster capability. so the reentry path and orientation could not be controlled after the capsule had separated from the engine system on the Vostok-k. This meant that the capsule had to be protected from reentry heat on all sides, thus explaining the spherical design of the capsule. Although even considering that, control of the capsule reentry orientation was possible by way of positioning the heavy equipment to offset the vehicle's center of gravity, which also maximized the chance of the cosmonaut surviving g-forces while in a horizontal position. Even then the cosmonaut experienced 8 to 9g. |

| At 05:30 Moscow time, on the morning of April 12, 1961, Gagarin was woken. He was given breakfast, helped into his spacesuit and was transported to the launch pad. Due to weight constraints, there was no backup retrorocket engine. The spacecraft carried 10 days of provisions to allow for survival in orbit until it falls back to earth due to orbit decay. The Launch of Vostok-1 occurred from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, at Site No.1 which would be known from then on as "Gagarin's Start". As the ship blasted off into space the first thing Gagarin was heard saying is "Poyekhali!" or "Let's Roll!". The former Russian peasant boy from Klushino would be the first man in history to see the Earth in its full wondrous form. The word "awe" cannot come close to the emotions he was feeling at the moment. The Soviet Union would be the first to send a man into space, but it would not stop there. The central government, and Chief Designer Korolev would have much higher ambitions.|

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| "Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!" |

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Xaverium, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Gaia Major

kingdom of Portugal

Queen Catherine is hoping to meet with some western nations to create good relations

Grand Indochina

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FREEDOM OR DEATH! LONG LIVE OUR HELLENIC REPUBLIC![/list][/list]

| The Hellenic Republic was proclaimed on 14 January 1954, only four months after the Hellenic Exile Army and French Foreign Legion forces liberated the country from the disastrous communist regime created at the end of the Greek Civil War. During the communist regime, the government of Nikos Zachariadis instituted a variety of extremely short-sighted, utopian fiscal and political policies which completely tanked the already damaged Greek economy, isolated it from both its Eastern Bloc allies and the rest of the world, and oversaw the deaths of nearly 240,000-600,000 Greeks from starvation, exposure, execution, or exhaustion. The 'Genoktonikó kathestós' or 'Genocidal Regime' was renowned globally for its infamous labor camps, political repression, and an utterly dysfunctional government focused on Ministries working in tandem with no central leadership. |

| Despite boasting an army of 900,000 soldiers, the Communist Hellenic Army suffered a complete collapse to the joint Franco-Hellenic forces which partook in the Liberation of Greece. Suffering from severe starvation and dehydration, many even lacking rifles and ammunition, the large majority of the 900,000 Hellenic Army surrendered within the following months after the capture of the outlying Aegean islands, allowing the invasion of the mainland by the Hellenic Army in exile to capture most of the country without incident. Heavy fighting between party loyalists in Athens delayed the capture of the capital city, as well as the capture of Thessaloniki, however by 2 October 1953, the Genocidal Regime was vanquished, bar some communist insurgents in the rural mountains. |

| To any watching, it had become more than apparent that the liberation campaign was almost assuredly a French proxy conflict. In the months after the capture of Athens, during the leadup to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic, this became abundantly clear as Prime Minister Dimistrios Maximos's Provisional Government worked towards a constitution modeled strikingly similarly to the newly instituted French Fifth Republic's own. The constitution of the Greek Third Republic, instituted on 14 January, has formalized the Hellenic Republic as a unitary, semi-presidential constitutional republic with three distinct branches of government - the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial Branches. At the head of the new government, following Presidential elections from 15 to 19 January, has been Dimistrios Maximos as President; Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris, formerly a Prime Minister during the Civil War, was elected to the initial Prime Ministership of the Republic as a member of the Union of Hellas Party, a center-right vanguard party established by the Provisional Government to legitimize the new republic's government. In the legislature, all 300 seats have been carried by the UHP, unsurprisingly, granting them an absolute majority in the first Congress. Ioannis Makropoulos, a right-wing statesman, was elected to serve as Speaker of the Parliament during this initial government. |

| Under the Constitution, the President would serve terms of six years, while Parliamentary elections would be held every three. The first three years under the entirely UHP government were spent largely establishing a proper government following the absolute anarchistic chaos of the Genocidal Regime, with the UHP establishing the Committee for Truth and National Inquiry to investigate the full scope of the regime's damage to both persons and property consisting of a vast array of local and international lawyers and law officials. In order to stimulate the Greek economy, trade was opened back up with the West, and World Bank loans were taken to allow for a rebuilding of infrastructure and industry lost during the regime and the war. The Hellenic Republic joined the International Economic Community, an economic bloc of a wide variety of nations organized by France, allowing it access to surplus investments and loans from France, the United Arab Republic, and other IEC member states. |

| In 1957, the second parliamentary elections resulted in the UHP losing 144 seats, still maintaining a narrow majority. The Rizospastikoí Fileléftheroi(Radical Liberals), a center-left party, took 62 seats; the far-right Syntiritikoí(Conservatives) took a further 39; the left-leaning Néo Sosialistikó Kómma(New Socialist Party) secured 30 seats, largely among traditional leftists who had been isolated or even imprisoned by the radically revisionist regime; the centrist Synaspismós gia ischyrí diakyvérnisi(Coalition for Strong Governance) secured eight seats, the extreme right Ethnikó Métopo(National Front) secured three seats, with independents rounding out the Parliament with the remaining two seats. In order to preserve its national agenda, the UHP formed a coalition government with the CSG and the Conservatives, establishing an absolute majority bloc within the second parliament under the name of the 'Néa Symmachía'(New Alliance). |

| The New Alliance government, from 1957 until the 1960 elections, has worked to continue the free market and liberal policies that the first government did. Headed by the UHP, the New Alliance successfully passed acts establishing a national infrastructure system of highways and roadways in 1957, approved funding for military expansion in 1958, and in 1960, just before the elections, the New Alliance government passed an act illegalizing lobbying in order to 'root out systemic economic corruption in politics'. In the 1960 elections, the New Alliance secured four more seats in the Parliament, and President Maximos was re-elected to a second term for six years. On February 7th, President Maximos and the rest of the Parliament was sworn into office, marking another guaranteed three years of New Alliance governance. |

| French influence on the Third Hellenic Republic is undeniable, with the French government actively supporting the Union of Hellas Party by any means legally permitted. Additionally, the French Navy, Air Force, and Foreign Legion continue to remain actively stationed in the country, continue to train the Hellenic Armed Forces, while French companies and government institutions offer loans and investments for the New Alliance's infrastructure programs. However, though perhaps under the wing of France, the Hellenic Republic is in much better shape than a decade ago in the middle of communist rule, and is on the path to outpacing its pre-war economic growth. Issues do exist; a burgeoning homelessness crisis, a lack of currency due to the former government's disastrous economic policies, and France's denial of support for the long-sought Enosis, the reunification of Cyprus with the Hellenic mainland. Due to political factors beyond Cyprus's and Greece's control, primarily Cyprus's membership in the British Commonwealth, Enosis seems a far way's away from becoming reality. |

| As the country continues its economic development, entry into the European Economic Community seems next on the New Alliance's agenda, with plans to ratify the Treaty of Rome in 1962. This would make the Hellenic Republic the tenth EEC member state, following France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Monaco, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Spain. |

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation

[list][list]GENERAL DE GAULLE'S SPEECH

23 April 1961 - Élysée Palace, Paris, France, French Union[/list][/list]

| In the two days since the beginning of rebellion in Algeria, nearly 15,000 European and Harki soldiers, as well as a few thousand French Foreign Legionaries, have pledged fealty to the mutiny, refusing to withdraw from their positions in accordance with the French Union-FLN ceasefire agreements establishing a line of military withdraw. Solidified under the command of French Army Col. Aboualam Mansur Ziani, the mutineers have taken control of the largest cities in central and southern Algeria, recognized as territory 'separate of the French Republic's direct territorial sovereignty' via the Franco-Algerian Accords. Making their headquarters at Ouargla, the mutineering forces have seized key roadways, railway junctions, and oasis towns across the demilitarized area, arresting or executing French soldiers and Legionaries loyal to the ceasefire agreements. Crucially, a stern defense of the Reggane Saharan Military Experiments Centre and other nearby facilities by French special forces and French air force fighter-bombers has prevented the mutineers from capturing the base and its arsenal of nuclear weaponry. |

| Today, with negotiations with the mutineers having broken down, and a military course of action having been drafted, President Charles de Gaulle has prepared a speech to deliver to the French and Algerian peoples regarding the unfolding military situation. Dressed in his general's outfit from the Second World War, the President's press office in the Élysée is host to a throng of journalists, news agencies, and their audio-visual equipment. The room is deathly silent as the President takes to the podium, his elderly military image being broadcast across the entire French Union by Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française. |

[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Union 'My compatriots - French, Algerian, and otherwise;

The conflict which, for many years, has turned the beautiful nation of Algeria into a zone of war has, at last, come to an end. As has been stated across news outlets and government bulletins in the last five days, the government of the French Republic, the supranational government of the French Union, and the political leadership of the Algerian National Liberation Front have, after nearly ten years of warfare, signed agreements not only securing an ending of direct fire, but establishing a concise, long-lasting end to the conflict itself. The agreements, as they have been signed, have proven satisfactory to all the parties involved, from the French State, to the Algerian political leadership, to the Algerian and French peoples who for so long have lived in a mutual and splendid union.

However, as in any case, there are a few who have risen up to stop this mutual peace from taking effect, and ending this enduring conflict. This militant few has, in the wake of the signing of the Algerian peace agreements, presented itself as a band of soldiers and their commanding officers who, in a lust for perpetuating the conflict for their own sense of honor and conquest, have refused to obey the terms of the ceasefire and withdraw from their positions north of the demarcated demilitarized borders which have been established. In order to secure their mutiny, they have imprisoned and, unfortunately, unjustly executed many loyal French and Algerian soldiers who have attempted to pull back in accordance with the agreements. This is an affront to our nation, our armed forces, and our people.

The mutineering forces are, for the most part, misguided. They claim that these agreements have voided the heroic sacrifices of the French Armed Forces and the French Foreign Legion since the start of the war, making the countless dead little more than a hollow testament to a lost war. They fail to see, out of a passion for their devotion to service, that the Franco-Algerian Accords which have been signed in Évian-les-Bains and await ratification in the French Senate, do not sign away the military victories of the French Armed Forces. The Franco-Algerian Accords are a testament to the victory of the Union of the French and Algerian peoples over vitriolic regionalism - a testament to the victory of the French ideal, and the French Union. They believe that their orders to withdraw and end the conflict signals a defeat when, in fact, their withdraw will mark their ultimate victory in maintaining the French Union's spiritual, moral, ethnic, and territorial integrity.

The commanding officers of the mutiny, guided by personal ambitious, or perhaps by ignorance, have assembled these misguided soldiers to battle against the very army they have sacrificed so much for. It is a shame on a national level. However, though we recognize the tragedy of the game at play here, we are nonetheless inclined to respond to military force with military force. We have tried to discuss peace and secure the withdrawal for all the men involved, but our efforts have gone in vain. Now, the time has come to respond to this defiance with active force, to establish the lasting peace which has been provided per the agreements of the ceasefire and the peace treaty.

At this point in time, any soldier who continues to obey the orders of these defiant officers will be subject to the full force of the French military, political, and judicial might and viewed as a hostile enemy of war. I have authorized General Salan to assume full emergency commands of the Algeria situation, and have given to him and his staff control over the forces of the French Foreign Legion in Algeria and French Fourth Army. With these emergency powers, we will ensure that the area north of the demarcated demilitarized line is secured, and that the insurrectionists are defeated. Brigadier General Jean-Claude Batutu will be tasked with managing infantry and armored forces as they press on with this military operation. I have full confidence that the combined ground and air forces of the French Armed Forces will be able to secure victory in the face of this military insurrection.

To more properly manage the situation on the ground, and ensure that the peace in Algeria is maintained, having taken advice from the Constitutional Council, the Prime Minister, the president of the Senate, the president of the National Assembly, I have decided to invoke article 16 of the Constitution. Starting from this day, I will take, directly if the need arises, the measures which seem to me demanded by circumstances.

To all in Algeria who hear this - do not be afraid! Make your support of peace known! Defy, by all means, the insurrectionists. We cannot afford to allow the French Union to succumb to the bellicose demands of a military pronunciamento from disgruntled officers. Frenchmen! Frenchwomen! Help me!'[/list]

| The message, while being transmitted across televisions and radios throughout Europe and North Africa, is crucially broadcasted on transistor radios as well. A recent invention revolutionizing portable communication, the transistor radios owned by many French Army conscripts and civilians throughout Algeria allow the President's words to be heard far and wide even in the most remote areas of the French Sahara. The message's broadcasting on a revolutionarily wide scale stops, subtly, thousands of potential would-be rebels from defecting to the mutiny and stabilizes the situation in northern Algeria. In Algiers, Oran, Constantine, and even in the French mainland, leftist parties and workers unions hold strikes in defiance of the mutiny, making their support known for the peace accords and the French government against the militants. In Tamanrasset, one of the southernmost cities in Algeria, a group of nearly 50 former defectors are inspired by de Gaulle's speech to abandon the mutiny; taking up arms against the other roughly 125 soldiers still loyal to the mutiny, the loyalist soldiers are able to recapture the city from the mutiny capturing the many of the other soldiers, releasing the nearly 20 other captive soldiers initially resisting the mutiny, and engaging the remaining soldiers in combat. Only three hours after the President's speech, news reaches the Élysée's offices that Tamanrasset has been reclaimed, and the city's small airfield opened once more to French government aircraft. |

| The delivery of the speech also serves to announce the initiation of the first waves of proper air campaigns against the rebellious soldiers - in just four hours, FAI Vautour IIAs, FAI Vautour IIBs, and Mystère IVAs begin a massive bombardment against rebel cities, dropping hundreds of thousands of unguided munitions on military bases throughout the French Sahara occupied by the mutineers. In later hours, FAI Horreurs will be flown from their covert airbases deep in the Sahara near In Ekker to drop guided munitions - glide bombs, primarily - on specific pieces of military infrastructure held by the rebels. |

| If the mutineers want to maintain the war, they will have the full weight of the war redirected directly against them. |

Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Malian Imperial Federation

[pre]Year of the Metal Ox[/pre]

[sub]1961 | 12 March[/sub]

印度尼西亚和中华人民共和国!

Indonesia and the People's Republic!

[sub]Following the consolidation of power by the government of Sukarno in Indonesia, the former Dutch colony has made attempts of outreach to nations on both sides of the new "Cold War" between East and West. Indonesia occupies a rather unique position, with a large population and vast deposits of resources being situated offshore from the Asian mainland.

Sukarno's government has hitherto been largely even-handed in its dealings between East and West, treading a fine line of balance while courting both the Soviet Union and the PRC, as well as the United States and its own allies. However, recent developments in the tropical archipelago have indicated that the fledgling nation has, ultimately, elected to take a side. In a statement issued after their lengthy week-long summit in Beijing, Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai and Chairman Mao Zedong issued a joint statement along with the Indonesian strongman Sukarno announcing the latter's nation's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a full member.

This momentous, but not unprecedented, decision, comes at the head of several years' worth of warming of ties between the Republic of Indonesia and the People's Republic of China, both young Asian nations seeking to make a name for themselves. Sukarno's anti-imperialist policies brought him the attention of the Communist Bloc, namely the Soviet Union, and even more so the PRC. As the largest non-SCO recipient of Chinese foreign investment from 1958 onward (exceeded only by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea even within that organisation), Indonesia has received tremendous material contribution from the People's Republic of China that has assisted in its rapid and unprecedented economic growth. However, as the realities of Cold War geopolitics would dictate, this acceptance of aid has build a relationship between the two nations that has culminated in the formal alignment of the Republic of Indonesia with the aims and foreign policy goals of the People's Republic of China, and of the Communist Bloc in general.

As a member of the SCO, Indonesia is scheduled to receive Chinese investment of $100 million annually, with Chinese engineers and advisers numbering 10,000 travelling to Indonesia in order to assist with the development of the country. Negotiations are also underway to finalise an arms sales agreement from China to Indonesia, as well as the purchase of an annual quantity of Indonesian oil, much needed by the rapidly-industrialising PRC which seeks to diversify the sourcing of its resources.

Additionally, and perhaps most notably, the two nations have agreed on stationing a permanent Chinese military presence in Indonesia, with approximately 15,000 troops of the People's Liberation Army as well as a naval flotilla of a cruiser, several destroyers and multiple smaller vessels being stationed at the naval base in Surabaya. Several squadrons of Chinese fighter and bomber aircraft will also be relocated to airbases in Sorong, Jakarta and Bandung in order to guarantee the independence & sovereignty of the new Chinese-aligned Indonesian state.[/sub]

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation, Indonesian Democracy

Kingdom of Portugal

Queen Catherine has decided to travel west . which western power would like Catherine to start first to open relationships with. She would like to open the kingdom up more since it has been isolated.

The parliment and council is also hoping the rest is willing to form relations with the new kingdom as well.

Malian Imperial Federation

December 1961

Togolese Elections Heating Up

The Togolese Elections have continued to heat up as Republicans-Socialists have heightened their political attacks on the Monarchists. Workers, agricultural farmer, and miners' strikes against the monarchist government have not only damaged monarchy support but also heightened support for socialism, and the WAF. As elections are approaching in 1962, it has become clear to many if the Monarchists lose, the West African Federation will gain a new state. The Royalist Party is once again led by Prime Minister Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin and King Togni-Ahoussou Ahos. The Republican-Socialist Party is led by a triumvirate of Mathieu Kérékou a W.A.F. Supporter, Coutoucou Hubert Maga of the Republicans, and Colonel Christophe Soglo of the Dahomeyan Military and close friend of Charles De Gaulle. The election is set for early 1962, and the very fate of Dahomey is at stake.

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Gaia Major, Prussia Poland

November 1961

The South African

The Official Newspaper of the South African Government.

New Labor Laws, Plans to change Randburg into a Metropolis, University Act of 1961, And the Beginnings of the Tourism Industry

CAPE TOWN- The Parliament of South Africa passed a series of labor laws and reforms this month. The new labor laws go into effect in January of 1962. The first labor laws affect children and teenagers. Children and teenagers must attend school from ages 4 to 18. Schooling is mandatory for all school aged children. Teenagers aged 15 to 17 are allowed to work part time jobs with the maximum work week of 20 hours. Anyone above aged 18 can work 40+ hour work weeks.

The next series of labor laws focuses on unions. Any worker partime or full time can join a union. Any worker can create their own union if there isn't a union at their employer. Unions have the right to negotiate terms and policies that affect workers. Public workers (whether provincial, local, or federal) have a right to unionize.

The final series of labor laws focuses on safety. All employers are required to follow federal and provincial safety regulations and guidelines. All employees are required to follow safety regulations and guidelines.

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RANDBURG, CENTRAL NAMIBIA PROVINCE- The new Cape Town to Randburg Railway provides passenger and cargo service to the towns, villages and cities along the route. Randburg is along the northern end. Located 5,600 feet above sea level it is a small city of 25,000 inhabitants. Randburg is also the largest city by land area in the country and all of Africa. With a land area of 1,982 square miles Randburg had been isolated from Cape Town and the rest of the country with no railway or good roads that were paved. With the construction and completion of the Cape Town-Randburg Railway in 1960. The city saw a surge of population growth. It is now the fastest growing city in the country.

Now Industrialists, local and provincial politicians want change Randburg for the better. From the poverty stricken small city to a gleaming industrial center and metropolis. Construction on the first factories have begun. The Mayor of Randburg says the city to rival and surpass Cape Town in population, the number of skyscrapers and wealth. Local politicians said in a press conference recently that the future of the country will be in Randburg, not in Cape Town! Cape Town officials fought back calling their statements, "laughable."

City planners have plans to transform slums and shantytowns into urban tenements. Made of concrete and glass, having some modern features, such as a fush toilet, running water, and electricity. With one family living per room. Most families are 8 to 12 members including the parents, on average 6 children, and in some cases grandparents. This a better life for families say urban planners. This is dispite the cramped living areas in the tenements. Construction of the first tenements began only a few months ago.

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN- President Nelson Mandela signed the University Act into law. There are proposals for new Universities in cities across the country. The proposed Universities include the University of Cape Town, University of Port Elizabeth, University of Randburg, University of the Namibias, and University of Northern Cape.

These are proposals and not as of yet to construct buildings.

These plans are in place just incase University enrollment rapidly increases. The Minister of Higher Education said in a radio interview at a Cape Town area station that there are predictions that because of industrialization and the possibility of a new middle class and working class there will be a increase in enrollment. The University of South Africa has nearly 16,000 students and was built with 10,000 students in mind. The University currently has a housing crisis and many students have to commute or live in student shantytowns. University officials say that they have too many students and too many professors. Professors that can teach at other Universities if there were more.

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GEORGE, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE- The New Ministry of Tourism has announced a new tourism campaign. The new tourism campaign focuses on tourist attractions and activities. These attractions and activities include: the historic city of Cape Town, wineries, beaches, the Garden Route, the Namibian Riveria, Safaris, desert adventures, and many other landscapes.

The Ministry of Tourism will begin the campaign in other countries around the world. The Ministry says that they will incentivize the construction of hotels, motels, touring companies, and resorts. The Cape Town International Airport is the only international airport in the country. There are plans in the future to construct two other international airports.

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Kiger, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Teymour, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation

The Military Purchase 1960

Sukarno started purchasing weapons for a stronger military including 41 Mi-4 9 Mi-6 helicopters 30 MiG-15 49 MiG-17 10 MiG-19 and 20 MiG-21 fighter jets 12 whiskey class submarines 12 komar class missile boats and one ex-soviet Sverdlov-class cruiser 22 IIyushin II-28 light bombers 14 Tu-16 long range medium bombers 12 maritime versions of the Tu-16 aircraft that have AS-Kennel anti-ship missiles and for transport aircrafts and were 26 IL-14 and AQvia-14 light transport aircraft 6 antonov An-12 heavy transport all the weapons would come in soon from the Soviet Union.

Teujira, Zanbala Prz, Malian Imperial Federation

[list]DECEMBER 1960

CAIRO, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC — MIDDLE EAST[/list]

[list][list][sub][pre]!دولة قوية و عادلة

Strong & Just Nation!

NATION BUILDING THROUGH HISTORICAL FICTIONS[/pre][/sub]

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[list][sub]"It is a cause of great pride, that day by day in the United Arab Republic, we revive and reconnect with our historical prowess and initiatives! These historical rights of ours, to unify the Arab body, shall soon be realized! Neglect thy ignorance and endeavour towards thy unity, verily you are enthusiastic towards repelling aggression or oppression, without question you are a nation (Ibrahim al-Yaziji, 1868)! Be steadfast in asserting the great cause which we all dedicate ourselves towards, it must be known that complacency is a detriment to us. We must base our actions on national energy through which an aggressive campaign will be waged. The struggle which has thus far been maintained by military means, shall continue on other levels. It must be continued socially, economically and even mentally. We shall redefine the mentality and habits in the context of a cultural revolution! A cultural revolution which shall firmly establish this sublime Arabness that we all feel between us! And they will delight forever in what their souls desire (Quran 21:102)! Oh Arab’s, unite with determination! Call upon yourselves and those around you to carry the message of independence! Verily the strength of such messages can shake mountains and reverse the course of great rivers. And with this in mind, with the new mandate you have bestowed upon me and my party, we shall deliver the popular message to the highest levels of state. The ‘Law on Arabization’ shall serve to declare that our civic rights in establishing the United Arab Republic are unique to us, the principle of our self-determination and claims to the Arab homeland and its territory, once again, shall be unique to us! No other power can claim them or disregard what they entail! Praise be to God for the monumental achievement we have attained today by declaring the rights of the Arab people and homeland! This is the law of all law’s. It is the most important law in the history of the Arab nation, which says that national rights belong only to the Arab people and human rights belong to all citizens. That, my compatriots, is the founding principle and basis of the United Arab Republic!"[/sub]

[sub]"The cultural revolution will guide us all towards the spiritual consolidation of this state and the constitutional principles of democracy, Arabism and tolerance. We seek to abolish all impediments to such a consolidation, which surely is holy and noble in its nature. The process of establishing a new system of education has begun and it’s recommendations will be adopted in the spirit of the national construction and progress we are striving towards. The National Unity Movement has for a long period of time discussed the necessary steps and reforms to further the survival and interests of the citizens and the Arab nation. We reaffirm our calls to produce national, legislative and cultural policies in accordance with the constitutional principles I have mentioned. This future of the citizens must be shaped by the ideology of pan-Arabism, such thinking cannot waver, it must be carried on from generation to generation without hesitation. We refuse to accept a return to the time when the Arab nation was nothing but a possession for the invaders! No sovereign people will accept such a miserable, humiliating and wasteful reality. There is also the matter of tribalism, whether it is based on faith or lineage, an idea which constitutes a grave threat to us all. Tribalism is a barbarous mentality, as it seeks to divide and destroy the Arab society and the Arab homeland. Once these two bodies are removed, the Zionists and the foreign elements, which plot and scheme to reinstate colonial interests, would have achieved their dreams! Since there would be no strong independent Arab country, capable of resisting such plans and fighting those who work in the name of subjugation and Arab enslavement. Recognizing this, millions of Arabs everywhere are demanding a swift end to tribalism and tribalistic institutions. We have heard them and we have also been attentive to the eternal truth: ‘those who have divided their religion and become sects, the prophet does not associate (Quran 6:159)!’ Therefore we call upon those scholars of Al-Azhar, those noble and enlightened students of faith, to abide by the demands of the people and the needs of the nation. They must declare loyalty to the principles of religious equality that we have ratified in the constitution, and that all those who have taken the Shahada (declaration of faith) are indeed Muslims! They shall not be concerned with the dispute between the Ahl Al-Sunnah (people of the Sunnah) and Shi’iyat Al-Ali (followers of Ali), those are distinct opinions. Yet both followers of those teachings are Muslims as they recognize the divine Prophethood, so why is the Islamic title reserved solely for those from the Ahl Al-Sunnah? My compatriots, we must understand that the United Arab Republic is a state belonging to all Arab’s. The state does not belong to any one faith or religious opinion, because then those who are not of that opinion shall lose their rights! This cannot be allowed to happen and we must work against such a possibility! We call upon our religious institutions to abide by this and act in the interest of Arabism, national unity, tolerance and religious fraternity!” [/sub]

- JAMAL ABDEL NASSER[/list]

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[list][list][sub]Politics was moving quickly in the United Arab Republic under the auspices of the second term of President Jamal Abdel Nasser. It would appear that Nasser had his confidence boosted by the outcome of the 1960 Election, which was partly true, however he was also unnerved by increasing voter turnout and participation from anti-Nasser religious citizens. Therefore, the National Unity Movement, despite retaining its supermajority, actually lost seats to independents, communists and Ittihadists with shadow support from the Muslim Brotherhood. These new subtle political pressures invigorated the state’s political campaign for ideological consolidation, waged through a powerful assault of populist symbolic gestures. At the post-election victory conference of the National Unity Movement, held in Cairo, the matter of greater political mobilization was brought up and concerns were uttered on the matter of opposition parties. Many members, predominantly Ba’athists receiving a green-light from Nasser, proclaimed the need to increase efforts to ‘Arabize’ the state. They used the term ‘Arabize’ in the context of creating a cohesive Arab national identity alongside bureaucratic unification. These calls would establish the 1960 Party Conference as a historically significant point for increasing sentiments of ‘nationalist solidarity’ within the ruling establishment as a means to combat Islamist influences. In the first post-election session of the National Assembly and Higher Arab Council the ‘Law on Arabization’ was symbolically passed. It was written during the 1960 conference and included noticeably more ‘hands-on’ provisions, such as by calling upon the Ministry of Culture to ensure the recognition of the Shia faith as ‘Islamic’ by Al-Azhar University. An institution, which is arguably the most important religious authority for Sunni Muslim’s that had refused to acknowledge Shia’s as Muslims. This served two purposes. The first was more ideological in affirming secularist orientations, demonstrating a show of force to the clergy and mending sectarian persecutions. The second purpose was tactical in nature and rested on the hope of visible Sunni Islamist backlash to the law which would make cooperation that was established during the election between the anti-Nasser secular Ittihadists and Muslim Brotherhood, more difficult. As of this time, it would be difficult to determine how successful the government was in attaining these goals, nonetheless, the Islamist reaction proved very vocal and violent. Like flies to honey, Muslim Brotherhood members affiliated with the Qutbist wing of the party and in opposition to Hassan Al-Hudeybi’s authority, rallied in Cairo against Shia recognition. They were joined by some Al-Azhar clerics, as the institution remained split on the matter. Newspapers and political rhetoric made clear that religious sectarianism was ‘an agent of the Zionists and atheist Soviets’ to ‘divide and weaken the Arabs and Muslims so that they may be conquered’. Such speech further inflamed tensions and likely contributed to the rioters attacking press offices in downtown Cairo and Helwan. Several members of the metropolitan police force were injured throughout the events which took place from December 23rd to December 30th and what would be termed as ‘Enraged December’. The violence was also utilized as an excuse for the state to initiate a brief crackdown and campaign of arrests of Islamists and Brotherhood sympathizers. ‘Enraged December’ raised further questions within the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, over its identity as a pan-Islamic organization or a distinctly Sunni one, with the organizations General Guide supporting a pan-Islamic stance. Qutbist factions, which still commanded great influence over the party, disagreed with such a stance, sowing the seeds for a future political conflict. In contrast, Shia communities particularly in Egypt Region and Arabia Region, supported the developments, expressing such using the slogan first popularized when Syria joined the UAR: ‘oh Nasser, all the Arab’s are behind you!’ Although the law is largely symbolic its passing is significant in demonstrating the deep divides between nationalism and religious revivalism which still permeate in Arab society and the wider Middle East, as the people's of the region including Arab's, build a new national identity in the 20th century. [/sub][/list][/list]

[list][pre]LAW ON ARABIZATION[/pre][/list]

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[sub][pre]1.[/pre] [pre]BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STATE[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]A. The Land of the Arab’s is the historical homeland of the Arab people on which the United Arab Republic was established upon.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]B. The United Arab Republic fulfills the natural, cultural, religious and historical right to the Arab people and Arab nation to self-determination and sovereignty.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]B. The right to exercise national self-determination in the United Arab Republic is unique to the Arab people.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]2.[/pre] [pre]NATIONAL CAPITAL OF THE STATE[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]A. The national capital of the state shall be Cairo.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]3.[/pre] [pre]LANGUAGE OF THE STATE[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]A. The state language shall be Arabic.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]B. The father of the Arab Language shall be Ya'rub, King of Yemen.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]C. Minority languages shall be given special status regulated by the law.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]3.[/pre] [pre]RELIGION OF THE STATE[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]A. The state shall be secular and it law’s will not subscribe to any specific faith.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]B. No law shall be made to persecute or discriminate citizens on the basis of faith.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]C. The state supports freedom of religious consciousness and aims to build a tolerant society for all citizens of all faiths.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]D. The law shall organize, oversee and regulate the state’s religious institutions and what can be preached.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]E. The state declares that religious leaders and figures are government employees subject to regulation.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]4.[/pre] [pre]CONNECTION TO THE ARAB PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]A. The state will strive to ensure the safety of the members of the Arab people and of its citizens in trouble or in captivity due to the fact of their Arabness or their citizenship.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]B. The state shall act within the Diaspora to strengthen the affinity between the state and members of the Arab people.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]C. The state shall act to preserve the cultural, historical, and religious heritage of the Arab people among Arab’s in the Diaspora.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]4.[/pre] [pre]OFFICIAL CALENDAR[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]A. The Arab Calendar is the official calendar of the state and alongside it the Gregorian Calendar will be used as an official calendar. Use of the Arab Calendar, Islamic Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar will be determined by law.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]THE ARAB CALENDAR[/pre][/sub]

[pre]كَانُون ٱلثَّانِي — KĀNUN AL-THĀNĪYEH — JANUARY

شُبَاط — SHŪBĀT — FEBRUARY

آذَار — ADHĀR — MARCH

نَيْسَان — NEYSĀN — APRIL

أَيَّار — AYYĀR — MAY

حَزِيرَان — HEZĪRĀN — JUNE

تَمُّوز — TEMMŪZ — JULY

آب — ĀB — AUGUST

أَيْلُول — AYLŪL — SEPTEMBER

تِشْرِين ٱلْأَوَّل — TĪSHREEN AL-ĀWAL — OCTOBER

تِشْرِين ٱلثَّانِي — TĪSHREEN AL-THĀNĪYEH — NOVEMBER

كَانُون ٱلْأَوَّل — KĀNUN AL-ĀWAL — DECEMBER[/pre]

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Spainard, Teujira, Otsla, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation, Indonesian Democracy, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Post self-deleted by Indian Democratic Party.

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Czabalkia, Autumnberg, Teymour, Prussia Poland

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1490063

[sup]Tuesday 19th of August, 1961. A year post Gongolese Independence from France had left the new nation of Gongo incredibly busy. With the withdrawal of the French colonial administration, it was up to the NCV to plan for how the post-colonial government was to be structured and organized. Originally le Plan du Zaïre was supposed to set the guidelines for the new government. However, factions within the NCV began to back peddle and demand alternative national election, as it was planned for Asani M'kwam to automatically assume the Presidency under the Zaire plan. The biggest proponent of this was the Gongolese Party of Labour under ᴀʟᴘʜᴏɴsᴇ ᴍᴀssᴀᴍʙᴀ-ᴅᴇ́ʙᴀᴛ who viewed the plan as inherently flawed and spread the idea of it leading to a dictatorship. The original pre-independence movement the National Coalition for the Victory (NCV), who led the Independence movement had split back into its individual parties due to the GPL's withdrawal from the coalition. Asani M'kwam seeking to maintain stability and unity would accept the proposal for national elections. The process however would take a year to set up, as many minority parties demanded time to set up and organize themselves. The most prominent being the native-led Action Movement of Gongo, led by Fulbert Youlou a priest of the Catholic Church. This political party was an umbrella party for various tribal groups and interests in Gongo. The new Federal government also needed time to organize new districts for the elections. So in a strange technicality, Gongo was officially without leadership until this very year and in this very year, the first-ever Gongolese Federal Elections were held.[/sup]

[sup]Only two days from Independence day on the 17th, citizens from around the nation came together to vote on the ballot for the federal parliamentary elections on the 18th and on the 19th for the Presidential election. Running for the parliamentary election ticket involved M'kwam's Rally for Victory, the Democratic Union of Gongo, the Gongolese Party of Labour, Action Movement of Gongo, Independents, and 9 seats left vacant. Out of 151 Federal seats, RV gained 80 seats total, DUG gained 23 seats total, GPL gained 21 seats total, AMG gained 15 seats total, and the independents left with 12 seats. The Rally for Victory would come out the winner in the parliamentary elections. The DUG and GPL came close to each other in the end, the reaction from both being negative. For DUG leadership, ʟᴇ́ᴏɴ ᴍ'ʙᴀ, it represented a threat to his party if the Gongolese Labourists were that close in the race as the GPL's Marxist rhetoric was undeniably against the core values of the DUG. For the new Action Movement, a very new political party to the scene yet was able to secure 15 seats in parliament, an achievement non the less. The rest of the seats remained in the hands of independent politicians.[/sup]

[sup]On the 19th of August, the people would come out once more to vote on the ballot box. Public participation was tremendous as voting booths in Brazzaville and Port-Noire found themselves overcrowded. The presidential race was between ᴍᴏʀᴇᴀᴜ ᴀsᴀɴɪ ᴍ'ᴋᴡᴀᴍ (RV), ʟᴇ́ᴏɴ ᴍ'ʙᴀ (DUG), and ᴀʟᴘʜᴏɴsᴇ ᴍᴀssᴀᴍʙᴀ-ᴅᴇ́ʙᴀᴛ (GPL). Ultimately, the election was a one-sided affair as the people of Gongo rallied behind M'kwam. His image as the liberator of Gongo and approachable politics made him the ideal president to many Gongolese. Both M'ba and Alphonse lost due to various reasons, M'ba it was just a matter of not sparking the same reaction from the populace due to his lukewarm political stances. For Alphonse, his talk of Marxist revolution scared many Gongolese away as they saw him as too radical. On the 10th of August, M'kwam would become Gongo's first official President.[/sup]

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, Miwok-, Teymour, Gaia Major, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

[list][list]9 December 1961 - Elvas, Alentejo, Kingdom of Portugal

OPERATION OPHIUSSA: PT. I[/list][/list]

| France's military intelligence communities had overseen a meticulous infiltration of Portugal by both intelligence agents and hired mercenaries. Having recognized the threat a communist-aligned Portugal presents, the director of the Deuxième Bureau, Col. Louis Fouché, has ensured the covert infiltration of Portugal in preparation of a coup disguised as an internal revolution. Over 2,000 mercenaries from across Europe and French North Africa have been hired, trained in southern France, and either flown or smuggled to Portugal in the months preceding December. Since the end of the Algerian War in the summer, President de Gaulle has also been made aware of the planned coup, and has approved the deployment of 250 GOSIS operatives alongside the hired mercenaries to support the operation. Using the emergency powers granted to him due to the enacting of Article 16 during the Algerian Revolt, he personally signs off on Operation Ophiussa. |

| In order to hide the nature of the overthrow of Queen Catherine I, the mercenaries and GOSIS operatives have been taught rudimentary Portuguese and provided with a false identity as Portuguese fascists dissidents: members of a fascist organization called the Men of the Order of National Restoration. Identifying themselves as loyal to the Salazar-era Estado Novo, the GOSIS and Mercenary forces are to storm Lisbon, capture and kill Queen Catherine I, and establish control over the capital long enough to allow Salazar to return from his political exile in French Algeria to re-establish a fascistic government, under French watch to be sure. Hoping to capitalize upon the 'Red Queen's' unpopularity among many across the political spectrum, the coup must act fast to secure regime change. |

[list][list]3:05 A.M. 9 December 1961 - Elvas, Alentejo, Kingdom of Portugal[/list][/list]

| Taking a mixture of trucks and cars purchased over the past year, the Men of the Order set out from their discrete headquarters in Elvas for Lisbon. Each soldier carries with him a G3 rifle, an FN-GP handgun, grenades, and spare ammunition, as well as fake identification. They wear gasmasks and bring along with them M1 Helmets, a mainstay of many post-War European armies. The trucks carry spare ammunition, rifles, and other surplus supplies that might present themselves as necessary. Also brought along in the trucks are no more than a few M1 Super Bazookas which will be utilized in the coup. |

| The two and a half hour drive taken by the force allows them to travel under the cover of darkness. Split along many different roads and highways, and traveling with intervals between packs of vehicles, the Men of the Order make their way west from the rural border region towards the capital. |

[list][list]5:39 A.M. 9 December 1961 - Lisbon, Estremadura, Kingdom of Portugal[/list][/list]

| The first troops to arrive in Lisbon quickly exit their vehicles at the headquarters of Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, in the Teresinhas neighborhood of the city. In order to quickly secure control of the flow of information into and out of Portugal, one hundred and twenty men(all mercenaries) descend upon the headquarters of the national broadcasting organization. They enter without a fight, take the arriving early morning crew members captive, and quickly hijack the entire nation's airwaves. At 6:00AM, a prepared statement from João Ulisses de Souza, the leader of the Men of the Order of National Restoration, will be played across television and radio not only in the Portuguese mainland, but across what remains of the Portuguese Colonial Empire. The statement, as follows, states: |

[list]'Brothers and Sisters of the Estado Novo, of the Portuguese Republic;

The actions and policies which have been instated by the parasite queen, Queen Catherine I, since her illegal seizure of power in an illegitimate monarchic plot, has threatened not only the territorial and political integrity of the Portuguese Republic, but its very moral and spiritual essence as well. Since her resurrection of the archaic dynastic system, she has freely surrendered Portuguese territory across the globe to lesser nations, outright enemies of the Portuguese State, for no compensation to the Portuguese men and women living in these areas. Macau, Timor, and Guinea-Bissau have all been handed over to communistic enemies who she now freely invites into our nation to demographically colonize the remains of the great Portuguese nation. She has displayed, in her foreign and domestic policy, an unrivaled ignorance and stupidity which has damned Portugal to be little more than the sick man of Europe. We have abandoned our brothers and sisters overseas, and invited our enemies into our own home.

The Red Queen's institution of communist economic policies without the approval of the Portuguese people and without the authorization on any legislature has proven that she, as any good foreign agent, is in the pocket of another nation. It is clear that the Red Queen is an agent of the communist bloc, a servant to Moscow and to Beijing, stripping our own nation of its territory, its sovereignty, and its economic virility. Under The Red Queen, we are a nation without a path, without a destiny, and without any defenses from our enemies. How, tell me, can we defend ourselves from the enemy, when they have taken up residence in the same palaces which the old monarchs oppressed us from for hundreds of years?

It is in the view of the Men of the Order of National Restoration that, in order to keep Portugal from total annihilation, firm and swift action must be taken against the Red Queen and her illegitimate government to restore the legal and legitimate government which existed before her overthrow. We, the Men of the Order of the National Restoration, in conjunction with elements of the Portuguese Armed Forces, will take this firm and swift action against the Queen. When a government and its chiefs of state fail the people and the nation, it is the responsibility of the people to reclaim the government.

We recognize the validity of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the sovereignty of the pluricontinental Portuguese Republic, and the legitimacy of António de Oliveira Salazar as Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic. I, João Ulisses de Souza, have authorized members of the Men of the Order of National Restoration and members of the Portuguese Armed Forces who have pledged loyalty to the legitimate government to begin taking military action against the Queen and her posse. As we speak, Men of the Order and infantrymen of our Armed Forces have detained Queen Catherine I, seized the ministries of governments, and taken control over all public infrastructure in Lisbon. We have invited Prime Minister Salazar back from his unjust exile in French territory to quickly rebuild the Portuguese Republic, and once more turn her into the New State which shall preserve her integrity and her soul.

Remain calm during this crisis. Do not resist any orders given or actions undertaken by the Portuguese Armed Forces and the Men of the Order. We shall, in time, restore Portugal's rightful government and end the madness which has weakened our great Republic.

Long Live The Republic!

Long Live The National Restoration!

Long Live Salazar!

Long Live The Estado Novo!

Long Live Portugal!'[/list]

| As Radiotelevisão Portuguesa is seized, other troops begin to actively move in on other targets. The main target is the Palácio da Ajuda, the royal residence. Of the 3,000 troops actively involved in the coup, 700 of them descend upon and surround the Royal Palace, shooting at Palace Guards with G3 rifles and shooting at the building proper with their Super Bazookas. The troops have orders to eliminate the Palace Guards entirely, enter the Palace, and detain and execute Queen Catherine as quickly as possible, and begin to undertake their operation. Other troops descend upon the headquarters of the ministries nearby, while others seize key crossroads leading into the Ajuda district of the city. The Vasco de Gama Bridge, is seized by a group of 55 soldiers, who use their cars and a truck to establish a roadblock on the metropolitan northwestern end of the bridge. |

| In order to secure their goal, execution of the Queen is paramount. This primary objective will be undertaken with the utmost speed. |

Prussia Poland

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Waclia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Gaia Major, Austreylia

(ooc: not a news post but an actual RP post)

[list][list]Operation Goldmine: Phase 1, The Invasion Part IV: The Taking of La Paz

December 1, 1961[/list][/list]

[list]The Western Liberation Army fought its way into La Paz, using heavy firepower against the Bolivians. The Bolivian military was forced out of La Paz. As the Bolivian military and politicians retreated into eastern Bolivia, the Peruvian supply lines began to distribute some food and supplies to the civilians left behind by the retreating Bolivians. The date the Peruvian forces officially took La Paz was then declared the 'Day of Liberation'. The Peruvian military bean to fortify the city in case the Bolivian military were to attempt to retake La Paz. A number of watch towers were constructed in order to allow the Peruvian military to see any incoming ground attacks. Blockades were set up on the roads so that the easy routes into the city were covered by constant patrols. The Pervian military began to pay the local gangs and militant groups to keep the peace in La Paz. The Peruvian military began setting up walls around the Macrodistrito Centro district of La Paz, as a location for the temporary headquarters for the Peruvian forces in Bolivia. Phase 2 of Operation Goldmine was set to begin soon.[/list]

[list]Meanwhile, Bolivian forces have retreated into the cities of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, where the Bolivian military believes it has a better chance of defending against Peruvian forces. The Bolivian military forces lost about thirty percent of its strength in the attempt to keep La Paz. Bolivia was beginning to experience a famine, as the damages supply lines prevented valuable food from reaching any of the cities in Bolivia. What food was able to reach the cities was always in short supply, causing food prices to increase dramatically. The refugees from La Paz also did not help the famine issue, as the advances by both the Western and Eastern Liberation Armies now controlled or conquered about a third of Bolivia. While the Peruvian forces now controlled a 'third' of Bolivia, most of that land was sparsely populated land that were 'lost' simply due to the roads and villages that were in those areas falling under Peruvian control.[/list]

Xaverium, Teujira, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Gaia Major, Austreylia

January 1962-July 1962

The End of Dahomey, Malian Responses, and WAF Expansion

|People lined up to polling stations across Dahomey with lines stretching down streets and blocks. Tensions were at an all-time high, and cases of violence were not uncommon, Porto Novo especially, was prone to street brawls as between Republican-Socialists and Monarchists became common. By the end of a few weeks all the votes were counted and the winner was clear. The Republican-Socialists had won, securing a 70-30 split over the Royalists.|

|With the Royalists effectively defeated in the election the triumvirate of Mathieu Kérékou a W.A.F. Supporter, Coutoucou Hubert Maga of the Republicans, and Colonel Christophe Soglo effectively dissolved. A new Duumvirate effectively formed with Colonel Christophe Soglo and Mathieu Kérékou pushing out the Republican Hubert Maga. With the backing of the military and the workers the Duumvirate organized a mass strike, coordinated with a government coup in which the Socialist Party became the sole legal party, and fabricated documents from the former Hubert Maga alleging a plot to stage a coup and put the republicans in sole control.|

| With the disappearance of both Hubert Maga, and Royalist leader and former Prime Minister Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin and King Togni-Ahoussou Ahos, many of the now isolated and confused pockets of Royalist and Republican support have been swept up and crushed in a wave of pro-socialist militia forces. The new Duumvirate began discussions with West Africa about joining the Federation immediately.|

| In a revelation by the Malian government, members of the now abolished parliament had fled and been given refuge in the Malian Imperial Federation. The Malian government has declared the W.A.F. An enemy of all Africa and committed to military action against the W.A.F. The WAF has organized its militia units and all units stationed in Mali to rise up and begin destabilizing the Federation from the inside.|

Xaverium, Teujira, Czabalkia, Kiger, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Teymour, Gaia Major, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Menzies administration narrowly passes National Electoral Act

|January 8th, 1962|

[I]Act affords aboriginal population the right to vote in elections[/I]

In the first session of the National Assembly since Christmas, President Menzies' (Republican Democratic Party of Australia) administration has passed the National Electoral Act, which will afford Australia's aboriginal population the right to take part in elections. The bill passed narrowly through the National Assembly, with 108 votes in favour and 92 votes against. The decision was met with complete support from more liberal parties such as the Party of Labour, the Democratic Labour Party and the Social Liberal Party. Support was more divided among the ruling Republican Democratic Party and its allies. Members of the White Australia Party were completely against the bill. The bill comes as part of a recent trend of liberalisation in relation to minorities and foreign immigration, and was met with demonstrations across Australia from the nationalist parties.

President Menzies clarified that the present policy of Aboriginal Reservations will not be affected, seemingly an effort to keep the more nationalist factions of the RDP on side. Demonstrations against the bill took place in Canberra, Darwin and Hobart, with smaller demonstrations taking place in most major cities nationwide. Leftist supporters of the Labour Party, Democratic Labour Party and the Social Liberal Party also demonstrated, saying that, whilst the bill is a positive developments, it isn't enough. They alleged that aboriginals are still subject to institutionalised racism in Australian society, and that the Menzies government must do more to combat this. Minor scuffles took place between nationalists and leftists, with several arrests being made by Police in central Canberra.

When interviewed later, Menzies was heckled by a leftist protestor, who called him a racist. President Menzies denied the accusation, and joked; [I]"...if I were not described as a racist, I would be the only public man who hasn't been".[/I] He once again reiterated his support for the White Australia policy in response to questions from the right-wing of his own party and several concerned citizens.

Spainard, Xaverium, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Teymour, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation

[sub]Play me: https://youtu.be/mKpsuGMeqHI[/sub]

[list]WHO DARES WINS[/list]

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[pre]SATURDAY, 9 December 1961 A.D. (Gregorian)

SUBOTA, 26 Gruden 1961 г.н.э. (Julianski)

[/pre]

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[list]KTFAF Airbase - Aleksandria, Kolchakgrad, Aleksandria Krai, Republic of the Kongo[/list]

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| Having been collaborating with the French government to undermine and eventually overthrow the weak-willed Portuguese government, the Kongo’s Territorial Forces would now spring into action to support French efforts. Portugal’s continued capitulation to left wing demands and African nationalists was disturbing to the Jashchenko government in Stenligrad, and prompted immediate lobbying of Western governments to support a regime change in Lisbon. The plan was to military occupy Angola in the aftermath of the French-led coup in Portugal, claiming to be protecting white Portuguese from native reprisals with no Portuguese government in place. The white population in Angola had grown increasingly agitated by and terrified of what might happen if metropolitan Portugal should decide to release the colony to natives. The intention of the Kongo was to establish an emergency transitional government in Angola, dominated by white land owners and Portuguese military officials in the colony.

Dubbed Operation Sabla (Stoinik Russian for cutlass), the units involved in this operation would be:

[list]> 1st Parachutist Battalion (300 servicemen)

> 2nd Parachutist Battalion (300 servicemen)

> 3rd Parachutist Battalion (300 servicemen)

> 5th Mechanised Battalion (700 servicemen)

> 3rd Mechanised Battalion (700 servicemen)[/list]

Using 8 of the KTFAF’s Douglas C-47’s, the 1st-3rd Parachutist Battalions would be airdropped into the city of Cabinda, landing approximately 5-10km from the Cabinda city limits. The Parachutists are armed with L1A1 rifles (x800), Browning Hi-Power pistols (x900), Bren LMGs (x80), Lee-Enfield M5 sniper rifles (x20), and M26 grenades (x2700). Their orders are to surround the city’s administrative center and demand the immediate surrender of Her Majesty of Portugal’s government. Local police and military units would be collected, disarmed, and informed of their new orders. A state of emergency was to be declared, and the white colonial troops were to establish martial law. Victor Fontes, the colonel in charge of forces in Cabinda, is informed of the coup d’état taking place in Lisbon and is appointed Chairman of the Transitional Governing Authority of the State of Angola. The 2 motorised battalions would be directed at Luanda, entering at the Kongo-Angola border crossing in the Uige province.

The 5th and 3rd mechanised battalions would be armed with Kanna light infantry vehicles (x35, Eland Mk7 IRL), L1A1 rifles (x1400), Browning Hi-Power pistols (x1400), and M26 grenades (x4200). At the border crossing KTF forces would inform Portuguese armed forces of the coup d’tat occurring Lisbon and demanding that they comply with the orders given by Colonel Fontes. If the orders are complied with, the Kongolese Territorial Forces Ground Force would begin creating a "buffer zone" within the provinces of Cabinda, Zaire, Uige, Bengo, Luanda, Kwanza-Norte, Kwanza Sul, Benguela, Huambo, Bie, Lunda Norte, and Lunda Sul. |

Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Teymour, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Indonesia’s Economic Grow

Indonesia starts a coal mining industry to sell to ally’s such as China or the Soviet Union about a portion of the coal would be kept in Indonesia for power multiple mines were put around Indonesia and the mines weren’t just mining coal they were mining copper, iron ore, Tin, and bauxite the industry would be owned by the government and would be funded by taxes 3% of the average person income would go to taxes the industry would start mass producing on a large scale to sell though their were protests and rally’s not to take down the forest and it was a arranged that a small amount of the jungles would become mines for the ore.

The Crop industry was next because of Indonesia’s every growing population feeding the people would be really important so Indonesia was producing grain rice vegetables and coffee beans which would also be produced on a large scale to feed Indonesia’s population and would be supported by the farmers who would help grow the crops which would be the main face of the crop industry Indonesia would also be selling coffee beans to it’s allies like China and more and most of this is for being independent instead of importing and would grow a economy soon Indonesia would hit 100 million citizens which would mean the country would have to feed 100 million so they were ready also the new industries would employ multiple citizens who were willing to mine or grow crops and all this was because Sukarno he did it to show he cared about his people and that they had to be prepared as including all of this Indonesia took volunteers to join the army or navy to improve defense’s 200 000 men and women volunteered for the army also Indonesia would start producing cloth and cotton for clothing and would expand this over time.

Xaverium, Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

[list][list]FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION MOVES TO EVACUATE FRENCH AIR FORCE IN LAOS!

22-24 January 1962 - Pakse French Air Base, Champasak, Kingdom of Laos[/list][/list]

| The Pathet Lao's advances in northern Laos since 1958 has not only caused most of the northern border regions of the Lao Kingdom to fall under communist occupation, but has left the royal capital of Luang Prabang deep in contested territory. Alongside the Royal Lao Army and Royal Lao Marine infantry defending the city, the French Air Force base in the city has also fallen into a precarious situation and, with the surrounding areas under communist control, the French Air Force has been able to effectively perform any operations from the base for some time. As such, its native Mystere IVs have largely sat unused for over a year, with no means to even so much as adequately refuel and reuse them due to communist contention for the roads leading south of the royal capital. |

| To alleviate the pressure put on the French Air Force's Southeast Asian operations against groups such as the Pathet Lao and the Viet Minh, the French Foreign Legion has been tasked to stage an airborne operation with aims to oversee an evacuation of French Air Force personnel from Luang Prabang, and allow the transfer of the French Air Force's remaining 12 Mystere IVs at the Luang Prabang French Air Base to the Royal Lao Air Force. The French Foreign Legion will also be tasked with overseeing the exfiltration of sensitive military information and data acquired by France regarding the military situation in northern Laos, and tactical documents relating to France's involvement in the Lao Civil War. These documents, along with the French Air Force personnel, will be extracted from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, and then from Wattay Airport to Pakse French Air Force Base. |

[spoiler=Order Of Battle]

[list][list][list][list][list]3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment, French Foreign Legion[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]

[list][*] 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion

[list][*] 410 Parachutists

[*] 4 SA 316A Alouettes[/list][/list]

[list][list][list][list][list]42nd Air Transport Squadron, French Air Force[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]

[list][*] 2 FAI Noratlas[/list]

[list][list][list][list][list]121st Fighter Squadron, French Air Force[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]

[list][*] 4 FAI Senones IIA[/list]

[list][list][list][list][list]18th Air Reconnaissance Squadron, French Air Force[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]

[list][*] 1 Petain IR[/list][/spoiler]

| After assembling at Pakse French Air Base on the 22nd, the joint FFL-FAF task force receive mission authorization for deployment at midnight on the 22nd into the 23rd, approving them for deployment the following morning at 5:00AM. At 2:30 AM that morning, a lone Pétain IR(one of the last still in French Air Force service) takes off from Pakse Air Base, with its course charted for Wattay Air Force Base. After flying from Pakse to Wattay, the Pétain IR will refuel and perform brief engine maintenance before flying northeast to the vicinity of Luang Prabang to rendezvous with the French Air Force garrison there and perform a brief reconnaissance mission of the area. At 5:00AM that morning, the B Platoon of the French Foreign Legionaries file either into FAI Noratlas transport craft or Alouette III helicopters, with the remaining paras to stay at Pakse on hold, ready for immediate deployment if the situation deteriorates in Luang Prabang. |

| The Noratlases, supported by advanced Senones IIA fighters, take off from Pakse Air Force Base at 5:35AM. Onboard each Noratlas is 36 paratroopers, each carrying their MAS-49/56 rifle, handguns, grenades, their personal rucksack, and other equipment. This airborne force will fly directly from Pakse to Luang Prabang and, after their three hour flight, jump from their aircraft into the city below. Once in the city, they will move along the southern bank of the Mekong River to the French Air Base three miles south of the Royal Palace and establish a defensive perimeter around the airbase. Roughly eight hours later, a further 20 parachute infantry will arrive in the Alouette IIIs, which will then be loaded up with the French Air Force personnel that have been grounded at the base for more than a year. The Alouette IIIs will take them to Wattay, where a government chartered civilian airliner will fly them to Tchan-Tung. A systematic withdrawal of all remaining intel, data, and parachutists will then commence until the air base is completely cleared out and handed over to the Royal Lao Air Force. |

| The Pétain IR arrives at Vientiane just after 5:05AM, landing at Wattay Air Base to refuel and perform maintenance. By 5:35AM, as the Parachute infantry are leaving from Pakse, the Pétain IR departs from Wattay, arriving over the Luang Prabang area after about forty five minutes of flying. The pilot of the Pétain IR, Air Force Caporal Grégory Cahun, radios to the ground personnel down below the status of the mission, and then begins to perform aerial recon sweeps of a broad circle around Luang Prabang to visually check for any potential Pathet Lao bunkers, entrenchments, artillery posts, or bases. The search, yielding no results, gives a promising sign for the mission. As its fuel begins to run low, the Pétain IR ends its sweeps and begins to fly back to Wattay. |

| At 8:22 AM, B Platoon flies over Luang Prabang. The 72 airborne infantry onboard deploy out of their parachutes, landing across Luang Prabang's center city without much incident. After regrouping at the Royal Palace, they gather their gear and, under the command of Caporal-chef Jean-Christophe Girardot, begin marching along the Mekong River on a quick hike to the French Air Force base. After being allowed through the main gates, they quickly get to work establishing a defensive perimeter around the base's chain-link fences, while the Caporal-chef enters the headquarters of the base's commanding officer to discuss the immediate plan. |

| At just after 2:30PM, with the base being secured, the Alouette IIIs arrive and land on a small strip of field right outside of the air base's fence, to the south. The paras on board unload their gear and head through the main gate, where most of the air base's personnel including pilots and senior officers await under the protection of the members of B Platoon that had already landed. After being escorted to the helicopters, the airbase personnel are quickly flown out of the area, back towards Wattay, leaving only a few remaining security personnel and intelligence agents behind. In the following day, after the helicopters are refueled and the pilots rested, they will return to the base to escort the remaining detail out of the base. |

| As day turns to night, B Platoon hunkers down in the base. Radio contact is established with the nearby Royal Lao Army garrison in the city, as well as the Royal Lao Air Force detachment. In the event of an attack against the airbase in the coming days, B Platoon will call upon the Royal Lao Army and nearby Royal Lao Marine units for assistance until the rest of the 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion platoons assigned on the mission are able to be airdropped in. |

Spainard, Xaverium, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Gaia Major, Austreylia

El País

12/02/1962

Madrid, Spain

__________________

[list]Nationalism or Patritoism?[/list]

Prime Minister Jario Velasquez, a once-respected leader in politics is now deemed “too soft” on areas of reconstructing the military, especially more now than ever after witnessing the events in the neighboring country of Portugal. A necessary action had shocked senior parliamentarians into plans to reconstruct the organization of the Spanish Armed Forces. In a motion in the lower house of Congress, MP Jose Tetuan of the Conservative’s Peoples Party, or PP for short went on to point out the “wonderful” days of Spanish colonialism. In his statement, he went on to say:

[list][sub]“From Latin America to the Philippine Islands, Spain had and has successfully spread its culture through the means of imperialism, and that was with a military. I am very concerned that, as a global influencer, we can be overrun by other global influencers and their ideologies in the 20th century and that must not be the fate of Spain as we continue to move towards a more democratic society. I call on this house to pass a resolution that will ensure that we increase our national defense budget annually by 2% over the next 3 years to ensure that our country remains a country free to choose its own destiny, by the will of its own people.”[/sub][/list]

This has caused quite a confusion among the PP party, especially with the Prime Minister responding from his chair saying:

[list][sub]“We cannot indulge ourselves with past glories or failures but must look towards the future. I agree with the honorable MP from Valencia that our armed forces are in a ghastly state, but let us not confuse the pride of one country with nationalistic idealism that has in times passed caused war, death, and decline. The nation has suffered quite enough from this fascist rhetoric, and as a diverse nation we are, I must simply condemn this statement. However… that doesn’t mean we need to rebuild our armed forces, again, I agree. Maybe if this house were to indulge the senior member of Valencia by passing a resolution to annually increase the defense budget, but allow preliminary notions to stand that we must simply organize our command structure, encourage and promote information technology, and work with our allies to ensure that we continue with the MPs deeply flawed view of patriotism, but again without the aspects of total nationalism.”[/sub][/list]

The Communist Party of Spain, which has a sizeable non-competitive role in Congress voiced their outrage saying this is a notion to suppress political freedoms in Spain, by using the military to suppress the voice of different political ideologies, but was later dismissed by the Prime Minister saying his government and upholds the constitutional right to be a social and democratic state governed by law and declares liberty, justice, equality, and political pluralism.

All may be lost for the Prime Minister as next year may or may not be his last year in high office. A notable amount of MP within the People’s Party tend to lead to the Prime Minister or to MP Jose Tetuan its speculated this could cause for a snap election within the party to see who is right to lead the party and put forth a solidified agenda.

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Xaverium wrote:[sub]Play me: https://youtu.be/uR0CkFAFVVA[/sub]

[list]ROMANOV’S IN AFRICA[/list]

—

[pre]FRIDAY, 4 August 1961 A.D. (Gregorian)

PINITSA, 22 Lipna 1961 г.н.э. (Julianski)

[/pre]

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[list]ST. JOHN INT. AIRPORT, Elisavetgrad, Elisavetgrad Krai, Republic of the Kongo[/list]

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| St. John of Kronstadt International Airport is the busiest airport in the Kongo, and serves much of the Elisavetgrad Krai province with international flights. The largest in population of all the Kongo’s provinces, and most wealthy by far, Elisavetgrad Krai was the economic and Stoinik cultural hub of the Kongo. Businessmen from all across the world, thousands and thousands of tourists coming for Safaris, and many hundreds of thousands of other travellers who flew in and out of St. John every year. Due to the Kongo’s draconian racial laws, many African migrants who wanted to work in the Kongo had to enter the country by land. As such, the airports in the country were largely devoid of Africans with the exception of the support staff. Flight attendants, pilots, restaurant workers, check-in, and the Territorial Gendarms who protected the airport were all Europeans.

This would come as a shock to Alexandre Levi Romanov. The French-born Romanov was visiting the Kongo for the first time ever, to visit family and get visit the world’s free Russian country. Free only for Russians, hence why the airport was devoid of melanated faces. In September, Elisavetgrad tends to run at a cool and dry 75°F. Today was much like any other, and the sun shines brightly on the golden savanna that surrounded the shimmering concrete metropolis that was Elisavetgrad. The shanty towns that expanded from the metropolitan city limits represented the undeniable brutality of segregation in the Kongo. The country was horrifically divided between the majority who lived in destitute poverty, and the minority who lived lives of grandeur subsidised by the fantastic economy generated by cheap labor and plentiful resources.

The Kongo Airways flights from Paris to Elisavetgrad take a lot longer these days due to the closure of Malian airspace to Kongolese aircraft. Detours around Mali and through the United Arab Republic add additional few hours to the flight time. Nevertheless, the Kongo‘s imported aircraft are among the world’s best and they have provided Kongo Airways with among the world’s fastest, quietest, and most luxurious travel accomodations. Despite sanctions on the Kongo from certain nations, travel continues to increase for Kongo Airways due to domestic population with increasing wages.

Waiting at the airport for Alexandre Romanov was his cousin, Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow. Pjotr was a Stoinik, descended from the Kongo branch of the Romanov family. His family had become members of Stoinik society during the early 1880s, forming various investment companies and plundering the colony’s wealth from the early days of colonization. Today the Romanow’s of the Kongo were the owners of the Imperial Standard Tobacco company and Imperial Standard Vodka, both among the Kongo’s best sellers. Due to security threats from the KGB, the Romanow’s kept a rather low profile.

Today, Pjotr dressed in a simple white polo shirt and brown pleated slacks. In terms of stature he was not an impressive man, standing at 5’4”. However due to conscription and service call-ups Romanow incredibly fit, a trait which was shared by Stoinik men and women alike due to government health programs. At 35, Romanow’s platinum blonde hair was beginning to whiten and thin a bit in the front. He had grey eyes and blonde eyebrows that contrasted heavily against the coppery brown of his skin. Years and years spent out in the equatorial Kongolese sun had given Pjotr’s skin a leathery appearance. He smoked a Davidoff cigarette in the international arrivals area, unwilling to smoke his own Imperial Standard brand for elitist reasons. He held a sign that said Alexandre Levi, not wanting to write down the last name of someone who’s family held incredible importance in this country. |

Czabalkia

| Alexandre Levi Romanov walks over to Pjotr, dressed in a fine tan suit from Hugo Boss and dress pants to match. A Swiss Audemars Piguet watch adorns his wrist, its color matching his black shoes. His hair, a dirty blonde swept across his head, matches his white and distinctly European complexion, in direct contrast to the tanned bronze of the Stoiniks. Extending a hand for a shake, he greets his distant cousin. He speaks to him in a very formal, posh continental Russian, which comes very naturally to him as it does to most French Romanovs. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: ''A very good day to you, dear cousin Pyotr. It's nice to finally meet, and assuredly very nice to be here. I've never been to the Kongo, only ever seen pictures and heard stories from family. It's quite beautiful."[/list]

| Alexandre, only 28 years old, had grown up on stories of what the Kongo was like, told by older siblings and direct relatives who had travelled there. The closest he'd been to the Kongo was a trip as a young boy to French Somaliland, in 1939, while his father's firm was beginning to invest in the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway. Since 1939, Alexandre's life has primarily consisted of attending the University of Paris for business, touring post-War Europe, and drag racing his numerous luxury speed cars across the hills and highlands of the Azure Coast. This was his first time out of Europe proper since 1939, and his first time ever seeing the Kongo with his own eyes. As the two men shake hands, Alexandre pulls out a Sobranie Gold cigarette from his suit pocket, lights it, and takes a long drag. |

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Czabalkia wrote:| Alexandre Levi Romanov walks over to Pjotr, dressed in a fine tan suit from Hugo Boss and dress pants to match. A Swiss Audemars Piguet watch adorns his wrist, its color matching his black shoes. His hair, a dirty blonde swept across his head, matches his white and distinctly European complexion, in direct contrast to the tanned bronze of the Stoiniks. Extending a hand for a shake, he greets his distant cousin. He speaks to him in a very formal, posh continental Russian, which comes very naturally to him as it does to most French Romanovs. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: ''A very good day to you, dear cousin Pyotr. It's nice to finally meet, and assuredly very nice to be here. I've never been to the Kongo, only ever seen pictures and heard stories from family. It's quite beautiful."[/list]

| Alexandre, only 28 years old, had grown up on stories of what the Kongo was like, told by older siblings and direct relatives who had travelled there. The closest he'd been to the Kongo was a trip as a young boy to French Somaliland, in 1939, while his father's firm was beginning to invest in the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway. Since 1939, Alexandre's life has primarily consisted of attending the University of Paris for business, touring post-War Europe, and drag racing his numerous luxury speed cars across the hills and highlands of the Azure Coast. This was his first time out of Europe proper since 1939, and his first time ever seeing the Kongo with his own eyes. As the two men shake hands, Alexandre pulls out a Sobranie Gold cigarette from his suit pocket, lights it, and takes a long drag. |

| A traditionally brash Stoinik, Pjotr pulls in for a hug and pats him on the back several times. He smiles warmly, having been raised in family oriented culture of Russian Africans, and is genuinely happy to be in the presence of any Romanov. He lets Alexandre go and begins speaking back to Alexandre in Stoinik Russian, known for its lack of diphthongs, longer vowels, and softer consonants. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"We’re delighted to have you here in the Kongo, cousin. It’s a beautiful country and it’s your country, any Russian is welcome here. I trust your flight over was well, no?"

| Pjotr suddenly looked off towards the entrance of the arrivals terminal, clapping his hands and gesticulating at Alexandre’s luggage. Suddenly two rather large (6’2+) native men in simple black suits rushed into the terminal towards Pjotr and Alexandre. They grabbed Alexandre’s bags, before standing almost at attention beside Pjotr. It would finally occur to Alexandre at this point that there were genuinely no black travellers in the airport. Pjotr spoke to his servants as they collected the bags, switching to Swahili midway. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"Take my cousins bag, and put them in the boot for God’s sake. Bloody savage heathens. Yeye ndiye bosi wako sasa pia / He is your boss now too. Mtendee kama mtu mwingine yeyote wa familia yangu la sivyo nitakuwa na vichwa vyenu / Treat him like any other member of my family or I'll have your heads. Now shall we get going cousin?"

| Pjotr’s expression quickly changed from one of pure aggression to one of joy as he looked back on his younger cousin and gestured forward to the large doors heading out of the terminal. |

Teujira, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Autumnberg, Teymour, Gaia Major, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

February-March 1962

Timbuktu, Mali

| Louis Beavogui shocked the entire Federation today as he announced he would not seek to be Prime Minister anymore. This sent shock waves through the entire nation as the parties scrambled to prepare for the coming election. With the problems gripping the entire nation, many feared the loss of Beavogui may spell doom for the Federation.|

| Mansa Modibo sat back in his chair, sighing heavily waiting for General Keketo Mansaray to report. Then the door to the office opened, General Mansaray bowed. “Your Excellency, the plan is going smoothly, soldiers have replaced local police, and now control access to the city, on your orders we may begin.” The General stepped back, Modibo looked up and said “Begin.”|

| After record low turnouts, estimated at 33%, many Parliament members scrambled to elect a new Prime Minister. 5 men tapped to be Prime Minister all vanished or refused to stand for election. gridlock soon set up the Parliament as a compromise could not be agreed upon.|

| General Mansaray walked down the hall 2 columns of soldiers followed behind him, at every door in the hallway two soldiers would break off and enter each room. By the time they reached the main chamber it was only Mansaray and 2 soldiers. The General straightened his uniform, and opened the door. Parliament went quiet as he and his armed escort reached the podium. He yelled “Gentlemen I thank you for your service, but as there is no Prime Minister, and our Parliament is divided, on orders of the Mansa, I hereby declare the Parliament, and the Federation dissolved. The Federation is Dead, Long Live the Empire.” With that more soldiers flooded into the room, grabbing members of Parliament and leading them outside to awaiting military trucks.

| Across the city soldiers seized civilians accused of anti-Malian crimes. Even the King and nobility became prisoners under virtual house arrest to the General. In a few months, General Mansaray had become Dictator of the Empire.|

|The destruction of democracy had disastrous effects for the Malian Empire. While it had never been entirely democratic in nature, the facade of a functioning democracy had kept moderates, and fence-sitters loyal to the Empire. Now no longer was this the case. Socialist and Traditionalist support surged, as even soldiers began to mutiny. The government pushed total bankruptcy, and the fall of the Empire was only a year away. |

Xaverium, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Teymour, Gaia Major, -Ethiopian Empire

Xaverium wrote:[sub]Play me: https://youtu.be/mKpsuGMeqHI[/sub]

[list]WHO DARES WINS[/list]

—

[pre]SATURDAY, 9 December 1961 A.D. (Gregorian)

SUBOTA, 26 Gruden 1961 г.н.э. (Julianski)

[/pre]

--snip--

The People's Republic of China issues a stern and solemn diplomatic condemnation of the rogue state of the Kongo's actions in Angola. Its illegitimate and unfounded invasion and subsequent deposition of the sovereign government of one of its neighbour states is an action fundamentally and inescapably rooted in imperialism, racialism, and the other heinous ideologies that motivate the minoritarian, genocidal dictators of this tyrannical regime. It urges its allies in the Warsaw Pact and SCO to sever ties with this nation and withdraw any recognition for it on the world stage.

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Czabalkia, Miwok-, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation

[list][list]【𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐙𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐄】 - ᏝᏋ ᎶᎧᏁᎶᎧ ᏝᏗ ᏉᎥፈᏖᎧᏒᎥᏗ - 【𝐌'𝐊𝐖𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍】[/list][/list]

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[list][list][list][list][pre]La Gongolaise - Himno du la victoire[/pre]

PLAY ME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxGlQdVUFFA

[sup]On this day the sun rises and our Gongo stands resplendent.

A long night is ended, great happiness has come.

Let us all, with wild joyfulness, sing the song of freedom.

Arise, Gongolese, proud every man, Proclaim the unity of our nation![/sup]

[sup]Together we will pave the road to victory!

Together let us build new glories to our Gongo!

On this path, we will attain freedom o Gongo.

Victory will adore your banner o Gongo.[/sup]

[sup]And if we have to die,

What does it really matter? Our children

Everywhere will be able to say how

Triumph comes through battle,

And in the smallest village

Sing beneath our flag adorned with victory![/sup]

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[list][pre]{Presidente du la République Fédérale de Gongo, Moreau Asani M'kwam}[/pre][/list]

[sup]Citizens of du Gongo! The struggle for our national liberation has been a long arduous road, but at long last, we have taken back our dignity! We suffered under the yolk of imperial powers for a great many years, our people living in the shadows of colonialism with their heads bowed before France. But now, here we are, participating in our own political traditions to decide our own future! Thanks to the will of the people, I Moreau Asani M'kwam, leader of the Rally for Victory, have been elected to serve the people as its President after the elections. The honor is all mine...thank you oh victorious peoples! I want to take this opportunity to also thank my opponents from the DUG, GPL, and the AMG for participating in the elections with good faith. I do not seek to engage in petty political grandstanding, thus, I will work hand in hand with all the political parties in the Federal Parliament to better serve du Gongo. As I always say, 'Life is at it's fullest when you are friends with everyone.' Now with pleasantries out of the way, I will now lay out my agenda for my tenure. The 1st objective of my Presidency will be to create a national constitution for Gongo. Basing it off the original 'Plan du Zaïre', drafted by the National Coalition for Victory during the colonial regime. Like I stated previously, I will work hand in hand with the other political parties to ensure that the constitution best represents the public. All Gongolese will have an equal hand in the process. The plan du Zaïre originally emphasized five important points, point one, guaranteeing the citizen has the right to the free development of his or her personality while respecting the rights of others and the public order. No one may be humiliated, mistreated, or tortured, even during moments of arrest or imprisonment. Point two, liberty of expression and opinion for every citizen no matter his or her creed. So long as public order is respected. Point three, the right to defense, in case of a trial is guaranteed to all. Preventative detention must not exceed the time period provisioned by the law. Point four, every citizen of the Federal Republic has the right to work, no matter his or her creed. Point five, all citizens are entitled to live where ever they wish in the national territory. So long as the protocol of law is respected. Obviously, this is a short list, but the new constitution will be richer in detail and cover much broader rights of Gongolese citizenship. With that dear citizens, I depart you today. I wish everyone in the federal government good wishes. We will work hard to ensure the prosperity and peace of the Federal Republic of Gongo. Avancez vers la victoire, oh Gongo![/sup]

Spainard, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, Miwok-, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia

Xaverium wrote:| A traditionally brash Stoinik, Pjotr pulls in for a hug and pats him on the back several times. He smiles warmly, having been raised in family oriented culture of Russian Africans, and is genuinely happy to be in the presence of any Romanov. He lets Alexandre go and begins speaking back to Alexandre in Stoinik Russian, known for its lack of diphthongs, longer vowels, and softer consonants. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"We’re delighted to have you here in the Kongo, cousin. It’s a beautiful country and it’s your country, any Russian is welcome here. I trust your flight over was well, no?"

| Pjotr suddenly looked off towards the entrance of the arrivals terminal, clapping his hands and gesticulating at Alexandre’s luggage. Suddenly two rather large (6’2+) native men in simple black suits rushed into the terminal towards Pjotr and Alexandre. They grabbed Alexandre’s bags, before standing almost at attention beside Pjotr. It would finally occur to Alexandre at this point that there were genuinely no black travellers in the airport. Pjotr spoke to his servants as they collected the bags, switching to Swahili midway. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"Take my cousins bag, and put them in the boot for God’s sake. Bloody savage heathens. Yeye ndiye bosi wako sasa pia / He is your boss now too. Mtendee kama mtu mwingine yeyote wa familia yangu la sivyo nitakuwa na vichwa vyenu / Treat him like any other member of my family or I'll have your heads. Now shall we get going cousin?"

| Pjotr’s expression quickly changed from one of pure aggression to one of joy as he looked back on his younger cousin and gestured forward to the large doors heading out of the terminal. |

| Alexandre, roughly equivalent in height to the native servants, follows them with his eyes in disbelief, thoughts of disgust filling his head. He'd heard stories of the mistreatment of blacks in Kongo, but to see it with his own two eyes was shocking, almost as if he had been hit with whiplash by the complete difference in cultural attitudes between the desegregated, almost harmonious race relations in France, and the servitude of the Kongolese natives. Nonetheless, to insult the sacred institution of the Kongolese state would be an affront to his host country and his family here - therefore, he keeps his mouth shut. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Yes, let's go. I'm eager to see more of Elisavetgrad besides what I could make out from the air.'[/list]

| Following his cousin's lead, Alexandre heads out of the main terminal of the airport, and out into the Kongolese Republic. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Where will we be headed?'[/list]

Spainard, Xaverium, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Malian Imperial Federation

Czabalkia wrote:| Alexandre, roughly equivalent in height to the native servants, follows them with his eyes in disbelief, thoughts of disgust filling his head. He'd heard stories of the mistreatment of blacks in Kongo, but to see it with his own two eyes was shocking, almost as if he had been hit with whiplash by the complete difference in cultural attitudes between the desegregated, almost harmonious race relations in France, and the servitude of the Kongolese natives. Nonetheless, to insult the sacred institution of the Kongolese state would be an affront to his host country and his family here - therefore, he keeps his mouth shut. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Yes, let's go. I'm eager to see more of Elisavetgrad besides what I could make out from the air.'[/list]

| Following his cousin's lead, Alexandre heads out of the main terminal of the airport, and out into the Kongolese Republic. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Where will we be headed?'[/list]

| Elisavetgrad was certainly a hot city, but the air was breezy and the heat was a dry heat by this time in the year. During August and July the humidity would regularly reach 100%. There were a line of cars waiting just outside of the terminal, some taxis and others just simple family sedans. The exterior of the airport was guarded by Territorial Gendarmes, easy to spot due to their khaki fatigues and black berets. They carried an L1A1 rifle and Browning HP pistol as a side arm, standing guard at the entrances of each terminal. It didn’t seem to bother any of the Stoiniks, who had grown rather used to the increasing security presence in light of a recent chain of terrorist attacks. Pjotr’s servants walked ahead of the two cousins, arriving at a Rolls-Royce Phantom limousine. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"First, we shall take a ride out to my home. It’s just outside of the city, my family are quite excited to see you Alexandre. I’m sure you remember my father, Kirill? Following pleasantries, I’ve prepared a short hunt to introduce you to the Bushlands."

| One of the servants opened the passenger door closest to Alexandre, and Pjotr gestured for him to get in. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"After you."

Spainard, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Malian Imperial Federation

Xaverium wrote:| Elisavetgrad was certainly a hot city, but the air was breezy and the heat was a dry heat by this time in the year. During August and July the humidity would regularly reach 100%. There were a line of cars waiting just outside of the terminal, some taxis and others just simple family sedans. The exterior of the airport was guarded by Territorial Gendarmes, easy to spot due to their khaki fatigues and black berets. They carried an L1A1 rifle and Browning HP pistol as a side arm, standing guard at the entrances of each terminal. It didn’t seem to bother any of the Stoiniks, who had grown rather used to the increasing security presence in light of a recent chain of terrorist attacks. Pjotr’s servants walked ahead of the two cousins, arriving at a Rolls-Royce Phantom limousine. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"First, we shall take a ride out to my home. It’s just outside of the city, my family are quite excited to see you Alexandre. I’m sure you remember my father, Kirill? Following pleasantries, I’ve prepared a short hunt to introduce you to the Bushlands."

| One of the servants opened the passenger door closest to Alexandre, and Pjotr gestured for him to get in. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"After you."

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Kirill ... yes, yes I do, as a matter of fact. It will be good to see everyone and give them the warmest regards. As for hunting, I've never been - I mostly stick to driving my cars around. But yes, let us proceed.'[/list]

| Alexandre gets in, adjusting a wrinkle at the bottom of his pants. |

Spainard, Xaverium, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Malian Imperial Federation

Czabalkia wrote:[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Kirill ... yes, yes I do, as a matter of fact. It will be good to see everyone and give them the warmest regards. As for hunting, I've never been - I mostly stick to driving my cars around. But yes, let us proceed.'[/list]

| Alexandre gets in, adjusting a wrinkle at the bottom of his pants. |

| The interior of the car was not unlike the Rolls Royce limousines of the European Romanovs, with the exception of the fact that Pjotr had upholstered the interior of the car in Ostrich leather. As the two servants entered into the front seat, Pjotr followed in just behind Alexandre. The car slowly pulled off before making it’s way onto the beltway highway that surrounded the outskirts of Elisavetgrad. The city’s central business district was visible from the airport, with several 30-40 storey skyscrapers and several hundred smaller buildings. Being that Elisavetgrad was among the last places to be seriously settled by Europeans abroad, the architecture in the city was a mixture of some classical Russian architecture, some Art Deco, and now modernist architecture that was increasingly being built. The newest and tallest buildings appeared like concrete and glass monoliths on the horizon. The Kongo’s major roadways were known for their lack of speed limits, enforcing only a recommended limit for the purposes of automotive insurance claims and any post-collision legal procedures. As such, Pjotr’s servants made no qualms about keeping the accelerator pressed. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"Always good to hear someone else is as fanatic about cars as I am, and have you amassed a car collection there in France?"

Spainard, Teujira, Czabalkia, Miwok-, Malian Imperial Federation

[list]Elisavetgrad Vestnik[pre]

FEBRUARY EDITION — 1962[/pre][/list]

[list][list][pre]Ofitstalna Gaseta Narodnoi Parti![/pre][sub][pre]Official Newspaper of the People’s Party.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list]KNM CELLS TRAINING IN RED CHINA, ENERGY INDUSTRY BOOMING, ANGOLAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES, HOSTAGE SITUATION IN ALEKSANDRIA[/list][/list]

[list]| YUNNAN — While Lumumba and the Politburo of the Kongolese National Movement continue living abroad in FR Gongo, recent intelligence reports by the Okhrana indicate that approximately 5-8,000 KNM sympathisers of African extraction are currently residing in Red China’s Yunnan province. Due to the province’s climate — rather similar to that of the Kongo — Yunnan will allow terrorist trainees to perfect jungle warfare tactics to utilise against the Kongo Territorial Forces back home. As seen in Indochina and Malaysia, the communist forces are content to utilise guerrilla measures and do so rather competently. Many of the strategies developed by the People’s Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War will no doubt be passed on to the guerrillas trainees.

Lumumba’s top lieutenant Josip Mobutu is known to be present in the PRC at the moment. Mobutu has been undertaking efforts to act as Lumumba’s foreign representative, and drum up support in the form of arms and monetary aid from states which have shown sympathy to Lumumba’s cause. Mobutu is reported to have secured financial and military support from the Kingdom of Sweden, the Soviet-occupied metropolitan provinces, and Communist-occupied China. In response to these revelations, the border checkpoints between bantustans and the Kongo employed by the Stenligradski Krai are to be expanded in coming months. Border fencing and solid barriers between the bantustans and Republic of Kongo are due to be built under direction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Customs Enforcement. The Territorial Gendarmerie and and Territorial Guards will conduct border guard operations to defend our internal borders, aided with new UH-1 Bell and Alouette III helicopters being delivered from the United States and France.[/list]

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[list]ALEKSANDRIA — The Jusupow Dam Complex and now joint oil & gas deals between the Kongo and Angola have spurred a jolt in the Kongolese economy, specifically in the Aleksandria Krai province. Due to the Kongo - Angola Mutual Security Zone, much of northern Angola has come under the administration of the colonial and Kongolese military. In return for our military protection, the Kongo has received favourable agreements in regards to drilling and selling Angolan petroleum internationally.

The Kongo Industrial Development Company has made funds available and partnered with private capital to form the Civil Gas Company (shorted to Grazgaz) and a new line of AfriGas service stations. The Civil Gas Company (Grazdanskaja Gazovaja Kompanija) is owned partially by the Kongo Industrial Development Company, who maintain a 20% stake in the company. The Angolan Transitional Government holds an additional 20% stake, with the remaining ownership of the company being private.

The Civil Oil Company will have exclusive exploratory, refining, drilling, and export rights to crude petroleum reserves located throughout the northern provinces of Angola and specifically Block Zero. Within Angola and the Kongo, Grazgaz stations would sell cheap and high quality unleaded gasoline developed from Angolan oil. Outside of the Kongo and Angola, Grazgaz would market It’s petrol through the subsidiary "AfriGas". Targeting sales in the United States, France, Germany, Australia, and Spain - AfriGas seeks to open at least 200 service stations in the next 3 years.

This prior month, KonElektrik secured a several million Ruble contract with the South Africa government. Beginning in 1963, South Africa will be receiving 1.25 MW annually from the Central-African Electrical Interconnect electrical grid which currently powers the Kongo. Generating a massive 40 MW per annum, the added drain of 1.25 MW by South Africa will do absolutely nothing to affect the power levels for Kongolese. Nevertheless, this presents a unique opportunity for both South Africa and Kongo to benefit tremendously.

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[list]CABINDA — In the aftermath of the Portuguese military coup last December, the anti-colonial strife which has gripped the country since last March has continued steadily escalating. This comes despite the presence of more than 2,300 KTFGF peace-keepers in the Kongo - Angola Mutual Security Zone. Since the insurgency led by the Union of the People’s of Angola began in March 1961, more than 76 of Angola’s security forces have been killed in hit-and-run ambush attacks. The violence has resulted in the declaration of a state of emergency by Angola’s Transitional Governing Authority, and the mobilisation of the Angolan Civil Defence. A recent attack on KTFGF peacekeepers In Angola now has Stenligrad and Svatoi Vladimirsk considering taking offensive action against Angolan rebels.

Whilst on patrol just ~45km from Luanda, a patrolling fire-team were ambushed by UPA rebels near the town of Kilamba. Driving along in a Willys MB 4x4, the patrol is believed to have accidentally detonated a terrorist-made bomb before being engulfed in a hail of automatic gunfire. All 4 servicemen on the patrol were killed either in the explosion or the gunfire that succeeded it. These include A. S. Borisov (aged 18), I. L. Kalinic (aged 36), K. B. Emelnenkov (aged 19), and A. V. Suslov (aged 17). Posthumously they have all been awarded the Medal of Suvorov for bravery, on orders of President Jashchenko. Following the reports of the ambush being confirmed, Kongolese flags have been flown at half-mast for 2 weeks and the servicemen will all be buried with honours. The young age of the soldiers killed, 3/4 being conscripts, has been deeply disturbing and troubling to many Europeans in the Kongo. For many, these heroes represent the very real fact that the next person to be killed by the terrorists could be one’s own son, or uncle, or father, or whoever it may be.

President Jashchenko has requested a hearing by the State Duma on 2 March to determine whether the Kongo Territorial Forces should expand It’s presence in Angola to total of 10,000 servicemen and authorise the use of offensive military force by the Presidency to begin attacking and suppressing terrorists in Angola. With public opinion currently heavily in favor of the armed forces and public safety being high on the list of voter priorities, it is absolutely likely that military force against the UPA and KNM will be authorised next month.[/list]

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[list]ALEKSANDRIA — A hostage situation erupted at the Savings and Loan Bank of Afrika in the city’s CBD on 17 February. 10 native gunman stormed the building and held 30 customers and 12 staff hostage for approximately 9 hours. The gunmen, though they insist on their non-alignment, appeared to be dedicated purely to political and not economic matters. The bank’s vault was untouched, and the assailants chose only to rob the customers and staff. Arriving customers found the bank closed and called the Russian Afrikan Police Service to report suspicious activity at the bank. Shortly thereafter, the assailants themselves called the RAPS and reported that they had taken over the bank. It was at this point that the police began dispatching to the scene of the crime in full.

After surrounding the bank, the hostage takers released the native custodial staff and allowed them to pass a message to the police. That message being that the hostage takers demanded the immediate release of more than 3,000 suspected terrorists arrested in connection with the Hotel Wojtenko bombing. The hostage takers threaten to kill the 42 hostages should their demands not be met, something which was as equally unthinkable to the authorities as was releasing over 3,000 terrorists. Neither option presented by the hostage takers seemed viable, leaving the Russian Afrika Police with limited options and the use of force as their own hope to release hostages.

Using the buildings ventilation system, a team of 6 police officers armed with Sterling SMGs snuck through the air vents from the roof of the building down to the ground floor where the hostages and assailants were presumed to be. A firefight ensued within the bank’s foyer between the outnumbered police and the hostages. 2 hostages were killed and 5 wounded of which 3 were seriously wounded. All 10 hostage takers were killed in the fire fight, with the police losing only 1 officer in the line of fire.

The hostage situation, as well as the recent trend of violent attacks being carried out these days, have prompted the Ministry of Internal Affairs to announce the formation of a new special police force. Dubbed the "Special Task Force", this new police unit will be composed of Russian Afrikan Police officers of: high degrees physical fitness, high levels of weapons competence, aerial and naval infiltration competence, VIP protection and urban warfare competence, competency with explosives and incendiary weapons, strong mental and physical bearing, and dedication to national values. Enlistment in the Special Task Force will be open to police officers with 5 or more years of experience, and servicemen who have completed demolitions and airborne training. It is thought that the creation of the Special Task Force will aid the fight against terrorism by creating a permanent tactical police unit capable of regularly thwarting and combatting terrorists without military assistance. |[/list]

Spainard, Teujira, Otsla, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Teymour, Gaia Major, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia

Post self-deleted by Miwok-.

Xaverium wrote:[sub]Play me: https://youtu.be/mKpsuGMeqHI[/sub]

[list]WHO DARES WINS[/list]

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[pre]SATURDAY, 9 December 1961 A.D. (Gregorian)

SUBOTA, 26 Gruden 1961 г.н.э. (Julianski)

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--SNIP--

| The Soviet Union strongly diplomatically condemns the imperialistic actions of the morally bankrupt and politically illegitimate rogue state of the Kongo in Angola. Its internationally illegal war in Angola will not stand. Its invasion is rooted in outdated racist Tsarist and Kolchakite settler imperialism that stand with other horrifying violent and obsolete ideologies like Fascism and Feudalism that still attempt to cling onto the world like a disease. Indeed the entire nation of the Kongo is an illegitimate state born from defunct Bourgeoisie imperialism that was banished from the Soviet Union decades and decades ago. It is a state founded on morally decrepit ideals that the rest of the world have already abandoned long ago. The Soviet Union and all the workers of the world warn the Western backed Fascist dictatorship of the Kongo that if it does not cease its violent and illegal actions the Soviet Union will be forced to take immediate swift action. The Soviet Union calls to all nations of the world that stand for equality and true freedom to rescind their recognition of the Kongo as a legitimate state, and to sever all diplomatic, military and economic ties that may exist with the nation. |

Spainard, Xaverium, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Autumnberg, Teymour, Gaia Major

Army advisors to be deployed to Burma

|March 23rd, 1962|

[I]Defence Minister announces deployment of 30 army advisors to Burma[/I]

Defence Minister Athol Townley has announced the deployment of 30 army advisors to Burma, in order to assist the Burmese government against the growing communist threat. Burma, also known as Myanmar, recently thwarted a coup attempt, lead by leftist Army higher-up Ne Win. President Menzies has praised the deployment and will reportedly "be in regular communication with the Burmese government and armed forces", as will Defence Minister Athol. The deployment was met with widespread approval in the National Assembly, though fringe leftist parties and leftist students were expectedly more critical. A small protest was held outside the Ministry of Defence headquarters, but was dispersed by Military Police. The Burmese Embassy in Canberra has been placed under increased guard for fear of vandalism or assault by communist agitators. The troops will be deployed to Rangoon on March 31st, likely via an Air Force C-130 transport aircraft. The deployment will be Australias first major foreign action against communism since its involvement in the Malayan Emergency.

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[I][Whilst troops prepare for deployment to Burma, U.S. and Australian naval personnel have begun work on a radio communications station in Northwestern Cape, in Western Australia. The station will provide assistance to both U.S. and Australian naval vessels, as well as other allied nations. The build is being kept secret and a patrolled perimeter has been designated around the build site.][/I]

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Gaia Major

El País

28/04/1962

Madrid, Spain

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[list]PSOE Takes Adantage of The PP's Disfucntion[/list]

El Partido Socialista Obrero Español or the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) are looking for certain inroads to make their mark in the recent discourse among the ruling PP party. President Esperanza Zapatero is adamant to thread the needle with Prime Minister Jario Velasquez or any member of the People’s Party, saying that it is time for a drastic overhaul of the Spanish welfare state claiming that in a few years Spain will be unprepared to handle any scenario where the economy isn’t doing as great as it is now. His agenda, which stalled in Congress of Deputies, would’ve reviewed the Prime Minister’s recent agenda on continuing to build on the countries infrastructure, pass resolutions that would protect blue-collar workers, and continue to expand on the countries educational system. Zapatero also went on to attack the Prime Minister’s inability to lead his party when speaking on the state of our armed forces.

He went on to say:

[list][sub]“If the government is proven to be unable to perform its duties then it is only right for the public to call for a general election and allow a new government to form that the people can get behind. In a time where the Spanish economy is the fastest growing economy in Europe if not the world, then I fail to realize why our government has not taken the time to capitalize on the idea that workers must be protected, children must have a decent education, and those that do work have the infrastructure to get around by using public transportation.”[/sub][/list]

Prime Minister Jario Velazquez rebuttable Esperanza’s claims, saying that the country must focus on revitalizing its military, but did not dismiss the ideas put forth by the socialist president. However for a few months now, the Prime Minister’s grip over government has been slipping. Valasquez has been in power since the restoration of democracy in 1955. There have been calls for new blood in the high office among other parties such as the PSOE and even within their own party. A loyal politician from Seville Alejandro Cruz says he would “prefer new leadership” for the PP. With continued pressure, it is adamant that the Prime Minister was to step aside within his own party rather than face a possibility of a general election.

Xaverium, Otsla, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Teymour, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Xaverium wrote:| The interior of the car was not unlike the Rolls Royce limousines of the European Romanovs, with the exception of the fact that Pjotr had upholstered the interior of the car in Ostrich leather. As the two servants entered into the front seat, Pjotr followed in just behind Alexandre. The car slowly pulled off before making it’s way onto the beltway highway that surrounded the outskirts of Elisavetgrad. The city’s central business district was visible from the airport, with several 30-40 storey skyscrapers and several hundred smaller buildings. Being that Elisavetgrad was among the last places to be seriously settled by Europeans abroad, the architecture in the city was a mixture of some classical Russian architecture, some Art Deco, and now modernist architecture that was increasingly being built. The newest and tallest buildings appeared like concrete and glass monoliths on the horizon. The Kongo’s major roadways were known for their lack of speed limits, enforcing only a recommended limit for the purposes of automotive insurance claims and any post-collision legal procedures. As such, Pjotr’s servants made no qualms about keeping the accelerator pressed. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"Always good to hear someone else is as fanatic about cars as I am, and have you amassed a car collection there in France?"

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Indeed I have, eight to be exact. Two Citroens, a Rolls-Royce, a Mercedes-Benz, two older Fiats, a Lamborghini, and I keep an old 1933 Series L Oldsmobile at my parent's estate.'[/list]

| Alexandre looks out the windows at the skyline of the city and the buildings that pass them by. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'You know, Elisavetgrad reminds me a bit of Algiers. Well, the more developed sections of Elisavetgrad, the newer ones, to be sure. The simplistic nature and the futuristic style ... modernism, I think it's called? I'm certainly no artist, cousin.'[/list]

| He chuckles. |

Xaverium, Zanbala Prz

Czabalkia wrote:[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Indeed I have, eight to be exact. Two Citroens, a Rolls-Royce, a Mercedes-Benz, two older Fiats, a Lamborghini, and I keep an old 1933 Series L Oldsmobile at my parent's estate.'[/list]

| Alexandre looks out the windows at the skyline of the city and the buildings that pass them by. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'You know, Elisavetgrad reminds me a bit of Algiers. Well, the more developed sections of Elisavetgrad, the newer ones, to be sure. The simplistic nature and the futuristic style ... modernism, I think it's called? I'm certainly no artist, cousin.'[/list]

| He chuckles. |

| Pjotr’s eyes widen as he hears the names of the cars in Alexandre’s collection. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"That’s a wonderful collection. Besides the limousine here I’ve acquired the Aston Martin DB4 and a Ferrari GTO. On the weekends it’s great to take them out on the roads. Yes, I’ve never seen Algiers though I could see a resemblance from the photos I’ve seen. This continent is so bountiful, the cities here will outshine Europe’s one day."

Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz

[list][list]OPERATION OPHUSSIA

9 December thru 18 December 1961 - Lisbon, Estremadura, Kingdom of Portugal[/list][/list]

| On December 9th, agents on the French intelligence bureau's payroll executed an operation targeted at removing Portugal's King, Afonso VII. The King, a distant relative of Portugal's last King, Manuel II 'the Unfortunate', through his sister Maria Ana, had usurped power in what had been tantamount to a bloodless coup against Prime Minister Salazar's Estado Novo, and the Republican government which had overthrown his great great uncle over 50 years prior. After abolishing the republic and turning Portugal into a despotic absolute monarchy with himself as King of Portugal, the nation descended into turmoil as political freedoms became nonexistent overnight, its economy was tanked through a series of shock policies designed at emulating the Portuguese economy off of a Soviet-style command economy, and the colonies of Guinea Bissau, Macau, and East Timor were given without recompense to Mali and China. To almost all Portuguese, this was an affront, and a national crisis to be capitalized upon. |

| The armed fascist group which overthrew King Afonso VII on the morning of December 9th and executed him on the spot was, of course, a façade used to hide France's involvement behind the coup. Though executing the popular will of the people of Portugal in overthrowing the 'Red King', all of the men involved in the actual takeover of Lisbon were French mercenaries and special operations infantry dressed in non-specific OG-107 uniforms, M1 helmets, and gas masks. The Men of the Order of National Restoration seized the royal palace, through King Afonso in the back of his red limousine, shot the car 47 times and burned his body in the automobile as little more than foreign invaders. However, with the almost universally unpopular King Afonso VII dead and burned to ashes, a new successor government was to be formed by the Men of the Order. |

| Enter: Antonio Salazar. The former dictator of the Estado Novo who had been overthrown by Afonso and his wealthy allies, Salazar had fled to French Algeria after his overthrow, living in relative obscurity under the watchful eye of the French government. The obvious choice to take over Portugal following Operation Ophussia, and the man who could make it seem, without a hitch, completely legitimate. Seeing an easy way to return to power, he accepted offers by the French military intelligence agencies to return to Lisbon the day after the coup's success. The announcement is made by the Men of the Order around mid-day that not only had King Afonso VII fought to the death, but that Antonio Salazar would be returning the following day to reestablish the Portuguese Republic. |

| As quickly and surprisingly as it had been declared, the faux Kingdom of Portugal had been disestablished. On 10 December, flying in an Air France Bréguet 765 from Algiers to Lisbon, Antonio Salazar makes a triumphant but tenuous return to Portugal. He is met by agents of the Men of the Order at the airport who, maintaining their cover, salute the former Prime Minister and take photographs with him, all the hallmarks of a traditional ceremony between a leader and his army. However, once in the former Presidential car en route to the São Bento Mansion, the organization's leader, a French agent under the name Joao Ulisses, makes very clear to the former Prime Minister - he is in power on the wishes of, and in the interests of, the French Republic. He will be kept in power on the wishes of, and in the interests of, the French Republic. He will follow the wishes and interests of the French Republic. He will be allowed to rule Portugal as a fascistic dictator for the rest of his life, if he tows the line. |

| Some policies, directly requested by de Gaulle, are expressed to Antonio Salazar in the car ride to the São Bento Mansion - Portugal will join the European Economic Community, and remain in NATO; the Portuguese Republic will refuse to recognize the concessions of overseas Portuguese territories made by Afonso VII; his regime will maintain actively involved in European affairs, both in the continent and abroad. In return, the French Union will provide protection, financial assistance, and international legitimacy for the returning regime and ensure that Portugal rebounds from the usurper's reign. Salazar, left with no real alternative, of course agrees, and quickly begins reassembling the members of his pre-revolution government again. |

| The Constitution of the Portuguese Republic is reinstituted on 14 December, and the Portuguese government re-established as it had been prior to Afonso VII's coup. Prime Minister Salazar immediately announces his intentions to oversee Portugal's ratification of the Treaty of Rome, makes a statement regarding the Kongolese invasion of Angola during the coup, and announces his government is breaking all ties with and recognition of the People's Republic of China and the West African states. Salazar announces recognition of the Paris-based Republic of China government under President Lang Bai, promises to reinstate an economic system favorable to Portugal, and asks for the legislature to put forward legislation which will help rebuilding Portugal's economy and military after it was seriously weakened during Afonso VII's reign. Calling for unity among the citizens of the Republic from Lisbon to Dili, he states that Portugal 'is once again a strong nation, who will not bow to its enemies'. |

Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Waclia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Batallon De Dignidad, Austreylia

Xaverium wrote:| Pjotr’s eyes widen as he hears the names of the cars in Alexandre’s collection. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"That’s a wonderful collection. Besides the limousine here I’ve acquired the Aston Martin DB4 and a Ferrari GTO. On the weekends it’s great to take them out on the roads. Yes, I’ve never seen Algiers though I could see a resemblance from the photos I’ve seen. This continent is so bountiful, the cities here will outshine Europe’s one day."

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Oh, believe me, if you think Algiers or Elisavetgrad are impressive, just wait until that Mr. Corbusier finishes his projects in Tchan-Tung. They're rebuilding it in a similar style - he was the one who worked on Algiers, after all - to be a model city for people like you and I, the wealthy and the geniuses of the world. Once that effort is done, we will have to visit it sometime. We would own a place like that.'[/list]

| As a business student, and an aspiring future billionaire, the redevelopment of Tchan-Tung into a 'profit city' was something he had followed closely. His father had been a French aristocrat, his father before him, and his father before him, and over the years, their vast sum of wealth has expanded greatly. In Tchan-Tung, Alexandre has seen a means to expand his family's royal fortunes greater than ever thought possible, and greater than accomplishable in the Metropole. |

Czabalkia wrote:[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Oh, believe me, if you think Algiers or Elisavetgrad are impressive, just wait until that Mr. Corbusier finishes his projects in Tchan-Tung. They're rebuilding it in a similar style - he was the one who worked on Algiers, after all - to be a model city for people like you and I, the wealthy and the geniuses of the world. Once that effort is done, we will have to visit it sometime. We would own a place like that.'[/list]

| As a business student, and an aspiring future billionaire, the redevelopment of Tchan-Tung into a 'profit city' was something he had followed closely. His father had been a French aristocrat, his father before him, and his father before him, and over the years, their vast sum of wealth has expanded greatly. In Tchan-Tung, Alexandre has seen a means to expand his family's royal fortunes greater than ever thought possible, and greater than accomplishable in the Metropole. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I’ll have my accountants take a look at it. It couldn’t hurt to build some condominiums or office spaces in Tchan-Tung. I’ll be honest with you cousin, the NP government has been very good to my family and our businesses. The labor laws in the country damn near permit you to do anything necessary to maintain efficient production, I’ll tell you even without Russia our families fortune will continue to grow. Nevertheless one day I dream of seeing Romanov written across the tops of 50, even 80 storey sky scrapers."

| The driver takes an exit ramp outside towards the slum towns of Elisavetgrad. Due to the Racial Areas Act, the Republic of Kongo was divided into native and European residential areas. Where as the city and suburbs would typical be zoned for European inhabitance, the areas further outside of cities were zoned for native labourers. These native areas were, by intent, deeply underfunded and underdeveloped. Corrugated steel roofs, walls made from clay and mud to concrete, homes always no more than 500 to 700 sq ft. The roads in the native areas tended to be either badly paved or not paved at all, with the exception of major transportation routes. Dust filled the air, and it was at this point that Alexandre would be reminded that he was visiting developing nation. Natives roamed freely in these areas, and it was normal to see mothers and children walking about the villages, while the men typically worked hard labor in the city. Children tended to be barefoot, shirtless, and in short pants. Some women, those choosing more traditional lifestyles, wore little clothing. Other and especially younger women dressed in more western styles. As the car rolled through this particular village, Alexandre could see several young native boys playing a game of soccer with a coconut. Off in the distance, a white Territorial Gendarme on patrol watches the game with his L1A1 in hand. Such was life in this land. |

Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz

[list][list][list][list] THE ETHIOPIAN EMPIRE

የኢትዮጵያ ኢምፓየር

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐 | 𝐀𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 [/list]_________

| ASMARA-MEK'ELE RAIL LINE APPROVED BY THE NEGUS |[/list][/list]

Weldiya–Mekelle Railway will now connect the approved and now starting construction of the Asmara-Mek'ele Rail line as part of the Ethopian National Railways Project. The purpose of the line is for increased goods trade and faster transportation. The Rail line will also increase ethnic relations between Ethiopians and Eritreans, as of Ethiopians, Tigrayians primarily.

The 416 km long single-track railway starts behind Weldiya at the junction with the Awash–Weldiya Railway. Only three railway stations are major ones, one at Meisha, one at Kobo and one at Mekelle. For the first 40 km after Weldiya, the railway runs through rugged terrain at the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian Highland at an elevation between 1400 and 1830 meters. After 50 km, behind Kobo, the railway enters, for the next ~70 km, a flat sedimentary basin with almost no hills and no prominent landscape features. The elevation difference is only 190 meters. The Alamata and Mehoni railway stations are here, serving a few towns.

After 115 km, a hilly and deserted landscape appears that leads to Meisha station in the Megale woreda. Megale is a woreda of Afar region, few persons are living here. Nevertheless, Meisha railway station is possibly the most interesting along the route, as the station (which is almost at the lowest point of the entire railway, at 1,235 meters) provides relatively easy access to the Danakil depression, one of the hottest places on earth with several well-known volcanoes like Erta Ale and other tourist destinations. Meisha station also offers access to Abala (or Shiket), one of the Afar capital towns. Behind Meisha, the railway is running across sandy alluvial fans for the next 18 km before it makes a turn to the northwest and an elevation jump of 920 meters, from 1360 m to 2280 m elevation in just 40 km. The railway has an almost constant slope of 2.5% here - over 35 km - with many tunnels (up to 3,662 meters long) and bridges - and also with the passing loop station of Adi Gudem in the middle. After 202 km, the railway reaches the flat Ethiopian highland and reaches its terminus at Mekelle Airport after 216 km, east of Mekelle. Shortly before, a branch line will connect a dry port near Mekelle city with the railway line.

The Line will continue Past Mekelle city as in the Asmara-Mek'ele line Adwa, there will be slopes around 3%-5% due to the abundance of hills in the area, the rail line will go through Zufan at the area there is a small station and in about 104 km the Rail reaches Adwa, A good sized station will be constructed at the area, there are plans to upgrade the station for increased tourism. The Line will continue for more than 100km to get to Asmara, were a shunting yard and station will be built, the major shed for the trains will be placed in Mek'ele. The Line will be built in a Standard Gauge line.

These are the Train Types that are planned to be used in the Line;

British Rail Class 17

British Rail Class 33

BRCW / AEI Lion

CIE 421 Class

DB VT 11.5

Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Batallon De Dignidad, Teymour, Austreylia

April 1962

Powder Gangers Stage Their Revolt, and Mauritania Declares Independence

|Since its reinstatement, slavery, specifically upon the Railway had been a growing concern over the use of slaves, and dynamite on the railway. These worries; however, had originally been dismissed, military units had been stationed to crush any slaves or prisoners that got too bold. With the coup taking place; however, several units were moved to help in Timbuktu, with many more deserting in the night. With declining manpower, workers and slaves continued to organize, small amounts of dynamite would go missing every so often. Sometimes military arms would disappear with many simply writing it off as a deserter taking his equipment with him. All of these write-offs, and dismissals would have a disastrous effect as on April 15th, 1962, across the Malian Railway, workers and slaves revolted against the remaining military units. These revolters were led by Theodore Farooq, who led a band of freed prisoners and slaves called the Powder Gangers quickly organizing the small group of military forces left was quickly routed and pushed off of the Railway. The Railways of Mali had now fallen under the control of these so-called Powder Gangers. Farooq quickly made contact with Socialist, and W.A.F. forces becoming a chief asset in helping raid, and destroy Malian logistical control over their territories. |

| In a vain attempt to end the Powder Ganger threat, Mansa Modibo ordered the second abolishment of slavery promising freedom and general reform for the public. It was too little, too late. The Malian people continued to grow more agitated as control quickly fell out of the central government's hands.|

| Muhammad Fadil wuld `Umayr, the Emir of Adrar, Brakna, Taganit, and Trarza officially declared Mauritania an independent state from the Mali Empire, citing the abuse of traditions, and Islam by the secularist Malian government. Similar pro traditionalist sentiments rise in Senegal but local garrisons crush the less well-organized Senegalese, and many flee to Mauritania seeking refuge and support under the traditionalist regime. The West African Federation immediately acknowledged the legitimacy of this new state. Ongoing issues in Mali prevented a concentrated government response, with the faraway desert of Mauritania of little issue to the overall Empire. |

Xaverium, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Teymour, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Post self-deleted by Autumnberg.

April 1962

The South African

The Official Newspaper of the South African Government.

Construction of the Orange River Bridge, Launch of The African Newpaper, The South African Renaissance

NORTH BANK, SOUTHERN NAMIBIA PROVINCE- For years a single lane bailey bridge crossed the Orange River between the provinces of Southern Namibia and Northern Cape. The bridge was constructed in 1945 is made of wood and metal. The N-1 highway crosses the bridge albeit with one lane. Between 1945 and 1960 police officers of the towns of North Bank, Southern Namibia and South Bank, Northern Cape had to direct traffic across the bridge. In May 1960 the Provincial governments of Southern Namibia and Northern Cape provided funding for the construction two traffic lights. The traffic lights would control traffic on to the bridge and off the bridge.

In July 1958 the plans to construct a new bridge at the current site came to fruition. The new Orange River Bridge will be two lanes. One in each direction. The new bridge will be a suspension bridge. The bridge was approved by the Ministry of Transportation in January 1961. Construction began in early January 1962. The bridge will cost R1.4 billion Rand ($100 million USD). The Ministry of Transportation will pay for the cost of bridge. The bridge is set to open in January 1964.

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CAPE TOWN- The African is a new newspaper founded in 1960. It was founded by students at the time of the University of South Africa. The newspaper was printed and issued to the public once per month. The African was so popular that circulation of the newspaper spread across the nation. The newspaper focuses on Pan-Africanism and topics from politics, sports, OP-eds, entertainment, fashion, culture, and much more. In 1961 after the students graduated they began this newspaper as their full time jobs. The students opened The African newspaper office in Downtown Cape Town.

The newspaper prints and publishes once a day. They recently announced to their readers they plan to spread their newspaper across the African continent to every independent country in Africa. To report issues happening in African countries to their readers. There was a proposal to start a radio station but for now the newspaper wants to focus on their international readers and audience.

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JACARANDA SHORES, SOUTHERN NAMIBIA PROVINCE- The town of Jacaranda Shores of 11,000 inhabitants is booming. The Jacaranda Shores Renaissance is growing in popularity. The town known famously for its jacaranda trees, Art Deco houses, beach homes, and its downtown. The Jacaranda Shores Renaissance began in 1961 after the formation of Republic of South Africa. The growing movement focuses on writers, poets, theaters, fashion, art, music, culture, and new age of thinking.

Some say that the Jacaranda Shores Renaissance really began when a local author known as Thomas P. Curtis wrote the New African. The book goes into how to transform Africa from a poverty stricken continent into modern continent of stable governance, culture, and new age of thinking. The book was published in 1952. The book was largely rejected by Conservatives across the country based on the book's support of liberal ideas. Other people say the Jacaranda Shores Renaissance began when the town was created in 1925 as a Artist Colony. Whether the date is 1925, 1952, or 1961 it has had a major impact of the town.

The town has seen alot of intellectuals, artists, writers, theater artists, musicians, fashionistas, and others move in. The result? The town has been put on the map for it's two art schools and its reputation as a Artist Colony and haven countines. The Jacaranda Shores Renaissance is part of the larger South African Renaissance which also encompasses the Port Elizabeth Renaissance and the Cape Town Renaissance. Even the city of Randburg which is the fastest growing city in South Africa is seeing a Renaissance of sorts.

Xaverium, Teujira, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

1961 April 11th the First Torpendo’s

The first torpendo’s was open in Asia at Indonesia because of its growing popularity and cheap prices of the food Indonesia started making franchise’s and the menu was modified to more Asian culture but it would still have a torpendo’s club but soon Indonesia would modify its freind foods and its subs for it to be more natural to culture and Sukarno went to the first torpendo in Asia and it was on the news paper of him shaking hands of the owner of torpendo they were some try’s to make a ripoff of torpendo’s but those were later taken down multiple torpendo’s were built around Indonesia and the popularity of it sky rocketed from just one in Jakarta to multiple of them in Bandung some in Medan others in Surabaya and even in small towns soon the leader of the Indonesian torpendo’s started giving free meals to the Hungary and poor. Over time no advertisements were made in Indonesia when a man didn’t know wha to make in Indonesia’s Independence Day so he brought his family to torpendo’s and soon more people did it then they were more advertisements of new things being added to the menu like nasi goreng a National meal of Indonesia and they were differen’t types of it made Nasi goreng chicken style Nasi goreng Vegetable style even Pork style but then people were complaining of how the food wasn’t good at all so torpendo’s had to go on a healthy way so they tried doing less deep fried things and more Subs and more vegetables but overall the opening of torpendo’s in Indonesia made lots of people happy.

Malian Imperial Federation, Elstala, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

The Chinese Foreign Ministry extends an invitation to President Sukarno to visit Beijing in order to discuss China's provision of aid to Indonesia.

Indonesian Democracy

Teujira, Czabalkia, Malian Imperial Federation, Indonesian Democracy

Gaia Major wrote:The Chinese Foreign Ministry extends an invitation to President Sukarno to visit Beijing in order to discuss China's provision of aid to Indonesia.

Indonesian Democracy

Sukarno accepts the invitation to Beijing and is prepared to discus the the diplomatic degrees for each nation and also thanks China for being very supportive of China’s support to Indonesia helping the nation thrive

Czabalkia, Malian Imperial Federation

April-June 1962

The Malian Empire Collapses

| With the Powder Ganger capture of the railway W.A.F. Forces can move into Malian land with little fear of retaliation from the Malian government, cut off, isolated, and discontented most garrisons surrender to West African soldiers. By late April reports show Guinea, and Burkina Faso are completely under the control of West African forces.|

| In a move likely to be debated for centuries by scholars, and politicians alike, Mansa Modibo abdicates his throne, and declares the Malian Empire dissolved, shortly thereafter committing suicide.|

| With the death of the Emperor, General Mansaray knew the writing was on the wall for the Empire. His soldiers were defecting en masse and even his general staff were considering defecting now. General Mansaray officially called for The Final Malian Congress of May 1962 at the Congress it was voted unanimously to dissolve the Malian Imperial Federation, and the Malian Empire. Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso all voted to join the West African Federation. The Autonomous State of Azawad voted for a limited joinder with the West African Federation. Many Traditionalists, estimated 200,000 to 2,000,000 in Azawad and Senegal fled to Mauritania, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone to avoid the socialist government.|

|Immediately the government announced its plan to move the capital to Ouagadougou and begin immediate plans to restore order over the now chaotic countryside. Local Socialist Milita’s were reorganized to become the People’s Militia and People’s Gendarmerie to begin to restore order and secure local rule. Chairman Amílcar Cabral outlined a 3-year plan for the Syndicalization, Communalisation, and Nationalization of the new lands into the West African Federation.|

Zanbala Prz, Autumnberg, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Xaverium wrote:Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I’ll have my accountants take a look at it. It couldn’t hurt to build some condominiums or office spaces in Tchan-Tung. I’ll be honest with you cousin, the NP government has been very good to my family and our businesses. The labor laws in the country damn near permit you to do anything necessary to maintain efficient production, I’ll tell you even without Russia our families fortune will continue to grow. Nevertheless one day I dream of seeing Romanov written across the tops of 50, even 80 storey sky scrapers."

| The driver takes an exit ramp outside towards the slum towns of Elisavetgrad. Due to the Racial Areas Act, the Republic of Kongo was divided into native and European residential areas. Where as the city and suburbs would typical be zoned for European inhabitance, the areas further outside of cities were zoned for native labourers. These native areas were, by intent, deeply underfunded and underdeveloped. Corrugated steel roofs, walls made from clay and mud to concrete, homes always no more than 500 to 700 sq ft. The roads in the native areas tended to be either badly paved or not paved at all, with the exception of major transportation routes. Dust filled the air, and it was at this point that Alexandre would be reminded that he was visiting developing nation. Natives roamed freely in these areas, and it was normal to see mothers and children walking about the villages, while the men typically worked hard labor in the city. Children tended to be barefoot, shirtless, and in short pants. Some women, those choosing more traditional lifestyles, wore little clothing. Other and especially younger women dressed in more western styles. As the car rolled through this particular village, Alexandre could see several young native boys playing a game of soccer with a coconut. Off in the distance, a white Territorial Gendarme on patrol watches the game with his L1A1 in hand. Such was life in this land. |

| The dichotomy of the two Kongos leaves a very strong, alien impression on Alexandre. While vast wealth inequality was of no real concern to him, the complete and total segregation of Kongolese society is a bitter pill to swallow as Alexandre had been raised in a nation which had been, for most of his life, multiracial and desegregated. |

Czabalkia wrote:| The dichotomy of the two Kongos leaves a very strong, alien impression on Alexandre. While vast wealth inequality was of no real concern to him, the complete and total segregation of Kongolese society is a bitter pill to swallow as Alexandre had been raised in a nation which had been, for most of his life, multiracial and desegregated. |

| Noticing Alexandre’s eyes wondering the scenes of destitute poverty around them, Pjotr tried to take the conversation elsewhere. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I certainly hope you’ve worked up an appetite, I’ve asked the cooks to prepare us an absolutely splendid and authentically Kongolese meal for us. You’d have better worked up an appetite on that plane ride.

| He chuckles, trying to lighten the mood. |

Czabalkia

Xaverium wrote:| Noticing Alexandre’s eyes wondering the scenes of destitute poverty around them, Pjotr tried to take the conversation elsewhere. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I certainly hope you’ve worked up an appetite, I’ve asked the cooks to prepare us an absolutely splendid and authentically Kongolese meal for us. You’d have better worked up an appetite on that plane ride.

| He chuckles, trying to lighten the mood. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: “Believe you me, I’m famished. I haven’t eaten since our layover in Algiers, and even then, all I had to eat was little more than some cheap Arab food they were selling in the airport. What’s on the menu at your estate?”[/list]

| He jovially rubs his stomach and chuckles. |

Czabalkia wrote:[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: “Believe you me, I’m famished. I haven’t eaten since our layover in Algiers, and even then, all I had to eat was little more than some cheap Arab food they were selling in the airport. What’s on the menu at your estate?”[/list]

| He jovially rubs his stomach and chuckles. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I’ve ordered a spread of African bison pirogi glazed in an egg butter, rye borsch, another serving of pirogi stuffed with mango jam and goat cheese, Olivier salad, crocodile stroganoff, Finnish meatballs from wildebeest in palm butter sauce, baked plantains and sweet potatoes, sweet potato pancakes, and several of the finest steaks prepared from Africa mountain bison marinated in pili pili spice. It’s all very authentically Stoinik cuisine, I certainly hope you’ll find it all agreeable."

Czabalkia

[list][list]GREECE RATIFIES THE TREATY OF ROME

22 May 1962 - Athens, Attica, Hellenic Republic[/list][/list]

| The Hellenic Parliament, in a 268-32 vote, has approved the ratification of the Treaty of Rome which will allow the Hellenic Republic to enter the European Economic Community. Long a goal of ruling President Dimistrios Maximos, the entry of Greece into the European Economic Community will be formalized at a formal ceremony conducted by President Maximos on 14 September in Luxembourg. Support for the Republic's accession to the economic organization was nearly bipartisan between both the left and right, however all 30 members of the New Socialist Party voted against integration into the EEC, as well as two of the far-right National Front's three members of parliament. Union for Hellas Party Chairman Christodoulos Laskakos stated that accomplishing ratification of the Treaty of Rome was one of the UHP's 'largest policy aims' since forming the first post-communist Greek government in 1954, and that Greek accession to the European Economic Community will allow Greece to expand its economic development to 'unparalleled new heights' in the coming years. |

| In the streets of Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Larissa, and other cities across the nation, pro-EEC Greeks came out en masse to celebrate the news of the parliament's ratification of the Treaty, waving flags of the Hellenic Republic and the European Economic Community. Many citizens were elated at the news for a variety of reasons: |

[list]'We suffered for so many years under Soviet rule, that we lost everything. We have started from nothing. It is good to be a part of an organization which will allow us to rebuild from communist oppression. We have hope again.' - Neofytos Stamakos, 31, Thessaloniki, Shipbuilder

'I think it is a good thing because it will allow us to move away from the isolation of the Genocidal Regime. They were so incompetent not only in matters of domestic issues, but with foreign policy as well, and that was their ultimate undoing. [Joining the EEC] will allow us to head into a new European future without incident, really, and be apart of this new and revolutionary era.' - Zoi Vidaleli, 44, Chania, School Teacher

'Job opportunities here are plentiful, but the pay isn't really great. I can go to France and find employment there, but it would be a great issue travelling there, finding work there, a place to stay, eat, and all of that stuff. But now that we are a real part of Europe, I might be able to find better paying work here or, if need be, travel to a nearby country, like Italy, and find work there. The job market will be really promising to someone like me now, a young kid looking for a career.' - Argiris Pipelis, 19, Kavala, Apprentice Mason[/list]

| The decision to ratify the treaty has, of course, not been met without criticism. Members of the far left and far right in national and local offices have made their opposition to the ratification heard, with National Front founder Gavriil Makrallis decrying ratification of the Treaty of Rome as 'economic suicide for Greece', stating that 'the nation is still rebuilding. Lowering tariffs across the continent will only destroy our economy at home, and cause economic upheaval again.' Vastly different criticisms were made by Rodos-based New Socialist Party MP Iordanis Zervelis, who stated that he voted against the ratification 'because it will make us slaves, economically, to the capitalist class beyond our borders.' In opposition to the ratification of the Treaty, the New Socialist Party has called for its members and sympathizers to stage a two day strike at their jobs the day of the signing in Luxembourg. It is estimated roughly 40,000 left-wingers will participate in the strikes, which could cause serious short-term economic stagnation once the EEC's policies enter into effect. |

| Nonetheless, President Maximos has called the ratification 'the greatest moment of his entire Presidency' and has stated that he eagerly awaits signing the Treaty and bringing Greece 'into the new age'. President Maximos will meet with French President Charles de Gaulle in Corfu in August to discuss economic relations between France and Greece as the latter enters the EEC, likely seeking to maintain Greece's 'special relationship' with the French Republic. |

Xaverium, Teujira, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Autumnberg, Malian Imperial Federation, Indonesian Democracy, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Australian Republic, Victoria, Melbourne - June 16th, 1962

[pre]02:30 A.M. - Nufarm Chemical Distribution Center[/pre]

Four young men, aged between 19 and 22, arrive at the outer perimeter of the Nufarm Chemical Distribution Center.

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Nufarm is a producer and distributor of chemicals, mainly herbicides, and is rumoured to have begun cooperation with the Australian Armed Forces in some way. As a result of the recent deployment of Army advisers to Burma, and also due to reports of more to come in the future, many leftist student organisation have begun demonstrations against the deployment, and have started boycotts of entities known to work alongside the military, Nufarm being one of them.

The four men; Duncan Carvell (19), Philip Hughes (21), Adrian McConnell (21) and Alan Frome (22), are students of Melbourne University. They are active in several student organisations and are noted to have sympathies to socialism. Secretly, they have formed the "Sunbury Gang", named after the area of Melbourne where they grew up. The four have committed several self-declared "revolutionary acts", the most notable of which is the arson of an Army Recruitment office, that resulted in no deaths. This time, they've decided to commit a revolutionary act that they think will make the news; the arson of the Nufarm Chemical Distribution Center.

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The four arrive in an Austin Westminster, stolen by Carvell from his neighbours driveway. In the Westminsters trunk are four large cans of gasoline. Carvell opens the trunk and the men each grab their can, before they begin heaving them across the otherwise empty forecourt of the distribution center. Security is lax, with doors routinely being left unlocked or even propped open. At the front of the group, Frome tries the door handle, but it doesn't budge. He opts to kick the door open instead, which works a treat. The four enter the main warehouse, which is deserted, save for two unarmed security guards. They each take command of an aisle, and begin dumping litres of petrol all over the floor and over the pallets of chemicals. A security guard challenges Hughes, but he produces an (unloaded) revolver, and deters him from acting. Within several minutes, the gas cans are empty. The four run out the door before McConnell sets a complete box of matches on fire, and throws it into the warehouse.

The petrol begins to burn, and the four dash back to the fence, hop over it, and into the stolen Austin Westminster. By the time they've done so, they can already see flames shooting out of the windows at the very top of the warehouse. Wary of the potential danger that the burning chemicals may cause, Carvell floors the accelerator and speeds down the dirt road lining the perimeter of the facility. About a mile away, they dump the car. They remove the license plates, burst the tires and smash the windows before the car is also set ablaze. The four eventually make it to Fromes home, which is empty, where they shower, change into a fresh outfit, and burn their dirty clothes in the back yards fire pit. They switch on the radio in time to hear a late night bulletin about the fire, in which people are being advised to stay indoors, with doors and windows closed.

Meanwhile, fire crews arrive at the site and begin dousing the building in water. The blaze is brought under control by 07:00 A.M., but twelve firefighters suffer minor injuries to their eyes and throats due to the burning chemicals, whilst two bodies are found inside the building, belonging to the two security guards, who had stayed in an attempt to fight the fire.

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[I]Chemical warehouse set ablaze - two killed![/I]

Firefighting crews were last night battling a fierce blaze at the Nufarm Chemical Distribution Center, situated in Northern Melbourne. The Northwest Melbourne Fire Station received a frantic telephone call at just past half past two o'clock this morning, informing them of a seemingly-deliberately set fire at the facility. Multiple engines raced to the scene and found the building completely ablaze, with thick, black smoke billowing from every window and door. The heat was reportedly so intense that firefighters could not go anywhere near the building for several hours, forcing them to rely solely on their fire engines water cannons.

Police and firefighters were able to enter at sunrise this morning, albeit wearing chemical protection suits. They found the interior of the building to be completely gutted, and found two bodies. They are, as of yet, unidentified but are said to belong to the two unarmed security guards; Jeremy Loat and Simon Venn. Police speculate that the two called the fire brigade before returning to the scene of the fire to fight it themselves. Police attending an unrelated matter earlier on today found an abandoned and burnt-out Austin Westminster. The vehicles tires had been slashed, and it was missing its license plates. The vehicle was soon verified as belonging to a Mr. Glynn Sheppard, a resident of Northwestern Melbourne who had reported it stolen several days ago. Police believe that the vehicle was used as a getaway car by the arsonists. The National Police Service have made public that the fire was deliberately started.

President Menzies condemned the attack and offered his condolences to the families of the two presumed victims. When asked by a news reporter about whether anti-government communist-sympathisers could be behind the attack, President Menzies said; "now is not the time for wild speculation or hurried judgement, but an investigation is underway".

Xaverium, Antagarichh, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Malian Imperial Federation, -Ethiopian Empire

[sub]21 September 1960[/sub]

[sup]Erlander the Great[/sup]

The Social Democrats force through pensions and a sales tax - The second chamber election of 1960 see change

The Social Democrats' experienced two major political victories in 1959 and 1960 in the lead up to the second chamber election of 1960. Not long after they won the pensions' battle against the non-socialist parties in 1959 thanks to a crucial abstention from People's Party MP Ture Königson which allowed for the government's bill to pass by 115 to 114 votes, the Social Democrats proposed another radical change in 1959 intended to finance the planned expansion of the public service. Motivated by the theory of "the dissatisfaction of great expectations" articulated by Prime Minister Erlander in a speech in 1956, the Social Democrats argued that as society became more developed and standards of living grew so would the demands and expectations of the citizenry. The inability to meet these great expectations would thus result in dissatisfaction and the deterioration of the social fabric, something which could only be avoided through government initiatives. The Social Democrats' proposal would establish a temporary general goods tax (allmänna varuskatten or "oms") at a rate of 4.2% to be levied at the point of purchase of selected consumer goods. The proposal was met with significant opposition from not only the three non-socialist parties but also the Communists, who were Social Democrats' only allies in parliament. The Communists saw the tax as placing an additional burden on workers, not least those from low-income households. Despite significant opposition, Erlander was able to strongarm the Communists into voting for the piece of legislation by threatening to resign and thus pave the road for a non-socialist government.

These two achievements greatly elevated the standing of Tage Erlander and Social Democrats, as well as solidifying the position of the government entering the 1960 second chamber election. The Social Democrats' electoral campaign concentrated on continuing social reforms as well as providing stable social democratic rule. On the other hand, The Right which was the largest opposition party in the second chamber under the leadership of Jarl Hjalmarson launched a reactionary campaign centered on repealing a number of generally popular social reforms instituted by the Social Democrats in a bizarre contradiction of the post-war political consensus which saw each of the major parties lend their support for state-led reforms. The main motivation for this move was the party's dedication to opposing the "unfair" taxes levied on businesses and individuals needed to fund the policies which incurred major expenses. In contrast, the liberal People's Party as well as the Farmers' League both adopted a position of opposition to the "extreme" proposals of The Right, maintaining their respective parties' dedication to the reforms. This was done during a joint political conference, an event considered to be a major development in overcoming the sense of indifference commonly observed between the non-socialist parties, where People's Party leader Bertil Ohlin declared that the common goal of both parties was "to place the Social Democrats and Communists into such a minority that a change of government becomes possible". In a move that many have described as laying the foundations for future political co-operation, the evolution of the Farmers' League from a party of agriculture to a party of the individual has been all but confirmed.

The results of the 1960 second chamber election saw the Social Democrats build on the gains of 1958, increasing their seat count from 111 to 114 as well as an increase of 1.6% in the vote share. The Communists too experienced a positive swing, an increase of 1.2% but this did not alter their seat count, though the result nonetheless an improvement in comparison to the previous election. The People's Party partially recovered from their poor result two years ago, winning 19.4% of the vote and gaining three seats to bring their total to 41. The Right faired poorly, failing to hold on to the gains they had managed and were reduced to pre-1958 numbers, winning only 38 seats and 16.5% of the vote. The Farmers' League's fortunes continued upwards, gaining an additional 1.8% of the vote share to bring their total seat count to 34. The results showed that The Right's reactionary positions caused the liberal voters which it had captured in 1958 to desert the party, choosing instead to vote for either the People's or the Farmers'. The Social Democrats' strength and achievements preceding the election paid off as they increased their seat count and made sure of a functional left-wing majority in the second chamber, denying the liberals and conservatives the chance to form a government.

Xaverium, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Malian Imperial Federation wrote:August 1961

A Malian Malady

|The Malian situation began to deteriorate since 1960. The reinstitution of slavery, and the forced conscription of children, had seen many adults and free citizens put out of work especially those who had worked on the Green Wall, and Rail line. These men with nothing else to turn to began protesting. A group of 10,000 men, veterans, construction workers, socialists and conservatives all took to the streets of Timbuktu to protest the Malian government's actions. The Malian government responded with the deployment of soldiers to crush the protests. In an event known as the Timbuktu Tragedy Malian soldiers, Keïta Youth Members, and even some common criminals were allowed to partake in a massacre of members of protests. Assaults, Rapes, murders, and looting were all common as the Malian employed mercenaries descended upon Timbuktu. It's estimated upwards of a thousand people died, with executions in the government square being applauded by Prime Minister Beavogui. The Timbuktu Tragedy had the adverse effect of pushing many moderate protesters to extremism, with many joining the PWAF or the Traditionalist Front in Mauritania and Senegal.|

|All the bloodshed in the world couldn't save the Malian economy however as rising unemployment and weakening government grasp over anything outside of military bases and major cities, and a rampantly growing black market and corruption of government officials saw Malian finances go into total free fall.|

The Swedish ministry for foreign affairs expresses its shock at the events which have unfolded in the city of Timbuktu that have reportedly resulted in the deaths of thousands. The ministry condemns the role of Prime Minister Beavogui in facilitating the massacres of those who had come out in opposition to his rule, urging the international community to take concrete collective action against the Malian administration immediately.

Xaverium, Autumnberg, Malian Imperial Federation, -Ethiopian Empire

June 1962

The South African

The Official Newspaper of the South African Government.

All About Victoria Bay (Formerly Walvis Bay)

VICTORIA BAY, NORTHERN NAMIBIA PROVINCE- First founded in 1840 by the British. Walvis Bay would become a major port to the British. Stately mansions would be constructed between 1840 and 1900. These mansions were owned by colonial families that worked for the colonial administration and the wealthy. The most famous of them would be the Rose Palace. Which housed a prominent wealthy merchant family during the 19th century. The Rose Palace was surrounded by a green lawn, a garden filled of roses and other flowers, trees and a pond. Balls for the wealthy were held there until 1905. When the Rose Palace was given to a bank. The Rose Palace has yet to receive a new owner.

Other stately mansions and manors are owned by banks because of the the removal of whites from South Africa during the 1900's to 1910. The average price of these mansions range from R1.680 million ($120,000 USD) to R5.04 million ($360,000 USD). The mansions and their gardens, ponds, trees, and shrubs are up kept by professional landscapers. The city has the largest concentration of mansions in the country with 1,000 of them in the city. The mansions are located in the Pelican Point neighborhood of Victoria Bay which is across the bay from the port and Downtown.

Victorian homes were constructed between 1870 and 1900. When the city saw a population boom. The city is famous for it Victorian architecture. The famous Mangata Hotel opened in 1908 is known as the tallest building in the city at 15 stories. The city has mandated that all yards and the sides of streets have trees and shrubs. Victoria Bay has been called the San Francisco of Africa because of its features.

Victoria Bay is famous for it's cool weather. Temperatures ranges 68°F to 72°F during the summer and 60°F to 63°F during the winter. The city receives 1 inch of rain each year. Victoria Bay is the foggiest city in the country recording 125 to 175 days of fog each year. The city also has a cloud forest in the Pelican Point neighborhood.

Victoria Bay has mandated that shantytowns are prohibited in the city limits to preserve its historic charm. Victoria Bay changed its name from Walvis Bay in January 1962. Its port along with its fishing and small business play major role in the city's economy.

Xaverium, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Malian Imperial Federation, -Ethiopian Empire, Alpenrepublik

| In order to fulfill requirements for a beyond-visual-range weapons platform, French aerospace hegemon French Aeroindustrial has begun research into development of a computer-controlled air-to-ground missile. The French Air Force, who have filed the contract, has asked that the new drone system be designed to be launched from FAI Horreurs and Mirage IVs, and be capable of disrupting, overwhelming, and exhausting enemy Surface-to-Air missile defense batteries through mass waves of deployed dummy drones. FAI hopes to produce the drone, which will be roughly 30 feet in length, by the end of the decade. The drone will be controlled by an advanced computer, linked to an atmospheric sensor at the tip of the drone, which will determine distance travelled from launch in relation to the intended target. FAI has also been contracted to develop a version of this drone capable of delivering an explosive ordanance payload, however development of the anti-SAM variant is paramount. |

Xaverium, Malian Imperial Federation

[list][list]JEANNE D'ARC POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED

6 January 1962 - Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Vosges, Grand Est, French Republic[/list][/list]

| In order to honor the 550th anniversary of the birth of Jeanne d’Arc, one of France's most exalted national heroes from before the Revolutionary Period, the French Senate and President Charles de Gaulle have bestowed upon the Maid of Orléans the posthumous position of Marshal General Extraordinaire, the highest ranking military distinction available in France. The bestowing of the ten-star office upon Jeanne d'Arc has officially made her, alongside Philippe Petain, the most decorated military officials in not only France, but the world. The French Senate voted unanimously to award Jeanne d'Arc the award due to her 'extraordinary bravery and leadership in combat during the defense of Orléans, and her sacrifice as a martyr in defense of the French nation'. |

| The martial distinction's accompanying baton will be placed at the Jeanne d'Arc Museum, located at the M.G.E.'s former home in Domrémy-la-Pucelle. In order to safeguard the baton, as well as the certificate which certifies the appointment, a guard of two French National Gendarmerie will be stationed to guard the museum at all times, day and night. To further celebrate the birthday of the venerated national heroine and Catholic Saint, a small detachment of French Army, Air Force, and Gendarmerie participated in a small parade in the M.G.E.'s hometown. President de Gaulle published an address regarding d'Arc across national media, lauding the "Lion of Lorraine" and making comparisons between her and Marshal Petain. |

| The appointment comes almost exactly ten years after the creation of the distinction, established specifically to posthumously promote Philippe Petain to the most senior position available in the French military. President de Gaulle's Press Secretary confirmed that the government does not plan to bestow the distinction upon any further individuals at this point in time. |

Zanbala Prz, Malian Imperial Federation, -Ethiopian Empire

Autumnberg wrote:June 1962

The South African

The Official Newspaper of the South African Government.

All About Victoria Bay (Formerly Walvis Bay)

VICTORIA BAY, NORTHERN NAMIBIA PROVINCE- First founded in 1840 by the British. Walvis Bay would become a major port to the British. Stately mansions would be constructed between 1840 and 1900. These mansions were owned by colonial families that worked for the colonial administration and the wealthy. The most famous of them would be the Rose Palace. Which housed a prominent wealthy merchant family during the 19th century. The Rose Palace was surrounded by a green lawn, a garden filled of roses and other flowers, trees and a pond. Balls for the wealthy were held there until 1905. When the Rose Palace was given to a bank. The Rose Palace has yet to receive a new owner.

Other stately mansions and manors are owned by banks because of the the removal of whites from South Africa during the 1900's to 1910. The average price of these mansions range from R1.680 million ($120,000 USD) to R5.04 million ($360,000 USD). The mansions and their gardens, ponds, trees, and shrubs are up kept by professional landscapers. The city has the largest concentration of mansions in the country with 1,000 of them in the city. The mansions are located in the Pelican Point neighborhood of Victoria Bay which is across the bay from the port and Downtown.

Victorian homes were constructed between 1870 and 1900. When the city saw a population boom. The city is famous for it Victorian architecture. The famous Mangata Hotel opened in 1908 is known as the tallest building in the city at 15 stories. The city has mandated that all yards and the sides of streets have trees and shrubs. Victoria Bay has been called the San Francisco of Africa because of its features.

Victoria Bay is famous for it's cool weather. Temperatures ranges 68°F to 72°F during the summer and 60°F to 63°F during the winter. The city receives 1 inch of rain each year. Victoria Bay is the foggiest city in the country recording 125 to 175 days of fog each year. The city also has a cloud forest in the Pelican Point neighborhood.

Victoria Bay has mandated that shantytowns are prohibited in the city limits to preserve its historic charm. Victoria Bay changed its name from Walvis Bay in January 1962. Its port along with its fishing and small business play major role in the city's economy.

| The Imperial Standart Company inquires about the price of the Rose Palace. |

Autumnberg, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

| 𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃

| June 1962

[list]SEVERAL INDUSTRIES FALL BEHIND PLAN FULFILLMENT, STATE PLANNING CHAIRMAN NOW CALLING FOR ECONOMIC REFORMS

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Earlier this month, negotiations over a production plan for improving output in the chemical industry failed when participating firms abandoned the talks in protest over a lack of resources. A FDGB spokesman for VVB Sapotex, a leading association of State-Owned Enterprises in the chemical industry, said that the materials offered fell short of the amount needed to even consider meeting the demands put forth by the leadership. As the State Planning Commission scrambled to find a solution to the crisis, chemical plants went silent as work ceased and materials stopped being supplied altogether due to bureaucratic gridlock. Since then, several other industries which rely on chemical products for their day-to-day operations have suffered a similar fate, multiplying the shortfall in other output plans across multiple sectors of the GDR’s economy.

The Politburo and Central Committee of the SED have remained largely silent on the issue, leaving Erich Apel, Chairman of the State Planning Commission, to stand alone in addressing the public’s concerns. Then, at a hastily arranged press conference last night, Erich Apel shocked observers when he called for drastic and immediate economic reforms. Here’s what was said: “We don’t have the necessary materials, and our Comrades in the UdSSR have not made any shipments to offset the shortage here in the DDR.” He added further, saying: “What we’re seeing now was bound to happen eventually, and it will happen again unless we undertake sweeping economic reforms.” When asked if plan expectations could simply be adjusted in light of the shortage, Apel replied “These plans are the result of several months’ worth of preparation, adjusting them would take just as long. Besides, the Central Committee gives us very general instructions and expects us to carry out their will, no questions asked. We don’t tell them what’s possible and what isn’t, especially since more often than not the latter is the case. They’re not interested in real material conditions, they want better output statistics."

Erich Apel’s candid statements to the press were greeted with enthusiasm from the general populace. One private citizen, who wished to remain anonymous as a condition of being interviewed, had the following to say: “It’s a breath of fresh air, having a politician who says it like it is. We’re constantly bombarded with false promises and sugar-coated confessions of how public policy is driving this country into the abyss. If it were up to me I’d have Apel running this country in no time, better him than the complacent seniors who just do the bare minimum to keep the Soviets happy. Meanwhile everyone else gets the shaft, but that's the Workers’ and Peasants’ paradise.” Another commenter, Robert Pechtmaier, who is a member of the SED and representative in the People’s Chamber, gave a different opinion: “The path towards Communism is treacherous and will inevitably experience temporary setbacks. I remember when everyone was up in arms about a grain shortage a couple years ago, and in the end it took the collective leadership only a couple weeks to sort it out. This story in the Chemical Industry is no different, people just need to have a little faith in the Party, especially since it has done everything to deserve it. As the song goes, the party is always right! Perhaps Comrade Apel, who owes his whole life to the party, needs to be reminded of that..”

Analysts predict that the Central Committee will likely strike a deal with the UdSSR to get the materials necessary to resume production, albeit behind schedule. However, Erich Apel’s openness about his desire for reforms and growing discontent among the citizenry have left some wondering what could happen next. The situation remains uncertain and tense.

Relevant pings: Teujira

Xaverium, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

Xaverium wrote:Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I’ve ordered a spread of African bison pirogi glazed in an egg butter, rye borsch, another serving of pirogi stuffed with mango jam and goat cheese, Olivier salad, crocodile stroganoff, Finnish meatballs from wildebeest in palm butter sauce, baked plantains and sweet potatoes, sweet potato pancakes, and several of the finest steaks prepared from Africa mountain bison marinated in pili pili spice. It’s all very authentically Stoinik cuisine, I certainly hope you’ll find it all agreeable."

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Damn ... and I thought Tunisian Brik was exotic. This will be a fine meal, I do think.'[/list]

Austreylia

Czabalkia wrote:[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Damn ... and I thought Tunisian Brik was exotic. This will be a fine meal, I do think.'[/list]

| Having now passed beyond the slums outside of Elisavetgrad, and topping out at 180km/h, they were getting ever closer to the Romanow dacha on Lake Stolypin. The foliage around the road side was gradually increasing in density, blocking off the wide views of savanna that characterised the slums. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"When settlers first tamed this land, we brought our cuisine with us I think they’ve come together quite well. We’ve got some fine French cuisine as well, especially on the coast where we’re going. Tell me Alexandre, how are things back in France? That Algerian situation seemed awful."

Czabalkia, Austreylia

Xaverium wrote:| Having now passed beyond the slums outside of Elisavetgrad, and topping out at 180km/h, they were getting ever closer to the Romanow dacha on Lake Stolypin. The foliage around the road side was gradually increasing in density, blocking off the wide views of savanna that characterised the slums. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"When settlers first tamed this land, we brought our cuisine with us I think they’ve come together quite well. We’ve got some fine French cuisine as well, especially on the coast where we’re going. Tell me Alexandre, how are things back in France? That Algerian situation seemed awful."

| He rolls his eyes at the very mention. The whole Algerian fiasco had been a dark spot on the country post-War, and had seriously hurt business in the North African provinces. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Well, thanks be to God, it's seemingly over now. de Gaulle gave a nominal independence to the Muslims, but it's all just for show. We've won, decisively, and business has been booming in Algeria now that the fighting is over. Don't let the stooge media or Mr. Nasser tell you any differently. In the continent, things are well - we're looking at opening up a new business in the Rhine, a watch making company. We've got some business dealings going on with some Swiss craftsmen right now, real experts in their trades. We're hoping to capitalize on the 'Miracle on the Rhine', as it where. A lot of middle class Germans looking to show off to the lower class ones, you know?'[/list]

| He belly laughs at the thought, ever one to capitalize on wealth inequality for personal benefit and enjoyment. |

Xaverium, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

July 1962, West African Federation

Syndicalist Politicing:The Death of the Revolution?

| Following the destruction of the Malian Imperial Federation, Chairman Amílcar Cabral has ordered for the immediate evacuation and de-escalation of PWAF rebels across West Africa instead calling for rebels to return to West Africa. This policy has immediately caused an uproar within in halls of the Trade Congress with many calling Cabral counter-revolutionary, and even some accusing him of killing the West African Federation in the long term|

|Chairman Cabral entered into the large Parliamentary building, originally having served as the state senate building for Mali, had now been converted to the temporary Federal Trade Congress Hall. Cabral walked past members of the Congress he could feel them glaring daggers into him, and he could hear their whispers. Many had been ripping him apart in the media over his decision to step down from pursuing West African Revolution into neighboring countries, and today would be the first day he gave a rebuttal in front of Congress, and several news media members. He stepped into the main hall, looking around he passed by rows of chairs where other members of Congress had begun to take their seats. Cabral took his seat down in the front row and awaited everyone to be seated

|After about an hour or so of general milling around everyone had taken their seats, Cabral stood up, adjusting his military uniform, and stepping up to the podium, everyone else in the hall grew quiet “Ladies, and Gentlemen, comrades and compatriots I beg of you to lend me your ears. For months I have listened to you all criticize my every action, from my decision to not pursue continued war against Mauritania, the creation of a Federalist Syndicalist state, to my recent deescalation, and pulling out of soldiers from other countries around West Africa.

I ask you comrades, what right do your criticisms merit? You sit in the safety of the West African Federation hiding in Accra where you do not face the realities of wars and combat. I say to you my comrades I was on the frontlines of the war with Mali, and it is a miracle we won that war. If it hadn’t been for the Powder Gangers, and the numerous different compounding factors beyond the PWAF, we may have been tied up in that conflict with Mali for maybe even decades more. Everything I have done has been for the stability and benefit of the people of West Africa, and if we cannot build a prosperous nation with the lands we have then the Revolution was dead long before I became the Chairman of this Congress. Long Live the Federation, Long Live the Workers, and Long Live the People.” Cabral stepped off the stage gracefully and walked towards the exit, there was a lot of milling about, and arguing between members of the Congress but he didn't care, he had said what he needed to, let the people judge him now.|

| The West African Government graciously accepted 2.5 million dollars over 4 years from Sweden to help to rebuild efforts, as well as Sweden’s condemnation of Mali during the conflict. Chairman Cabral referred to Sweden as a “friend to the people” rebuilding, in general, has mostly been focused upon restoring order to disparate parts of the state, the hardest areas of resistance have been in Azawad, and Timbuktu where traditionalist and loyalist elements have resisted government attempts to restore order. |

Xaverium, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Autumnberg, Teymour, Elstala, Indonesian Democracy, Austreylia

| 𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃

| July 1962

[list]DDR-WAF DIPLOMATIC SUMMIT IN BERLIN: WALTER ULBRICHT MEETS WITH AMILCAR CABRAL[/list]

The Chairman of the State Council of the GDR, Walter Ulbricht, recently met with Amílcar Cabral, Chairman of the West African Federation, to discuss normalization of relations and the possibility of mutually beneficial trade between the WAF and CMEA member states. Both leaders approached the summit with optimism, despite the notoriously icy relations that persist between the WAF and the USSR. To resolve these tensions, Walter Ulbricht invited Cabral and his delegation to commence a process of reconciliation, which the GDR hopes will lead to a more permanent channel for discussing trade and diplomacy.

Speaking before the press, Ulbricht had the following to say: "The West African Federation is not counter-revolutionary, far from it in fact. It has fought tirelessly against colonialism and reactionary aggressors, and now the revolution has crystalized in the form of an economically and politically powerful state by and for West Africans. The GDR has always championed the right to self-determination of all peoples, and we welcome an emergent African power on the world stage. Our hope now is to improve relations and deepen trade between the West African Federation and our socialist community of nations, because fundamentally, I believe we hold the same values."

The talks were followed by a tour of Berlin and a celebration of friendship, along with a parade of Free German Youth cheerfully waving GDR and WAF flags. Later in the evening, the WAF delegation was invited to a grand banquet at the State Council building, where further cultural celebrations took place.

[list][Spoiler=Relevant Pings]

Teujira

Malian Imperial Federation[/spoiler][/list]

Teujira, Otsla, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation, Elstala, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire, The Republic Of Choline

[list][list][list]| 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝

| 𝟣𝟫𝟨𝟤, 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯![/list][/list][/list]

[sup]After 2,000 years of exile, the Jewish people had a state of their own in 1948 after the declaration of independence. But even as they celebrated, the fate of Isreal hanged in the balance. The day after Ben-Gurion declared the State of Israel, the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon invaded Israel. Egypt was especially confident that their large army would send the Israeli's running to the ships at the first sign of battle, despite said Egyptian Army having never actually seen action, except for the parade grounds if one was so generous. In their hubris, the Arabs rushed into battle with utmost confidence that the state would fall, however, the Israeli militias would fend off the Arab assaults without fear, showing them the unbreakable will of Isreal. When supplies from Czechoslovakia came, the victory of Israel was secured and the Arab armies defeated with the signing of the 1949 Armistice Agreements. That same year, Israel had its first elections, Ben-Gurion and his Mapai would win. While it seemed that peace was at hand, the reality was far different as geopolitical realities seeped in. The situation in Egypt radically changed when President Rashid Qaddab was assassinated by the Muslim brotherhood and the power vacuum allowed for a young Egyptian military officer to climb the ladder and seize power, this man was Jamal Abdel Nasser, Israel's worst nightmare. Once in power, Nasser began building himself a powerful political base of Arab Nationalism. His constant radio rants of Arab unity caused fear in Israel, and these fears would be proven true as Nasser was able to build the massive beast that is the UAR. Composed of Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Gulf, and recently Syria, Israel's worst nightmares came true. Surrounded on all sides by the Arab's, Israel must do anything and everything to keep its Independence, lest the borders are overrun by the Arab horde.[/sup]

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐩, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐦𝐞.

Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Malian Imperial Federation, Elstala, Indonesian Democracy, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire, The Republic Of Choline

Czabalkia wrote:| He rolls his eyes at the very mention. The whole Algerian fiasco had been a dark spot on the country post-War, and had seriously hurt business in the North African provinces. |

[list]Alexandre Levi Romanov: 'Well, thanks be to God, it's seemingly over now. de Gaulle gave a nominal independence to the Muslims, but it's all just for show. We've won, decisively, and business has been booming in Algeria now that the fighting is over. Don't let the stooge media or Mr. Nasser tell you any differently. In the continent, things are well - we're looking at opening up a new business in the Rhine, a watch making company. We've got some business dealings going on with some Swiss craftsmen right now, real experts in their trades. We're hoping to capitalize on the 'Miracle on the Rhine', as it where. A lot of middle class Germans looking to show off to the lower class ones, you know?'[/list]

| He belly laughs at the thought, ever one to capitalize on wealth inequality for personal benefit and enjoyment. |

| Pjotr nodded as he listened to Alexandre. As they spoke, the car finally entered on the lands of the Romanow family estate. Several large and white painted, Russian-colonial homes stood atop a forested hill. At the foot of the hill, open plains on which the Romanow family kept rhinos, elephants, giraffes, and antelopes. Plainclothes guards take point across the property and even in the open fields with the animals. They carry Sten guns and Lee-Enfield rifles, with bandoliers across their chest. |

Pjotr Kirillowich Romanow:

"I’m certainly glad the situation is all over with. It was giving the whole of this country quite a fright, the idea of such instability in France. It’s quite worrying to see the collapse of European rule in Africa I must say. It all started with the damned British giving up India, Jusupow called it then."

Czabalkia, Teymour, -Ethiopian Empire

I hope BASED Gongo makes an appearance in this rp

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Czabalkia, -Ethiopian Empire

Canada’s independence

Canada declared independence from the U.K. in 1960 with John diefenbake who wanted independence and the United Nations would decide Canada’s fate but america France Spain Italy and other NATO members all voted Canada to become its own country and The United Kingdom also let Canada become a country it would set up its government as a democratic government and would have a liberal party a Conservative party with a Democratic Party and a few more Canada also become very close friends with the French union and the United state being that they are neighbors also Canada would make sure all citizens would be equal even if their native black or Asian they’d be treated like white men and woman Canada would also have plans to improve their defenses and would send 15 000 armed troops to Vietnam and 20 000 to indochina because of the conflict Canada would also grow their economy by selling uranium oil coal and timber to America and other nations Canada would also grow its own crops to feed its population and Canada would Make its cities more modern like america and other strong country’s.

Spainard, Xaverium, Otsla, Waclia, Czabalkia, Teymour, -Ethiopian Empire

(ooc: not a news post but an actual RP post)

[list][list]Operation Goldmine: Phase 2, The Invasion Part V: The Taking of Western Bolivia

July 1, 1962[/list][/list]

[list]The taking of La Paz was a major moral booster for the Western Liberation Army. The Western Liberation Army split itself up into two groups, Alpha and Beta. Alpha Group stayed behind in La Paz to man the defenses that were set up, while Beta Group was tasked with taking the rest of western Bolivia. Over those months, the Beta Group was able to sweep through western Bolivia with relative ease, as most Bolivian forces were withdrawn to defend Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. The subsequent withdraw of most Bolivia troops and arrival of Peruvian troops disillusioned much of the populace of western Bolivia, who reacted well to Peruvian aide efforts. The Western Liberation Army's Beta Group took great delight in burning down and looting the city of Sucre.[/list]

[list]The Eastern Liberation Army was slow moving, as it had to deal with rainforests, farmland and few population centers. The Eastern Liberation Army had to mostly deal with native tribes and local resistance. Because the bridges across the Rio Grande O Guapay were destroyed through sabotage in the lead up to the war, the Bolivian military was unable to send troops to reinforce the now vulnerable cities on the opposite side of the river easily, without diverting much needed resources from the main war or through a massive detour that would take months for Bolivian troops. This meant that the Bolivian forces could not send large groups of soldiers to help defend those villages from the invading Peruvian forces. This also meant that the Bolivian villages and cities on the Santa Cruz side of the river were safe for the time being from the Eastern Liberation Army.[/list]

[list]At this time, the Peruvian forces in La Paz began to construct an official government administrative building for the Peruvian forces in the middle of the city. Expecting to win the war, the government enacted its plans to start early on constructing administrative and military building in La Paz in order to solidify its hold on the city. The building construction required the military to send in Peruvian construction crews and materials. The Administrative building itself was set to be built in Hernando Siles Stadium, which was chosen mostly due to its central location and high vantage points.[/list]

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, East Germany Ddr, Teymour, -Ethiopian Empire

Official Report from The Socialist Republic of Romania

July 1962, Bucharest

It is with great honour to report, that now, after 1 year since our beloved and wise leader, Comrade Constantin Rotaru came to power, Romania's standard of living rose by 3.8% from last year, in an unstoppable growth, and that this month, Romania and it's dear leader, hosted it's first official meeting of our most beloved son of the people, with comrade Walter Ulbricht from the German Democratic Republic.

The goal of this meeting which was held in Bucharest at Cotroceni palace, was to discuss the trade situation of the Eastern Bloc, and to strenghten the co-operation between our countries.

The Chairman of the State Council of the GDR, Walter Ulbricht, made the following statement before the East German and Romanian delegations gathered in Bucharest:

"I'm truly thankful for the warm welcome, as well as for my productive discussion with dearest Comrade Constantin Rotaru. I am now convinced that the German Democratic Republic and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Romania share the same goals and visions, especially in regards to furthering normalization of relations with non-aligned countries and deepening socialist integration within the CMEA. Our peoples are bound in friendship and in our common pursuit of a Socialist Society."

Poporul, Rotaru, România!

Partidul, Rotaru, România!

(East Germany Ddr

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, East Germany Ddr, Teymour, -Ethiopian Empire, Council For Mutual Economic Assistance, The Republic Of Choline

[list]APRIL 1961

CAIRO, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC — MIDDLE EAST[/list]

[list][list][sub][pre]!دولة قوية و عادلة

Strong & Just Nation!

EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE & NATIONAL DEFENCE[/pre][/sub]

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[list][sub]Acting under the precedents set by the June 1960 Arab Economic Convention, held in Kuwait Region, President Nasser in an address to the National Assembly in early March laid out his ‘Three National Priorities'. Prior to this, the President had held numerous meetings with the Minister of Development, Minister of Transport and Minister of Finance, to deliberate and finalize the economic policies of his second term. It was certainly apparent to Nasser and the National Unity Movement that this political period shall be defined through socioeconomic development as opposed to the rapid expansion of the United Arab Republic, through the pan-Arab political upheaval of the mid to late 1950’s. To accomplish this, the bloated defence budget, a necessity during the period of consolidation, was gradually reduced. Irregular forces, particularly those sourced from pro-UAR and anti-Wahhabist Bedouin tribes in Arabia, were gradually disbanded beginning in 1959 in order to facilitate a reduction in military spending, beyond the professional army itself. This coincided with the creation of the ‘Sovereign Fund for Arab Economic Development

’ on April 19th 1961, to serve the purpose of a sovereign wealth fund primarily based on increasing oil revenues. This was reflective of the policy of ‘strategic investment’ put forth by the Arab Economic Convention, entailing that the state should invest fiscal resources into specific critical economic sectors as a means to strengthen them and encourage sector-based development. One such sector, and the first of the ‘Three National Priorities’, was education. In a perception unique to those economists in the United Arab Republic, educational institutes were to be seen as an economic infrastructure. Through which developing domestic educational infrastructure, expanding literacy and providing greater access to education, would secure the future economic security of the state. The first program of the Sovereign Fund for Arab Economic Development, aside from providing the capital needed to expand the education sector, was the creation of a special scholarship program. Through which especially talented and promising Arab students would be granted the opportunity to seek higher education in Western Europe and North America, partially or completely funded by oil wealth. The Minister of Education, Qustantine Zureiq, best captured the motives behind such a program by stating during the inaugural conference of the UAR’s sovereign wealth fund: “institutions of learning in the developed nations of the world posses such a great wealth of resources, academic ethic and written materials, that we can never hope to raise the Arab nation to the standard of our aspirations, without exposing the most competent from our own student ranks to these great places of thinking! They can act as ambassadors, and when they return to us, they shall bring with them the skills required for our socioeconomic triumph.” Domestically, plans were created to bring permanent schools to locations in the UAR which had previously lacked such, such as the Khaleej, South Arabia and Arabia Regions. The teachers colleges in Damascus, Cairo and Alexandria were also to be expanded under the auspices of generation donations from the Arab diaspora in the United States who quickly became attracted to the prospect of collaborating with the Sovereign Fund for Arab Economic Development in exchange for generous public acknowledgements. [/sub]

[sub]The second of Nasser’s national priorities was the creation of a sufficient infrastructure system both on the national and local levels. This was especially encouraged by the ongoing construction of the Qattara Depression Project, which established greater domestic and international confidence in the ability of the government to create successful ventures using capital investment. With financial support from the World Bank and over the course of 10-years, Nasser said that “the United Arab Republic shall be transformed in the image of the Arab economy, an economy which seeks to unify the nation through commerce.” At the forefront of such a transformation will be an enhanced rail and road link between Gaza in the Republic of Palestine and Alexandria, passing through the city of Rashid and Port Sa’id. The purpose of such a project is vast. Ranging from a desire to export citrus and grain grown in Gaza and the Nile Valley to foreign markets, while simultaneously strengthening physical links between Palestine and the UAR for strategic purposes. Furthermore, the Ministry of Transport presented its own agenda during Nasser’s second term, as it sought to begin construction on a new rail network connecting Medinat Al-Kuwait, one of the most affluent and urbanized Arab cities to Riyadh and then Jeddah passing through the strategic port of Dammam, centre of the Arab hydrocarbon industry. A further rail network linking Jeddah to the other Red Sea port of Yanbu and then Tabuk will simultaneously be constructed. As well as executing modernization schemes on mandatory-era railways between Damascus, Halab and Ladhaqiyeh. This will all be undertaken in the hope of increasing commercial ties and facilitating Arab economic integration between the Kuwait and Arabia Regions, and therefore provide a solid base of connectivity from which to support future industrialization. Not to mention the temporary employment opportunities such construction would provide, in what is likely part of a wider political move by the National Unity Movement to solicit further local support and prevent the possible spread of the Muslim Brotherhood beyond Egypt and contain Saudi-loyalist sentiments. The efforts of Nasser’s government also fixated on more localized attempts of economic development, in regions of the United Arab Republic that lacked prospects for large-scale infrastructure development as a result of environmental factors and their present isolation. Nonetheless, they should not be forgotten in the wider context of developing local economies, preventing unjustified social inequalities and proving that Nasser’s pan-Arabism is capable of providing the promises of development it had proclaimed to win public support. Amongst sugar cane, citrus and date palm plantations, which form the majority of agricultural infrastructure in South Arabia and Bahrain Island, Nasser detailed that drip-irrigation, which had so far been successful in improving water efficiency and conservation in Sudan’s Jezira Scheme, will be introduced in these water-scarce regions. He drew analogies between this policy and the innovation which characterized the Arab Agricultural Revolution during the Islamic Golden Age, to underscore the importance of such simple, yet incredibly critical reforms.[/sub]

[sub]“We have made the defence of the Arab nation and the rights of its citizens a duty of everyone” declared the President as he laid out his third and final national priority: national defence. In reality, such a declaration would seem late as the process of military reform had begun with the 1956 appointment of Sa’ad Al-Shezly as the Minister of Defence. As a younger officer, educated as part of the military mission of the United States in Egypt, Al-Shezly broke with the traditional British-influenced doctrines of his predecessors. As Minister of Defence since the conclusion of the anti-UAR insurgencies in Arabia and elsewhere, he sought to exert indirect command over local commanders and formations, in what was an experimental endeavour. He appointed commanders who showed promise during the consolidation period in what was a restaffing of the United Arab Armed Forces throughout the early 1960’s, dismissing older Egyptian commanders and relying on a cadre of US army-educated younger Egyptian and Arabian individuals to replace them. In the spirit of Nasser’s priorities however, the Minister of Defence took his reforms to a new extreme through the new agenda of the Ministry of Defence that was presented to the legislature. The agenda announced the phasing out of the traditional order approval system of the army, which required approval from the highest echelons of command and therefore was deemed an “ineffective usage of time and resources.” In its place, the system that the United Arab Armed Forces partially used previously was to be adopted in “the full spirit of relying on swift officer initiative.” This was accompanied by the declared intentions of the Ministry to open a military inquiry through officer and soldier testimonies, strategic review and reflection into the failings of the 1948 Palestine War and the actions taken against the Imamate of Oman. This was to form the basis of “learning the lessons of past failures to provide inquiry into further structural, doctrinal and moral reforms we wish to complete in the coming years.” Ultimately, all these developments which undoubtedly will hold great sway and influence over the direction of the United Arab Republic, come during a period of stability, during which the government can utilize an abundance in natural wealth to achieve its own vision of a developed Arab nation. [/sub][/list]

Spainard, Xaverium, Teujira, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire, The Republic Of Choline

Indonesia’s Change’s

1960-1962

Indonesia would improve its economy and the welfare of the people and new laws would be put in place because of the growing population each family would only be able to have on girl and one boy and this is for every family to keep things under check and to feed the citizens farm were built around Indonesia to give the population a use and mines lumber mills would be open for employment also see ports were employing Indonesia would sell thousands of barrels of oil to China and Indonesia would export thermal coal around the world to grow its economy also a plan was put into place as Indonesia would build a backbone fo anything to happen to say China Indonesia would have a backbone to lay on Indonesia would keep 50% of what they export including thermal coal oil grain timber and so on most of the jobs for a citizen will have health insurance and life insurance to have the well being of the citizen more cities were built and villages were turned into communities owned by the government also eduction would be improved to have a new era of citizens being well educated and it would be the law that every child has to go to school and most schools would be owned by the government.

Indonesia would also power its cities with hydro power and thermal coal Indonesia would also sell natural gas to its allies Indonesia would also mine important ores likes tin zinc steel and more and old citizen care homes were built for the retired or with mental issues.

Indonesia Improves its Military

Indonesia trains its troops guerrilla warfare and how to survive in the jungle because of the tropical climate but Indonesia also would teach its troops counter guerrilla attacks troops would be taught three different combat styles First one judo second one tae won doe and jujutsu to defend them selves also be taught how to disarm a man and bomb learning how to para jump and more Indonesia would also design its first ship is would be a frigate 180 feet long and would be built with anti submarine weapons having a decent radar and with a strong towered array with also specialized weapons such as the torpedo and would be armed with 2 VL standard missile block 2 block IIIA and have more anti submarine weapons and 15 would be produced also Indonesia purchased 20 Tu-16’s 10 Mil Mi-6’s and 50 IS-4’s but all this Soviet weaponry would come in a later time Indonesia also bought one ping hia cruiser form China to repair and improve and soon Indonesia would build its own destroyers cruisers and aircraft carriers when the economy improves.

Spainard, Xaverium, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Teymour, Elstala, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire, The Republic Of Choline

1960-1962

Early History of Mauritania

|Following the defeat of the traditionalists in the coup of 1960 many traditionalists found themselves reassigned or exiled to far-off corners of the Federation. One of these outposts was the small village of Nouakchott. This city would rise in prominence as more Traditionalists fled to this small village as the Malian state began losing control of its outer edges. With the civil war engulfing the Federation, and subsequent Empire in 62, Mauritania under the guidance of Emir Muhammad Fadil wuld `Umayr declared full independence from the Malian Empire.

|The Emirate of Mauritania instantly received recognition from the West Africa Federation who saw it as a friend against the Imperial Malians. The Mauritanians were unable to back Traditionalist uprisings in Senegal but did accept a large number of refugees from Senegal, many of the wealthier soon found their way into Mauritanian positions of government. The influx of refugees also soon brought a new issue to the forefront, what would these new unemployed refugees do? The Mauritanian government soon began reopening the backdoor to slavery allowing many poorer and darker-skinned refugees to fall into complete wage slavery in Mauritania’s growing Iron, Copper and Oil industry. These industrial, and mineral expansions were bankrolled by a class of elite capitalists who had fled from across West Africa with the ascension of the West African Federation. By the end of the Malian Empire the Mauritanians were investigating possible oil deposits, and refineries.

| Politically the Emir has continued to solidify control over Mauritania with his only major opposition being from Arab Socialists, and Black Moor Rights groups. These groups push for equality for black moors, and arab socialism to be implemented in the new state, they oppose the absolute monarchy instituted by the Emir, and his crackdown on political opponents. The most famous Mauritanian opposition leader is Moktar Ould Daddah, though his current whereabouts are unknown.

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John Diefenbake Invites Marcel Chaput to Ottawa city in Canada for a diplomatic reasoning to rejoin the now independent Canada and become a province in Canada again and would be respected like it should be https://www.nationstates.net/nation=czabalkia

Spainard, Xaverium, Elstala, -Ethiopian Empire

El País

16th/09/1962

Madrid, Spain

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[list]PSOE Esperanza Zapatero Elected 2nd Prime Minister of Spain[/list]

In a decisive victory for the Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party, Esperanza Zapatero, the president of the PSOE, and his party has won the general elections of September 1962 with 68% of the national vote. The now-former Prime Minister Jario Velazquez congratulated The second Prime Minister of Spain Esperanza Zapatero in winning the election and is adamant that Spain will continue to flourish under his leadership. His Majesty King Juan Carlos I has formally requested Esperanza Zapatero to form a new government in his name which they will have a conversation on the topics and duties the new government will implement over his next 5-year term. His legislative agenda is sorely based on whether or not he will have a majority within General Cortes, The center-left party holds a 50 seat majority over the People’s Party, which provides them with a slim majority in decision making, but may prove difficult if passing dramatic legislation especially infrastructure reform.

The main agenda for Zapatero is to bring Spain up to par with other Western European nations in terms of providing people reliable infrastructure and to also provide more rights for workers as the Spanish economy continues to grow through marketization. He claims that the country cannot repeat the same ideas of that of the Francoist regime which there were no workers who were guaranteed protection and a minimum wage. He also wishes to spend more on education which the previous government has claimed ignored.

Xaverium, Czabalkia, Kiger, Zanbala Prz, East Germany Ddr, Miwok-, Teymour, Indonesian Democracy, Austreylia, -Ethiopian Empire

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