ClassicIOT: Cold War

[J.K. Stockholme]

From the Delhi-Lahore Republic
To the Awadh-Malwa Federation
CC World

But two decades since our independence the Indian subcontinent is the site of imperial games, and once again we free Indian peoples must throw out the colonizers to be free. Therefore the Delhi-Lahore Republic and the Awadh-Malwa Federation hereby enter into an offensive and defensive alliance to combat the imperialist powers of France, the Soviet Union, Nanyang and Avalon, as well as any other foreign nation that attempts to control our peoples and conquer our lands. This alliance will be in-effect until India is ruled exclusively by Indians.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

ATTN: The World

Until the conclusion of this internal Chinese disturbance, Yangtze river shipping is closed to traffic. All shipping will be subject to inspections. Any contraband, such as weapons or military aid, will be confiscated.

From the Delhi-Lahore Republic
To the Awadh-Malwa Federation
CC World

But two decades since our independence the Indian subcontinent is the site of imperial games, and once again we free Indian peoples must throw out the colonizers to be free. Therefore the Delhi-Lahore Republic and the Awadh-Malwa Federation hereby enter into an offensive and defensive alliance to combat the imperialist powers of France, the Soviet Union, Nanyang and Avalon, as well as any other foreign nation that attempts to control our peoples and conquer our lands. This alliance will be in-effect until India is ruled exclusively by Indians.

It is our understanding that Awadh-Malwa and Nanyang have had a longstanding positive relationship, and we are frankly surprised that they would make this decision without informing their allies.

We hope this does not jeopardize the status of the upcoming talks between our two states.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

From the Delhi-Lahore Republic
To the Awadh-Malwa Federation
CC World

But two decades since our independence the Indian subcontinent is the site of imperial games, and once again we free Indian peoples must throw out the colonizers to be free. Therefore the Delhi-Lahore Republic and the Awadh-Malwa Federation hereby enter into an offensive and defensive alliance to combat the imperialist powers of France, the Soviet Union, Nanyang and Avalon, as well as any other foreign nation that attempts to control our peoples and conquer our lands. This alliance will be in-effect until India is ruled exclusively by Indians.

The Kingdom of Avalon support free and democratic elections and self governance world wide. We simply provide monetary and military support to our allies in this area of this world, and do not force our will upon them.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

(this is an excerpt from a Lahore newspaper editorial)

Out, Out, Imperialists!​

Though forged in the anarchy of the British exit, the Muslims and Hindus of India enjoyed two decades of freedom under no yoke but their own; however as of the year nineteen sixty-two the subcontinent apprehends the gravest threat to this fragile independence since the first Portuguese ships attempted trade in the fifteenth century. Whether under the red flag or the banner of our old enemies, we must topple the nascent monuments to imperialism that are being erected on our shores.

Foremost among our oppressors are the old colonial regimes, red France, Prussia and the new British Empire of Avalon. While Prussia organizes monarchists in its own image against French pawns in eastern India, where a brutal civil war is about to be waged on the blood of our people, Avalon has claimed as its own sovereign territory the tip of the subcontinent. Avalon, the proud inheritor of the legacy of British barbarism, a storied history of violence against our people, claims humility – that they, the new British Empire, are here to teach democracy. We say, keep your lessons in “democracy” like those you taught us in “civilization,” you reword your imperialism but change not its character.

It took little time for the communists to abandon their ideals in favour of brutal expansion – already our continent is torn by three civil wars, in Gujarat, Madras and the former Eastern Raj, in all of which the French communists arm one faction of Indians to ravage and kill another. The French have never cared for the toilers of the world, they are like every imperialist and wish to annex new lands that will toil for them evermore! The Russian reds are no different, their warpath has simply been less fraught with imperial rivalry, but their message of liberation is equally hollow. Why, when the traditional Russian frontier remains to be returned to Russian authority, were expeditions sent as far as Kabul and Karachi? They seek our exploitation, not our emancipation.

Our last, and newest oppressor is the Chinese state of Nanyang, another ideologically hollow regime, whose anti-colonialism lasted only until they could participate in empire building. Though they are Asians like us they are no more trustworthy – already they sponsor fratricide among our peoples, in Madras and Gujarat, where they arm locals to die fighting against our brothers and sisters.

This must end! We must oppose all empire building, and form a united front these new roads to domination being paved by those imperialists, whether the spokesmen of international communism or the pretenders to empires we rid ourselves once before, who compete for our submission! Out, out, imperialists!

 

[Sonereal]

To: The Republic of Egypt
From: The United Arab Republic

Although our talks during the Cairo - Baghdad Summit of 1961 failed, our respective governments decided to continue along the road of increased co - operation. This is now why our President, Abd al-Karim Qasim, is willing to offer an alliance to the Republic of Egypt.

Egypt accepts this offer of alliance.

From the Delhi-Lahore Republic
To the Awadh-Malwa Federation
CC World

But two decades since our independence the Indian subcontinent is the site of imperial games, and once again we free Indian peoples must throw out the colonizers to be free. Therefore the Delhi-Lahore Republic and the Awadh-Malwa Federation hereby enter into an offensive and defensive alliance to combat the imperialist powers of France, the Soviet Union, Nanyang and Avalon, as well as any other foreign nation that attempts to control our peoples and conquer our lands. This alliance will be in-effect until India is ruled exclusively by Indians.

Acknowledged by Awadh-Malwa.

It is our understanding that Awadh-Malwa and Nanyang have had a longstanding positive relationship, and we are frankly surprised that they would make this decision without informing their allies.

We hope this does not jeopardize the status of the upcoming talks between our two states.

Awadh-Malwa do have a longstanding positive relationship with Nanyang, which puts it in the perfect position to act as an intermediary between India, Nanyang, and the participants of several civil conflicts in the region.

As for allies, we do maintain our friendship with Nanyang, but the reality of the geopolitical situation has been thrust upon us against our will. Under such circumstances, nobody can surely fault us for acting in our best interests.

OFFICIAL BOHEMIAN PRESS RELEASE

The uprising of young socialists in Slovakia and Galicia who wanted nothing less than to be part of the SSRB shouldn't be ignored. After all, the world revolution can only succeed if her internal administrative regions are properly and effectively established. Bohemia hopes that the Slovakian Question will be answered in the coming year.

OFFICIAL PEKING PRESS RELEASE

We demand the full surrender of all Yuan and Yuan-backed forces in Central China.


GM Note: The Yuan Empire's "government-in-exile" is technically inside Central Asia at the moment.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

Awadh-Malwa do have a longstanding positive relationship with Nanyang, which puts it in the perfect position to act as an intermediary between India, Nanyang, and the participants of several civil conflicts in the region.

As for allies, we do maintain our friendship with Nanyang, but the reality of the geopolitical situation has been thrust upon us against our will. Under such circumstances, nobody can surely fault us for acting in our best interests.

Understood. So long as Prayaga has the assets to properly back the Unified People's Party of Gujarat, Nanyang is willing to reduce its Indian footprint.

Do not let us down.

 

[Ailedhoo]

Surrender? We surrender when Peking's master broke a ceasefire? Peking's master conspired to destroy us most dishonorably?

It is clear that Peking is fighting for the right to be Nanyang slave.

Nanyang is a power of barbarians in Chinese cloths. We cannot afford to surrender for that would legitimize their claim.

Emperor Yuan Ju-Long will not surrender to barbarian pretenders and their puppets.

 

[Calgori]

To: Kingdom in Exile of Avalon, Nation of Hollywood
From: Most Pure and Holy Confederation of America

When we trust in God's wisdom, we understand what is true, right, and lasting. We urge Kingdom in Exile of Avalon and Nation of Hollywood to stop this nonsense. The people of Texas have rejected the Hollywoodian army and chosen to join the Confederation by their own free will. To ignore this is to forget the ideals of liberty and popular sovereignty upon which all american nations were built. It makes not sense to continue with hostilities, it's time to return Virginia, dissolve all kind of blockades and bring peace to America again.

We are giving you the opportunity to stop this as painlessly as possible.

May Our Lord guide your thoughts and give you the wisdom to accept this proposal

 

[Civ'ed]

Dropping what is even happening

 

[gay_Aleks]

Barcelona. The beating heart of Catalonia. Currently, however, all it was, in all fairness, a smoking ruin. Filled with all kinds of people - mostly refugees. However, as it might have happen, it also included the representatives of all the political and philosophical movements that were occurring in Spain - from the Francoists, to the Monarchists, a swift detour to the Democrats, then to the Communists, and then making a final stop with the Anarchists. Like a train, but one that crashed and derailed and now is rolling down in a slow motion, and nobody knows when it's gonna stop.

Arriba! Espana! Arriba! Espana!

Those were the words that were echoing through Barcelona. Many soldiers chanted this old Civil War song, now the anthem of the Fallange cause. However, note shall be taken of those two. They were patrolling the streets of Barcelona, or whatever the artillery spared. It wasn't much. A conversation was going on..

"Pretty Barcelona!"
"As a picture, Enrique."
"Well, actually that was a lie. It's bombed out and it looks like one of those Picasso paintings."
"Well, you know what they say, Fernando - sometimes reality is stranger than fiction."
"I don't know. That one with the clocks was pretty odd."
"That's Dali, you idiot."
"Picasso, all sorts of artists seem to hate us. I wonder why."
"Well, what can you do. Sometimes it's really hard to be a fasci-"
Suddenly, an explosion interrupted their conversation..
"WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"It means Miguel from 3rd Galician Division owes me 30 pesetas. I knew someone would trip on that one!"
"Hopefully, he won't pay you in 1 peseta. That Franco face creeps me out."
"He always creeps people out, Enrique. I saw him on the parade for the anniversary in Madrid. Tried fitting in his old Civil War uniform. That was terrifying. I think the uniform was about to combust.. And his face! Looked like a red tomato from that blood flow!"
"God, I hope he's dead for real.."

As the soldiers marched on, they passed through a barber shop. Well. The ruins of a barber shop. Only the floor remained. Perhaps, if they had took a closer look at the floor, they would have seen the secret door, leading to a tunnel, and perhaps catch some evil Communists.

However, the so-so called "evil" communists did know about that. Two members of the very, very illegal Communist Party did crawl out of the tunnel, once the soldiers couldn't be heard squabbling for one or another thing.

"Well, this is it. Beautiful Barcelona!"
"I swear someone else already said that."
"Don't be ridiculous. Who would call the city of the Counts like that after this horrifying bombardment?"
"You."
"I was merely being sarcastic."
"Whatever. Franco is dead!"
"Now if all his supporters were so nice to do the same."
"Heard he died in his chair. Decayed there like pig lard."
"Well, he was pig lard originally, so.."
"Good one. But right now, there's no true law in Spain.. Perhaps, we could restore the glorious Republic!"
"Or, we could get our daily lead diet, brought by the ever so nice Spanish."
"Don't be so pessimistic! We just need to find like-minded folks, and I'm sure that plenty of them exist."
"No, there's only anarchists, and they just want to loot and burn."
"You sure like to kill a man's dream. What is your plan, then?"
"Flee to France, wait until this regime finally falls apart, enter as liberators, assume high political positions, then get shot by some bastard."
"...you sure ain't an optimist."

TBC.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

Understood. So long as Prayaga has the assets to properly back the Unified People's Party of Gujarat, Nanyang is willing to reduce its Indian footprint.

Do not let us down.

That's an interesting interpretation of their offer to be an "intermediary" - Awadh-Malwa won't fight your wars for you, imperialist.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

That's an interesting interpretation of their offer to be an "intermediary" - Awadh-Malwa won't fight your wars for you, imperialist.

We absolutely intend to defend Awadh against any regime that dreams of conquering India.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

In order to defuse tensions, the Nanyang Federation proposes a summit on India to the governments of France, Germany, Avalon, Delhi and Awadh in order to prevent the situation in India from escalating to a general war.

Please respond promptly.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Ambassador Alwen Jones will attend.

 

[KaiserElectric]

Prussia will send Ambassador Valentin Rettig to attend the conference and help to alleviate the situation.

 

[christos200]

Cretan-Cyprus Times

A political and economic newspaper about the Cretan-Cyprus Republic that informs it's readers with unbiased information.

Industrial Expansion​

- Andreas Papandreou, President of Crete-Cyprus​

The PASOK government hopes to expand even more the Industry of Crete-Cyprus through direct state investment. The construction of new industries shall employ more workers, increase production, increase purchasing power of the people, thus leading to more profit from taxation. The economy is expected to continue to grow, slowly but steadily while PASOK claims that in a few years, Crete-Cyprus will reach the economic level of other countries.

The GDP of Cyprus has increased from 1960 by 450%, a stunning growth rate within such a sort period of time as two years. Economists from all over the world speak of a Crete-Cyprus economic miracle while many support that the mixed economy of Crete-Cyprus, which includes strong government investment combined with free market, is the best way to develop an economy.

Konstantinos Karamanlis of New Democracy has stated that the growth is imaginary, as Crete-Cyprus has incurred a huge amount of debt. However, economists prove him wrong as the debt of Crete-Cyprus is 8 IP while the GDP of the country is now 9 IP. And considering that by 1964, when Crete-Cyprus will repay it's debts, the Yuan Dynasty may not exist, the debt would have been decreased to 5 IP.

Minister of Defense

- George Papandreou, Minister of Defense of Crete-Cyprus​

George Papandreou, son of President Andreas Papandreou, has been appointed Minister of Defense of Crete-Cyprus. The 40 years old politician has been quite energetic and has gained the support of a large part of the population. His first move as Minister of Defense was to visit the Aegean Islands and attend a ceremony to honor the soldiers who died during the invasion.

Many political analysts believe that this appointment has far less to do with controlling the army, as Andreas Papandreou is a firmly democrat, and more to do with the succession to the party leadership. Andreas Papandreou is old and despite his popularity, he is not expected to run for a third term. So, many factions have sprung up inside PASOK, trying to enforce their leader as the leader of PASOK.

Andreas Papandreou wants to enforce his son as leader of PASOK, so he wants to give a ministry to George Papandreou, in order to both give him publicity, thus gaining public support for him, as well as giving a strong message to other factions inside the party. George Papandreou is well liked among many members of PASOK and the other factions of the party will most likely submit to him.

Konstantinos Karamanlis of New Democracy called the decision of the President patronizing and nepotistic and said that no family member of Konstantinos Karamanlis would gain a ministry ever if New Democracy was to become the governing party. Andreas Papandreou replied that George Papandreou was given the ministry not due to family relations but because of his personal merit and that if he was proven incapable, he himself would fire him from his post.

Rally of New Democracy

- Konstantinos Karamanlis, leader of New Democracy, at the rally at Chania​

Konstantinos Karamanlis, leader of New Democracy, has also been quite energetic and already prepares for the 1965 elections, which he believes would put an end to the reign of the Socialist PASOK and would mark the domination of the conservative right in Crete-Cyprus. Despite the popularity of PASOK, New Democracy has managed to get a hold tight on right wingers, essentially uniting all of them under their banner, while young people show more support for Konstantinos Karamanlis, whose speeches have become more and more nationalistic and populist in an attempt to garner popular support.

Although PASOK has been largely successful in it's governance, the fact remains that Crete-Cyprus is far behind other nations in terms of economy and territory while the youth, according to psychologists, wanting to have their teenage revolt, admire more and more the conservative Konstantinos Karamanlis and somewhat despite the tightening socialist control of the economy and it's inability to adopt far right nationalistic views.

At a rally of New Democracy supporters in Chania, Crete, Konstantinos Karamanlis promised to increase military expenditure, open up the economy and spoke with a further to the right rhetoric than he has used to. He said that Crete-Cyprus is a phoenix which is arising from the flames, and that it is destined to revive the greatness of Hellenism. He has also spoken openly about unification with Greece and a liberation of Macedonia, Constantinople and Minor Asia from the Roman and the Turks and the reviving of Alexander the Great's Empire. As absurd as that may sound to foreigners, the creation of a Greater Hellas encompassing Mainland Greece and Minor Asia is seen by many as a solution to the economic problems of Crete-Cyprus, as there will be a larger market, more resources and a larger population. And considering the already remarkable economic growth of the poor islands of Crete, Cyprus and the Aegean Isles, a Greater Hellas would be destined to be a superpower. Even some PASOK members have supported expansion abroad.

Analysts warn, however, that despite the rising popularity of New Democracy, PASOK continues to have the most popular support, with about about 64% of the population supporting them in contrast to New Democracy's 36%. PASOK continues to be a favorite to win the 1965 elections and any celebrations by New Democracy would be premature.

Crete-Cyprus on India

- Themistocles Sofoulis, Minister of Foreign Affairs​

Themistocles Sofoulis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that the government of Crete-Cyprus strongly supports the Delhi-Lahore Republic and condemns attempts by France, the Soviet Union, Nanyang and Avalon to colonize India.

His statement is: "Crete-Cyprus, a peace loving democratic nation which supports the right of self-governance for all nations, strongly condemns the attempts by France, the Soviet Union, Nanyang and Avalon to colonize India and supports the Delhi-Lahore Republic in it's effort to get rid of foreign influence in India. Every nation deserves the right to self-governance and Crete-Cyprus is deeply worried about how it's allies, which are democratic and communist nations, forget about their ideologies and enslave the native peoples of India. Crete-Cyprus urges it's allies to show that democracy and communism support the struggle of the oppressed people and are not imperialistic ideologies. Only then can we exterminate the influence of the snake of Fascism on the oppressed people of the world."

 

[Polyblank]

PASOK continues to have the most popular support, with about about 65% of the population supporting them in contrast to New Democracy's 36%.

To: Cretan - Cyprus Times
From: Cretan - Cypriot Mathematics Society
Issue: Maths

The Head of the Cretan - Cypriot Mathematics Society, Nilos Sakellarios, has noticed a problem with the percentages being used by the polls released in Cretan - Cyprus Times. We urge you to fix the problem immediately for the sake of all that is right with this world

Spoiler :

OOC: I had to

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

In order to defuse tensions, the Nanyang Federation proposes a summit on India to the governments of France, Germany, Avalon, Delhi and Awadh in order to prevent the situation in India from escalating to a general war.

Please respond promptly.

Unless one of the purposes of this summit is to discuss the withdrawal of imperial forces from the subcontinent, we have no interest in meeting the imperial powers.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Unless one of the purposes of this summit is to discuss the withdrawal of imperial forces from the subcontinent, we have no interest in meeting the imperial powers.

There are no Avalonian forces on the subcontinent. We merely have close diplomatic ties with people there.

 

[christos200]

To: Cretan - Cyprus Times
From: Cretan - Cypriot Mathematics Society
Issue: Maths

The Head of the Cretan - Cypriot Mathematics Society, Nilos Sakellarios, has noticed a problem with the percentages being used by the polls released in Cretan - Cyprus Times. We urge you to fix the problem immediately for the sake of all that is right with this world

Spoiler :

OOC: I had to

Fixed.