1965-1970 (Rise of the Arabs Map Game)

1965.0
 Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn as the President of the United States of America and he promises in his early State of Union adress to create a Great Society 

''' The state funeral of Winston Churchill is the largest assembly of leaders of State for a funeral in history. '''

''' Operation Rolling Thunder continues while the first ground troops in the form of US marines land to protect US airbases. '''

''' The Indo- Pakistani war contuines with neither side gaining the upper hand in limited skirmishes. '''

''' The Rolling Stones get their first number one hit in the US. '''

''' Tensions between the UAR and Israel continue while revolution threatens to break out in the Arab penisula and Libya. '''

''' Alexey Leonov becomes the first man to walk in space. '''
 * USSR: The USSR starts off very happy with their current progress in the Space Race with the first EVA conducted although the new premier Leonid Brezhnev is concerned with the high costs of the new Soyuz program and authorises the Soyuz program only if the costs and scale of the program can be scaled down. General Secretary Brezhnev plans to rapidly reform the economy believing otherwise it will fail to grow and he plans to start off with reform to agriculture and small scale industry. The first major reform in agriculture breaks down the collective farms to some degree and individual farmers now keep all of their produce while the new system of taxation for farmers is done based on how much land they have and across the country performance at harvest with the taxes having to be paid in the Soviet Rouble encouraging cash flow while also with farmers now owning their crops they can now be sold and purchased so the government takes itself out of the food distribution to civilians with individual food vendors being made into independent businesses as they have to procure their own produce and can set rates by themselves. The fact that all food has to now be bought in currency leads to the Soviet Rouble maintains it's value to everyone. While small scale industry defined as community based and non- essential industries is now allowed to be privately owned and operated with the goods freely sold at prices. This increased privatisation is to encourage innovation and motive to increase productivity. The new wages for public sectors works involve that output is related to wages encouraging higher productivity. As education standards decline and fall, a reform to the education system is made with the construction of more university places for those wishing to study science and engineering. In cities and larger towns, new excellence academies are introduced with education starting at 14 for students performing above expectation and these schools receive more money per pupil so class sizes are around 30 in these cases and the focus in these classes is on the teaching of advanced maths and sciences. In general education the school leaving age is set at 14 provided they pass a Soviet Junior Citizen test assessing they are literate, numerate and aware of how great their country is. Grants are created for high performing Soviet students who go to university to study science and maths in which they are paid the wages of a skilled labourer in addition to receiving free university education. In the military a number of new aircraft such as the Su-11 and Tu-28 are introduced while tanks such as the T-64 and T-62 are being built. Material supports in the form of small arms, SA-75 AA weapons and essentials such as food and medical supplies are provided to North Vietnam to fight in their insurgency.
 * GDR: We ask the Republic of Cuba for a trade deal where we shall set up a Trabant Factory which will be allowed to make 1000 off them per day they will have labour from Cuba and for setting up the factory we want a not yet decided amount off sugar and fruit . We also ask the soviet for more military help to defend our country. We also ask the soviet union if they could train our soldiers so that some soviet soldiers can be placed in other more needed regions.
 * **Cuban Diplomacy: We agree to this deal.
 * GDR: What amount off fruit and sugar will you give for the trade deal ?
 * Cuba:   We send in 15,000 tons of sugar and 5,000 tons of fruit.
 * United Arab Republic: President Gamal Abdel Nasser continues his effort of modernizing Egypt and bringing it as the leader of the Arab World. Cairo is the center of Arabic radio and movie industries, and produces entertainment and news in Modern Standard Arabic in the style of Western Europe. An election is held this year and found Nasser to once again win the presidency with 100% of the vote. Oil and gas are extracted across the Republic and used as industrial resources, and exported abroad for food and water from the western world. The population of 52 million live in a very mixed state or poor and wealthy. Nasser continues his socialist policies to bring people out of poverty and into the job market, while maintaining capitalist economy by public projects. The Baathist parties of Iraq and Syra are merged into the Arab Socialist Union, in keeping with Nasser's one-party law. The Arab government asks the Soviet Union for military hardware to support their nationalist movements. Salah Jadid is made Prime minister over Greater Syria, while Zaid ibn Shaker is made Prime minister over Jordan-Iraq. The generals Abdullah Al-Salal and Abdul Munim Riad are put in charge of uniting Yemen under the Republic in the North Yemen Civil War. Military defenses are built up around the Mediterranean, particularly near Tripolitania, Sinai, and the Golan Heights. Nasser does not recognize Israel, and supports the PLO as the true government over Palestine. Nationalist propaganda are spread to Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Palestine, and Algeria, where nationalist tendancies already lie. Nasser also asks the United States for help with improving technology and science, including a student exchange program between the University of Cairo and the US.
 * United States Reponse ("Apple Pie and Strategic Air Command."): On the basis of increasing ties between the UAR and the Soviet Union, along with hostile actions directed at the nation of Israel, the US must politely refuse this request at this time. The United States cannot condone the threat posed by Arab aggression towards our current commitments with the Israelis and the disorder they are currently bringing into the wider Middle East. We request the United Arab Republic seek to more peacefully bring about Arab unity, and further sign some form of agreement that recognizes the right of Israel to exist as well as seek a more peaceful dialogue between the nations.
 * USSR dip:The USSR agrees to supply the UAR with a large amount of military hardware and also suggests helping the Syrians fortify the Golan Heights.
 * Cuba: We continue working with the USSR. We utilize our industries to the greatest extent, human development rises heavily, and we are heading in the right path. **Secret, we send in advisors to help communist insurgents, we also do the same in venezuela. Also, we are planning for a massive intervention in the Congo.
 * South Africa: We find ourselves as the most powerful country and economy on the continent of Africa. We continue our Apartheid regime despite protests from both sphere's. However despite these protests, President Swart declares our stance is with the United States. We crush several more African Rights protests. Finally however, the ANC was caught sabotaging power lines and railroad tracks leading to many deaths and inconveniences. We outlaw both the African National Congress, and the South African Communist Party. With these bans Nelson Mandela, Bram Fisher, Joe Slovo, and many more are rounded up and sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island outside of Cape Town. We however see Rhodesia as our last ally in Africa with Portugal. We would like to purchase the blueprints and rights to the M-60 Patton and we wish to buy 15,000 M16A1s and 120,000 M14 rifles and the rights and bluepirnts to them. We would also like to buy the rights and blueprints to the Huey helicopter from the United States. (Mod response): We would like to begin infrastructure building in Rhodesia and an arms sail to the Rhodesian Security Forces.
 * United States Response**:The United States wishes to former closer ties with South Africa, and so accents to the request for production rights in addition to shipping small arms over the course of the next year to allow the SADF to become better armed. We do, however, request basing rights for the US Navy as well as the opening of a joint-training base in Namibia in order to grow the cooperation between our two services and share tactics in order to face the Communist threat.
 * South Africa: We agree to the US basing naval forces in Cape Town, Walvis Bay, and Durban.
 * Mod response: Though Rhodesia is not independent as of yet (we are doing half- year turns and it happened in November 1965) it is responsible government and so it agrees to purchasing arms and constructing infrastructure.
 * Spain: In a spur to maintain control of our colonies, we instead decide to stop of decolonization efforts but instead we decide to begin to start our repoblación of our colonies. As we are a nationalistic society, we are able to state sponsor Spaniards to colonize our African colonies. In Spanish Morocco, we send 1500 Spaniards to Layonne which brings the total to 10500 within the city and we send 750 to Dakhla bringing the total in the city to around 3000. We also send 750 people to Cape Bojador bringing the total Spaniards in the city to 1750 while we send 500 Spaniards to El Aargurb, La Guerre and Guerguerat bringing Spaniards to be the majority within these towns where Spaniards now total 70% of these towns. In Equatorial Guinea, we send 1500 colonists to both Baka and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea bringing both Spanish populations to 9,500 each. We send 750 colonists to Luba, Rebola and Cogo. We also send 350 colonists to Palea, Mbini, Machinda, Corisco and Baney. We finally send 200 colonists to Bitica, Rio Campo and Riaba. The majority of our colonists are impoverished, working class families by promising them better lives at our colonies. We also implemented a historical military reforms and build infrastructure in the mainland.
 * Libya: The Kingdom works on pushing down any type of revolt agianst the king but yet protest are held. The rise of UAR gives Batthis hope of joining but yet Imams work on mixing with the protesters giving the idea of Arab Islamic Unity.
 * India: As military skirmishes continue in India and West Pakistan, we begin to ask for the government of Pakistan for a peaceful solution to the conflict., the government of India begins to expand its economy and infrastructure, while also deciding to better trade relations with the USSR. As a result, India decides to open for full cooperation with Brezhnev's government on economic matters, while relying on the States for more political matters. Meanwhile, after hearing news of Mandela's arrest Prime Minister Shastri decides to condemn South Africa and its "infringement of political freedoms and economic freedoms of the people".  While all this occurs, the Institute of Fundamental Research continues the R&D into the creation of nuclear weapons in order to deter foreign aggression.
 * United States of America ("Coming Again to Save the Day."): 1965 opens a new era in America, and the struggle for Civil Rights continues to inflame passions throughout the nation while the situation in Vietnam begins to intensify. With both the domestic and foreign fronts facing increasing dislocation, the United States is increasingly realizing the transformative nature of the coming era and the immense challenges it will face, with that in mind, President Johnson will be forced to operate.In Vietnam, at the recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Pentagon officials, the President accepts the request for an additional 200,000 ground troops to be deployed over the course of the year to Vietnam. By the close of said year, it is expected that the increased force numbers on site will reach 750,000. In particular, increased attention is placed on the Mekong Delta region as well as Saigon, as an expansion of the prior Strategic Hamlet Initiative into defending a set region with large on site formations of American troops. With the increased force numbers required as well as maintain global force numbers, President Johnson is forced to expand the draft. An additional two million men between the ages of 18-24 are to be inducted into the service in a plan over the next two years. On the homefront, a near violent confrontation at Selma, Alabama is prevented by last minute intervention by several Federal and state officials using negotiation tactics. Along the situation remains a powderkeg, it remains largely bloodless for now and in that vein the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed. However, due to Southern obstructions, the enforcement mechanisms are largely toothless. Elsewhere, President Johnson expands his political capital on establishing Universal Health Care (UHC) by expanding the new Medicare plan to all Americans, which is to be funded a slightly increased payroll tax. However, this absorbs so much of the President’s focus that plans to pass the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 are dropped. Finally, further research and expansion into existing Anti-Ballistic Missile technology and systems is increased.
 * USSR dip: We would like the US to cease trade relations with the government of India until such time as they cease their war of aggression.
 * South Korea: President Park Chung-hee continues the policies of the first-five year plan, but asks the National Economic Board to formulate a second five-year plan, this time oriented to establishing Korean heavy industries (particularly the steel industry) and firms. Railway is built and roads are paved, light industrial facilities and oil refineries to process imported oil are built. The birth control policy is affirmed, citing that overpopulation plus lack of local resources will impede national progress. Envoys are sent to Japan to normalize relations, in exchange for economic aid. ( MOD RESPONSE )
 * Japan mod response: Japan normalises relations with South Korea in a new treaty and also provides $800 million in the form of economic cooperation.
 * Ethiopia: Emperor Haile Selassie, seeing the growing tensions between the UAR and Israel, asks for the madness to stop and think of peace. We ask the US for aid in growing our country's economy. The Organization for African Unity is further strengthened.
 * Kuwait: Kuwait co to prosper as a procterate under the british empire with oil drilling being very productive and helping with development. In other news fearful of the aggressive UAR movement we ask for closer ties with the USA.
 * Kuwait gained independence from the British in 1961. -General
 * Iran: White Revolution continues and followed by economic reforms Shah holds political reforms. These reforms should relieve the social tension which appears in the society as a result of urbanization. The elections to the Majlis showed victory of National Front Mohammad Mosaddegh wasnt approved by Shahinshah, Shapour Bakhtiar becomes Premier Minister of Iran. He aims at the transformation of Iran into a developed constitutional monarchy which political system will be modeled on the UK.
 * Brazil: Following the coup that in the previous year, President Castelo Branco continues to suppress political opposition particularly on the left, through the passage of anti-communist and censorship legislations. However many within the military and in the public sphere on the right look upon his monopolization of power with disdain as his actions could potentially lead to the return of power in the left. Efforts to industrialize continue as carried on from the populist era of the 40s and 50s. Branco's supporters continue to round up and kill members of the left in extraditial arrests.

1965.5
''' In Vietnam, the surge of US troops has a series of effects. The Viet Cong and NVA are driven from areas such as the Mekong Delta and the Saigon region, and as the US are not yet routed, they continue to operate in areas without US troops. Meanwhile, the Strategic Hamlet Program is a partial success. It is still unpopular with people who feel it is corrupt and forced upon them. However, due to the large numbers of US troops protecting it, the Viet Cong find it hard to penetrate the system. '''

''' With the massive and dramatic increase in drafts, a large increase in draft card burning and draft dodging is shown, along with a sudden rise in the number of protests. One protest of up to 40,000 people occurs in Washington, as well as a sit in at a draft board and a few acts of self-immolation. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 fails to be taken seriously by many southern legislators, and the civil rights movement responds with a large scale march through Mississippi due to blacks being refused the right to vote in local elections. The march from Vicksburg to Jackson ends in violence with police blocking their path and a fight breaking out with police, resulting in the death of a man. '''

''' As Franco's Spain attempts to tighten it's grip over their colonies, mass rebellion breaks out in Spanish Guinea and Spanish Sahara by the native population who feel their autonomy and way of life is being taken, and they are being removed as a group. The Moroccan government supplies the rebels in Spanish Sahara with weapons, covertly making their rebellion more troublesome, while across the world Spain is condemned. '''

''' In line with early skirmishing between the two sides, Pakistani troops masquerading as Kashmir locals cross the Line of Control. Informed by other locals, India is fully aware of Pakistan's attempted power play. '''

''' Tensions between Israel and the UAR contuine to rise as Israel is almost surrounded by them and the PLO contuine to launch attacks. Israel builds up it's troop numbers and launches cross border raids against the PLO. '''

''' Edward Heath becomes Leader of the Conservative Party of the UK. '''

''' Maldives receives its independence from the United Kingdom. '''

''' In a 126-0 vote by the Malaysian Parliament, Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and declared a sovereign republic. '''

''' Rhodesia declares independence from the United Kingdom but retains Elizabeth II as its monarch. The UK refuses to recognize Rhodesia's independence. '''
 * South Africa: We start to produce the M60 Patton as the MK.I Olifant (instead of it being a centurion). We also start manufacturing M16 rifles as the Vektor R1 and the M14 as the R2. We also see that if we are the most powerful nation in Africa, that we should have more than just an army and economy. (Secret) We begin to work with the United States to construct a weapon for us Code named Shaka Zulu. This will be a first South African nuclear weapons test which we hope to detonate in 1970. We also deliver top quality assault rifles to our farmers in our country and Rhodesia. South Africa recognizes Rhodesian Independence. South African investors such as the Vektor arms corporation and mining businesses flood into Rhodesia. Real estate developers set up in Salisbury and Bulawayo to build up the cities. South Africa offers any US citizens unwilling to accept Civil Rights to move to South Africa. We promise land and self-protection fire arms to any who seek to come. Some radical Afrikaner politicians ever propose the offer of shipping KKK members to South Africa. We also start to experience several incidents that cause fear in the white population. Several terrorist attack on railroad tracks, power lines, and police stations have been attributed to ANC extremists associated with Umkhonto we Sizewe, the radical splinter group. We start a crackdown on this organization sending in soldiers into black majority area's. We also begin to back Portugal in its colonial war in its colony. (Mod Response): We would like to send 20,000 soldiers into both Angola and Mozambique to support our friend Portugal. With this we also start to see the possibility of an insurrection in Southwest Africa. Many seek to maintain the rule of White Power in Africa and settle the vast land. Our ambassador to the UN John Dugard assures to the council and the anti-apartheid East, that when South Africa was formed many Africans were still using sticks and stones in grass huts. Now they have automobiles and are part of a civilization. We would like to propose to the Americans the SARUS (South Africa-Rhodesia-United States) Pact that would encourage development, military cooperation, and scientific development between the United States, South Africa, and Rhodesia.
 * Portugal mod response: The Portuguese government welcome the South African support.
 * United States of America ("My President is Johnson, and my Ford is Blue."): Upon condition of Rhodesia agreeing to such a defensive measure, we formally agree to a defensive pact in order to maintain the viability of South Africa as a regional check on Communism. With regards to the economic development and scientific development, we seek to inquire as to what specifics South Africa wishes. Also, previously South Africa agreed to allow the construction of US military bases on her territory. Generously, you offered to allow us three bases, but we request only two: A joint base at Sodwana Bay, where we can also station US Army and Marine Corps personnel so that our two armies may conduct training together as well as to support South Africa's defense of the Portugese colonies, and a base at Saldanha Bay, from which the US Navy can project control into the South Atlantic, Cape of Good Hope, and the sea lanes to the South Pole.
 * South Africa: We shall give you the bases. And to specify the SARUS Plan was for military cooperation in Africa and the world, scientific development in medicine and rocketry, and the trade in products between our three countries.
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imama Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send Kuwait a peaceful deal and the idea of a joint war game. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti ba'athist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Whabbi and the idea of Arab Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king. We send arms to Anti Republic factions in N. Yemen and sending Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria.
 * United States of America ("Real Bosses Don't Talk, We Just Set Back and Listen"): Given the increased aggression in the region, we propose a series of arms shipments as well as a defensive pact to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The US has no desire to see Soviet backed elements gain control of the strategic and religiously important territories of the great House of Saud, and will do everything within its power to protect such.
 * Saudi Dip: We accept the deal.
 * GDR: We better our roads and railways we also send 10 000 000 dollars and 1 000 military advisors to North Vietnam we also replace the statue on the Brandenburg Gate and set in place of it a wooden statue off of Ernst Thällman we also give our people more sugar and fruit because off the fruit deal with Cuba we also change army uniforms by making all uniforms in dark green but we keep the helmets, boots, belts and insignias We also ask UAR if we can set up a Trabant factory and that we get for the Trabant factory some oil
 * United States of America ("All we do is win."): The United States of America has, under the administrations of the last two Presidents, come to adopt a policy of rollback of Communism. Given the ongoing nature of the Cold War conflict in Europe, we have refrained from any attempts to enforce the doctrine there. Given this, we request the Democratic Republic of Germany refrain some such actions in Southeast Asia, on the basis of maintaining stable relations between the two power blocs. Mr Thallman, don't make us tear down that wall of yours.
 * GDR:If you didn't know Thällman isn't our leader he's a hero in East and West Germany because he fought against the Nazis but he was killed and we also won't stop our actions in Asia.
 * True Korea: We request to join the Warsaw pact.
 * United Arab Republic:  The military greatly improves its tactical advantage with supply from the Soveit Union. The socialist policies to improve society and reduce poverty continue to be implemented in the nation. The Baathist parties of Syria and Iraq are fully integrated into the Arab Socialist Union party. The military continue to fight in North Yemen to unite the nation under the UAR. The navy is greatly improved, with the united navies of Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea. Nationalist propaganda, inspiring the glory of Arabic people, is spread to Libya, Sudan, and Yemen.  Nasser remains on good relations with the Saudi Government, but does not openly support Wahhabism. Nasser seeks to gain political support from Iran and Turkey, as united under the circle of Islam.  A trabant factory is made in Egypt, and the federal government uses the Trabant as official transportation. Nonetheless, the state remains secular and Nasser pushes for referendum on freedom of religion.  Sensing aggression from the west, Nasser asks the Soviet Union to station Russian nuclear bases in the Middle East to protect major cities from possible capitalist attack.  Military continues to be built up on the three borders with Israel.


 * United States of America ("If you ain't talking Freedom, we ain't wanna talk"): The policy of the United States is to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons in areas that hold a great strategic importance to not only our nation, but the world at large. Given this, we heavily condemn this action on the part of the United Arab Republic, and beg President Nasser to refrain from such provocations by withdrawing this request. Otherwise, we will be forced to enact appropriate countermeasures with regional allies.
 * USSR: We regret we are unable to deploy nuclear bases to the Middle East although the USSR does advise that as a result of UAR moving military to the border with Israel a preemptive strike is imminent according to intelligence from Israel and so if the UAR should wish, several squadrons of MiG-21's and Su-17's can be moved to Damascuss in under 24 hours and piloted and maintained by Soviet personnel.
 * Iran: We suggest UAR to sign treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation and so finish border disputes and estabilish friendship between our nations.
 * UAR Dip: we will sign the treaty
 * Saudi: We ask Iran to remeberour Peace Deal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations#1920s.E2.80.931970s:_during_Pahlavi_Dynasty
 * Iran: Shah accepts Saudi's Deal and looks forward to friendly cooperating between Iran and Saudi Arabia
 * The UAR pulls its troops back from the Israeli border in light of military intelligence
 * Spain: We continue with our program of repoblación in our colonies. As we are a nationalistic society, we are able to state sponsor Spaniards to colonize our African colonies. In Spanish Morocco, in Layonne 12000 Spaniards within the city and in Dakhla Spaniards total around 3500. Cape Bojador now has 2250 Spaniards while we send 50 Spaniards to El Aargurb, La Guerre and Guerguerat where Spaniards now total 73% of these towns. In Equatorial Guinea, Baka and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea now each has a total Spanish population of 11,500. For each colony there are 1500 colonists in Luba, Rebola and Cogo. We also have 600 colonists per colony in Palea, Mbini, Machinda, Corisco and Baney. We finally send 400 colonists per colony in Bitica, Rio Campo and Riaba. We finally begin new colonies by sending 300 colonists to Tica, Yengue, Mbonda, Utonde, Balondo, Bibaco, Etembue, Punta Yeke, Akalayong and Nsogoboi. This will mark the end of our push to colonize as the ready men/families pool has been exhausted although private immigration to the colonies continues to increase. We send around 1,000 troops per major colony in Western Sahara. We send 500 soldiers per colony in Equatorial Guinea. Seeing that colonization is facing native insurrection, we decide to implement a divide and conquer policy. We offer support to the tribes of Delim who are traditionally warriors and loyal to the Spaniards. We offer them positions in our government for them to join our army and their support in our war against guerilla warfare or the other tribes.(Mod Response Needed) Then we release a dominion called the Tekna Confederation which is comprised of Ifni and the lands north of Laayoune and we place their capital in Ifni. We use them to threaten Morocco as they have a valid reason to liberate their territories in Morocco. In the interior of Bioko to quell dissent and rebellion, we decide to place a Bubi king to control this part of the island to reduce dissent. We continue to build infrastructure in the mainland and build fortifications around our colonies to protect them..
 * United States Diplomacy ("The Soviets like to argue, so we sent Khrushchev to law school"): Under Franco, Spain has done much to halt the Communist tide in Europe and around the world. Given this, we would like to invite Spain into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to secure its safety, as well as offer developmental funds to repair lingering damage from your tragic civil war.
 * Spainish Diplomacy: We accept the American Offer
 * Mod response: While the Delim join with the government many of the other Saharan tribes see this as an insult and so are pushed more against the Spanish government with the irregular warfare stepping up.
 * Ethiopia: Emperor Haile Selassie, seeing the growing tensions between the UAR and Israel, asks for the madness to stop and think of peace. We ask the US for aid in growing our country's economy. The Organization for African Unity is further strengthened.
 * United States of America ("Lil Nixon and 2Reaganz"): The United States agrees to the pleas of the Eithiopian people, and have designated your nation as a center of USAID and Peace Corps activity in Africa. We will seek to, over the next two years, pump in tens of million in aids in order to increase the standard of living in nation.
 * Indonesia: 30 September, there is coup d'etat by the Communist Party --the coup is not attempted to the President--. Several generals are captured and killed. Luckily, the main target, General A.H. Nasution is survived from the coup. Jakarta is taken by the Communists rebels for three days. However, the Armed Forces, led by Suharto, is success to liberate Jakarta, and the leader of the communist rebels are captured. Since this incident, large-scale killings took place, which targeted the Communists and the Chinese ethnic. Our economy is dropped since this incident. Suharto gains power in Indonesia, and it seems President Sukarno will be resigned in the near future. with
 * USSR: Leonid Brezhnev and his senior advisers make the decision to cancel the Soyuz program outright due to it's costs and it is accepted that the US may reach the Moon first. Meanwhile in the economy as the reforms to the economy giving individuals more control and incentive causing agricultural production to increase small scale industry also continues to benefit. This increase in production shows many Soviet leaders that decentralisation can be useful. With small scale and non- essential industries becoming privatised a cinema is opened in Moscow with very cheap prices and small cast plays. The USSR seeing the surge of US troops into South Vietnam and worried for the integrity of their allies steps us support to North Vietnam in the form of several billion dollars worth equipment with giving the North Vietnam more AA weapons and additional aircraft ,with Soviet crews to man and fire them, to defend their airspace while as the NVA and Viet Cong are put under pressure more arms are supplied to them such as anti- tank weapons and a large amount of food is shipped to North Vietnam allowing them to raise larger armies and prepare for a large scale winter offensive with more troops and arms. Small groups of advisers are sent to sent train NVA and Viet Cong while hundreds of Soviet officers are enrolled at Vietnamese language courses. Other Warsaw Pact nations also actively help with the provision of supplies. Design is started for a MANPAD capable of taking out the latest US helicopters for fighting in South East Asia. Engineers are sent to help work on the Ho Chi Minh trail. The education system continues to be focused on with greater focus on opening new places at higher level education while at school level an increase on specialisation and vocational subjects for many while the more academic students are taught maths and science and the government increases the school day of higher performing children so they now have to learn for 7 hours. 150 Mig- 21's and and 80 Su-17 as well as a number of SAM launchers, several strategic air lifters and ground crews are moved to Soviet Armenia. We offer a $500 million dollar loan in Roubles to Afghanistan with a 0.02% yearly interest rate. (MOD response)
 * Afghanistan accepts. ~Wolvesmod
 * Kingdom of Libya: Huessin Maziq wins the 1965 General Election as a Pro-Government candidate due to tampering of ballot boxes by police officers. In order to deal Arab-Nationalistic tendencies, the government attempts to promote King Idris as an Libyan Nationalist, a hero to the Libyan People. Government programs such as the Five Year Plan are continued, promoting the tourism, petroleum and trade economic sectors (Dubai-Style Westernisation). The Government intervenes in anti-Jewish riots, by announcing the protection of Libyan Jewish communities under Royal Order of King Idris. However the kingdon refuses to recognise Israel or any of its entities rejecting Zionism as a whole. Prime Minister Huessin Maziq  requests a meeting with Gamal Al Nasser  to ease tensions and possibly enter good relations with the state. The Libyan National Petroleum Comapny (LNPC) is founded. Leases to major oil companies are granted with amendement the National Petroluem Act. Petroleum continues to be the biggest export. Prime Minister Maziq proposes a massive infrastructure and industralision deal with the UK, France, USA and Italy, for free acess into Libya's oil material. The Kingdom requests an alliance with Saudi Arabia.

1966.0
''' The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 ends in a stalemate with India leading, as there is no revolt in the Kashmir, but the siutation remains the same. '''

''' In Vietnam the Viet Cong and NVA launch their winter offensive which fails to remove the Americans from their existing positions. Their Strategic Hamlet Program is still affecting, but the influx of supplies from the USSR and China leads to increased casualties on the American side, which mount after aggressive winter offensives in the Central Highlands, testing outnumbered American forces. '''

''' In America, continued protests over the right to vote and the civil rights movement strains the country more as the government fails to respond. Draft dodging and casualties increases, as well as more protests over US involvement in the war, with the two causes being linked by Martin Luther King Jr.. '''

''' The Australian dollar is introduced at a rate of 2 dollars to 1 British pound. '''

''' France withdraws from NATO. '''

''' Rhodesia start its campaign against the ZANU. '''

''' Revolts in Spain's colonies continue, with troops being forced out of the countryside and into towns where they are forced to hold up. The Tekna confederation enters a brief confrontation with Morroco, which ends with a Moroccan victory and subsequent uprising in the Tekna confederation, which in one week lead to Morocco taking it. '''

''' Guyana gains independence from the United Kingdom. '''
 * GDR:We send 50 000 off our proffesional soldiers under control off the the North vietmese to North Vietnam so that we can defend them from anny capitalist danger we also ask the soviet union if we can buy 200 000 AK 47's We also will now also train our proffesional army that isn't in Vietnam We also nations if they can offer us some uniforms Walter Ulbricht announces that the GDR will defend every communist country in one or annother way We ask for a trade deal between us and the UAR. We cut relations with Indonesia for not accepting the communist coup d'etat
 * Mod: No you don't send 50,000 troops.
 * South Africa: We continue to experience terrorist attacks by ANC radicals. We are trying our best to stop the ANC and their cause for black rights. However with the start a Bush War in Rhodesia we can no longer stand by while our allies are thrown to communist wolves. For this we move 10,000 soldiers into Rhodesia to support the Government of Ian Smith. We also continue fighting in Portugal's colonies to prevent any severe Communist takeover. However one minister who speculates on Angola say's for a possible Ceasefire between Porto-South African forces with UNITA and the FNLA in order to strike against the MPLA in return that in the time of independence UNITA/FNLA would gain control over Angola. More liberal politicians in states such as Natal and the northern part of Cape of Good Hope have suggested infrastructure projects to "appease" the black community. In Angola our forces kill 2,000 guerillas in this part of the year. We also secretly continue work on Project: Shaka Zulu. We also kill several hundred ZANU soldiers this part of the year in Rhodesia. (Mod Response) We would like an arms deal with Israel to ship weapons and we also would be willing to send them any Jews in South Africa (since there are some) that wish to immigrate to the Holy land.
 * Israeli mod response: The Israelis concerned about the growing buildup of Arab forces agrees to buy arms from the South Africans and welcomes any Jews who wish to move.
 * South African dip: With a population of 70,000 Jews, it is predicted 1,000 shall move a month.
 * Cuba: The foreign minister is assassinated. The blame is put on agents of Rhodesia. In revenge, then nation will not rest until the White-Supremacist crony capitalist government of Rhodesia is overthrown. The nation sends in 20,000 AK47s and 10,000 RPGs to arm ZANU insurgents, and 100 advisors are sent to train them. The recruits are taught how to capture enemy weapons and use them, ambush tactics, how to use the RPG to shoot down helicopters, urban warfare and ambushes. A Cuban-central radio network is set up to expand the ranks of the Zimbabwean freedom fighters. We request that diplomatic relations begin with the UAR. The Trabant factory continues producing cars, and the nation has finally found cars to replace that of the Americans.
 * UAR dip: we accept diplomatic relations
 * United Arab Republic: The economy continues to be worked on with socialist programs, as well as massive oil and gas exports to Europe and America. Much work is put into improving the military with Soviet help. Surface-to-Air missile systems are added and trained to the artillery divisions of all states. The airforce is moderately modernized in some parts, but the Soviet planes are mostly stationed in Damascus for aerial maneuvers. The firepower of the regular militaries are all upgraded to Russian equipment, as well as mass-producing the tanks from Jordan based on the British model. The navy continues to be built up in the Mediterranean, but with less budget than the previous year. Troops are pulled back from the border with Israel to a nearby military bases, to avoid escalation of war at this time. Relations with the Saudi government keeps us in a strong position with OPEC. The treaty of demarcation is signed to ensure good relations with the Pahlavi Shah. The military continues to fight the North Yemen Civil War. From radio and movie production in Cairo, more Arab Nationalist propaganda is spread to Libya, Yemen, Palestine, and Sudan. Economic support is sent to the PLO.
 * Yugoslavia: Tito enters the year emphazing Brotherhood and Unity for the nation. The government begins to build better roads the transverse the nation, and also giving jobs to some of the unemployed. The armed forces is integrated more between the cultures of the nation, to get rid of the cultural boundaries. We also work towards getting rid of the outdated equipment by setting up a domestic arms sector. We set up rural schools for the child of farmers who currently have no access to education. We ask the USSR for increased trade between our two nations. 
 * USSR dip: We agree to increase trade relations.
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send Kuwait a request for an alliance. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Whabbi and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman, and Sudan and Somalia sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Sudan, Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve this by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas . We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan, and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria. The Saudi Army begin to hold war games in Asir. Imams are sent to Moroccan rebels along with some arms, as Imams work on creating a united rebel faction.We also accept Libya request for an alliance, and ask Libya,Kuwait and Oman (MOD) if they would like join the United Emirates Pact. We also work on creating the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation sending Invites to all bordring nations.
 * South Korea: President Park Chung-hee and the National Economic board polishes the second-five year plan (now referred to as the "Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive"), but extend it by two years so that it becomes a seven-year plan. Meanwhile, the constitution is changed so terms are six years along, with the maximum term being three terms. Easy credit is sent to chaebol firms so that chaebol firms dominate the export sector. Railway is built and roads are paved, light industrial facilities and oil refineries to process imported oil are built. Hanja is abolished from official use, but learning it is an optional choice (as part of Korean) in secondary and tertiary education.
 * Indonesia: We continue to stabilize the condition of our nation. We issued the document of ', giving Suharto authority to take whatever measures he "deemed necessary" to restore order to the chaotic situation during the mass killings. After Suharto is given authority, our political position is changed from pro-communism to anti-communism. We ask Malaysia to end the . We also would like to join again the United Nations after withdrawal on New Year's Day, 1965'''. Economy is still dropped, but we try to improve it. We start focusing to build infrastructure outside Java, schools are built in rural area. We also start to build roads in New Guinea. We plan to build a port in Jayapura, largest city in New Guinea.
 * Iran: White revolution in Iran is in full swing. As a result of the reforms in countryside urbanization accelerated. Staff resources were directed to beuilding basic industries. At the same time Shah makes attention to the weak development of the high technology industry. For the purpose of teaching people for these industries Shah assigns grants for training the best students abroad. Iran asks US, UK and USSR for help in development of high technology industries in Iran. 
 * USSR: Intervention in Vietnam fails to help the Viet Cong make a breakthrough as heavy American presence denies them easy targets. Many of the officers who were enrolled in Vietnamese language courses have now completed them and so now the Soviet presence in North Vietnam has reached 500 with aircrews and missile batteries being commanded by them. While engineers help work on the Ho Chi Minh trail allowing a flow of supplies into South Vietnam. More small arms are provided as well as greater numbers of radio's, trucks and motorbikes to allow greater coordination and mobility. More AA missiles are moved to help defend North Vietnam. We continue trying to develop a MANPAD to take out US helicopters which allow powerful mobility. In the economy as agricultural productions and small scale privately owned industry grows but the economy still remains behind and floundering agrees a central meeting of the economic leaders ends up with them agreeing they have to move to a greater consumer base and so the current Five Year plan is ended and the Eight Five year plan is started and in this military spending is cut back reducing the military to a standing force of 1.5 million men with the other personnel and equipment moved to reserve. This reduction in troops means an additional nine hundred thousand men are available to work in factories and many of them are routed to a new significant part of the Five Year Plan which involves increasing the production of consumer goods such as radios, televisions, automobiles and refrigerators. The plan calls for 1.5 million new jobs in consumer goods factories to be completed while for agricultural production to grow by increased mechanisation, moving all farming into private plots and using better agricultural techniques such as chemical fertilisers and more irrigation. Meanwhile in education the process of encouraging maths and science is continued with a growth of university attendance.
 * Iran: We ask USSR for cooperation in development of Iranian Atomic Project in particlural help in constructing atomic power plants and scientific research nuclear reactor in Tehran Nuclear Research Center.
 * USSR: We agree to support Iran in their endavours to create nuclear power plants.
 * Kingdom of Libya: As tensions rise, Prime Minister Huessin Maziq request a meeting with President Nasser of the UAR.  Government projects such as the  Five-year plan continue,  promoting  industralistion and the trading and tourism sectors of the economy (Dubai-Style Westernisation). The Governmemt begins to promote Libya as a Free-trading hub, port-cities such as Tripoli, Benghazi and Tobruk are promote free trade.  The Government continues in its intervention in the anti-Jewish riots, by placing all Jewish communities under the protection of  King Idris. The Libyan National Petroluem company opens its first drill under Government supervision in Zilten. Prime Minister Maziq proposes a massive infrastructure and industralision deal with the UK, France, USA and Italy, for free acess into Libya's oil material.  Petroleum continues to be the largest export. Money produced from this is used to fund growth projects in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. In order to deal with Arab-Nationalistic tendencies being spread, King Idris is portrayed as a Libyan nationalist, this is mainly potrayed in urban areas of Tripolitania especially in communities in areas we're Arab-nationalism is extremely strong.  The Kingdom accepts Saudi Arabia's call to join the United Arab Emirates and declares its appr of an Organistion of Islamic Coperation
 * UAR Dip: President Nasser would gladly host the Prime Minister in Cairo for a formal meeting
 * Ethiopia: Emperor Haile Selassie, seeing the growing tensions between the UAR and Israel, asks for the madness to stop and think of peace. Our economy is developed with US help. The Organization for African Unity is further strengthened.

1966.5
''' Protests against the Vietnam War increase in both America and without, leading to some of America's allies isolating themselves from America and its internal problems. A race riot occurs in Lansing, Michigan. '''

''' In Vietnam, the US retake most of the Central Highlands with their new troop surge, and much of the countryside is taken back. There is, however, a constant supply of NVA and Viet Cong to replace them, with a steady flow of weapons and people, while the Strategic Hamlet Program suffers from flaw implementation. '''

''' In Spanish colonies, the towns hold out, but the Spanish forces have been driven from the countryside. '''

''' Clashes in the Sea of Galilee between UAR and Israeli troops end after a few hours. '''

''' The Cultural Revolution in China begins. '''

''' The South African border war starts with violence between SWAPO and PLAN. Hendrik Verwoerd is murdered. '''

''' The Aberfan disaster occurs in Wales. '''

''' The Indonesia-Malaysia conflict is ended peacefully. '''

''' Botswana, Barbados, and Lesotho gain independence from the United Kingdom. '''
 * Ethiopia: Emperor Haile Selassie, seeing the growing tensions between the UAR and Israel, asks for the madness to stop and think of peace. Our economy is developed with US help. The Organization for African Unity is further strengthened. We ask Saudi Arabia to support peace in Africa.
 * South Africa: A State of Emergency is declared quickly following the death of Prime Minister Verwoerd. His death is quickly attended by 200,000 people (mostly white). The assailant, Dimitri Tsafendas is quickly captured and sentenced to death by firing squad. With the outbreak of violence in Southwest Africa martial law is heavily enforced along with a curfew. A last stretch of 20,000 soldiers is sent to Namibia to retain control. We quickly begin combating the rebels with 50,000 men (30,000 are SWATF soldiers and SWAPOL police officerscombined ).  (Mod response) We would like it if Portugal could concentrate its forces in combat in both Angola and Namibia. With the outbreak in violence we have also offered many jobs to local Namibian bush fighters for high pay. We also deploy 300 Olifant tanks to Namibia. Many whites are ordered to stay indoors or are simpily shipped back to South Africa Proper. The influx of Cuban arms to Rhodesia and Namibia we place sanctions of Cuba.
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send Kuwait a request for an alliance. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Whabbi and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman, and Sudan and Somalia sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Sudan,Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to collages and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan,and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria. Imams are sent to Moroccan rebels along with some arms, as Imams work on creating a united rebel faction. Imam Hassan goes to Yemen and Jordan and train with Rebel faction uniting them under a group named "Ikhwan". Libya is allowed into the U.A.E Pact and is sent Saudi aid in case of any uprising. we begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use.
 * USSR: We finish development of our new MANPAD but it still in testing phases in the USSR before it can be deployed while we start designing and making the planned MiG-23 and hope for it to be operational in 1970 with tests in 1967. The Su-17 makes it's first flight but is still not ready for mass production while a new design for a long range bomber is started. As there are obvious problems with the T-64 a new design is started to improve upon it. As the forces are now smaller in size tougher requirements are made to become an officer in both tougher mental and physical tests to receive a combat commission. This is hoped to increased the quality of officers and to discourage corruption and make the job more appealing the payment for middle ranking officers which also means their families have more to spend on consumer goods. Support for North Vietnam continues with the provision of weapons and supplies to allow North Vietnam to raise large troop numbers which would otherwise strain them. The number of Soviet officers in North Vietnam increases as they help fight the air war and work on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Work on establishing factories for production of consumers goods is started in accordance with the five year plan. In agriculture more work on improving the existing productivity of farms is made as production of pesticides and chemical fertilisers is stepped up to allow more farmers to have access to them. There is an increase in the number of university students studying maths and science with the government now moving focus to getting people in rural regions better educations by establishing boarding schools for students from the age of 14 to 18 which last 6 months a year but are very intense in working 6 days a week and 8 hour days for 6 months with no break for those students who unable to access high quality education in rural areas. We continue to provide military hardware to the UAR.
 * United Arab Republic: More work is done to improve the artillary divisions with Surface-to-Air missle systems, particularly in the armies of Egypt. The Russian planes are mostly tested and trained in Damascus and other bases in Syria. New tank divisions based on British designs are supplied through Jordan and produced to the other armies in Egypt and Syria. The basic artillary in each of the infantry divisions are armed with latest modern technology from the Russians. Nasser imposes severe reprimands to those involved in the Galilee incident, and courtmarshels the perpetrators. The economy continues to grow, with many natural exports leading the industry, as well as growing tourism. the Republic continues to enter global economics with OPEC, and uses the income to build more modern structures in the major cities. Alliances with Iran and Saudi Arabia are kept, as well as good relations with Libya. Media from television and radio in Cairo continue to push Arab nationalist propeganda to Libya, Yemen, Sudan, and Palestine. The PLO continues to be funded.
 * United States of America ("We have Kanye"): With tangible results starting to come into play, the Johnson Administration is able to make some political pushback against domestic opponents of the Vietnam Conflict. Force totals in Vietnam have now reached 750,000, thanks to the results of expanded conscription totals. Still, with the Viet Cong remaining a viable force, plans are drawn up for Operation Gothic Serpent to be launched after the start of 1967. The plan calls for 100,000 troops to be deployed into Cambodia and Laos to directly assault the Ho Chi Minh trail, in order to disrupt the Viet Cong supply lines. As well, with increasing Warsaw Pact support for the NVA, Operation Huskar is launched and becomes the largest aerial bombing campaign since the Second World War. For the first time in the conflict, North Vietnamese airfields and infrastructure are targeted, while minefields are constructed outside of North Vietnamese ports. This significantly impedes the ability of the NVA to carry out war functions, due to it choking off Sino-Soviet logistical support efforts.
 * Domestically, the 1966 midterms see the Republicans and Conservative Democrats make strong gains, due to a response to Anti-War demonstrators and the unpopularity of the Johnson Presidency. With the Soviets scaling back their own space program, President Johnson and Congressional leaders elect to reduce the future prospects of the Apollo program to just achieving a moon landing and ending plans for further moon missions. This funding is pumped into the UHC system, as well as a new national daycare program that provides federally subsidized childcare for lower and middle income families.


 * As well, with the previously allocated funding, new improvements are being made into the NIKE defense missile system, increasing the abilities of the US to reduce the damage of a Soviet ICBM strike. New federal mandates also come into place requiring major businesses to have onsite Fallout shelters as well as introducing programs to help American citizens construct and maintain their own shelters. Pundits come to regard these moves as the US mirroring the defense programs the Soviets have in place to maintain as much of the population as possible in the event of a nuclear strike. Development on the B-70 bomber is also expedited, in order to maintain the advanced capabilities of the bomber portion of the Nuclear Triad. Research also begins into a new form of Main Battle Tank, to replace the existing M-60 which finds itself increasingly lacking in regards to existing and coming Eastern Bloc models.


 * Kingdom of Libya: Prime Minister Huessin Maziq proposes the formatiom of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in order to separate the production and sale of oil to the tensing political structure of the world. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are invited into this project.  Following Prime Ministers Maziq's visit to Cairo and meeting of President Nasser, the government welcomes the increase of relations with the UAR. Tripoli University proposes a student-exchange project with the UK and the USA. (MOD RESPONSE). A new Five-Year plan is introduced. Promoting tourism, free trade and the petroleum sectors of the economy in a Dubai-Style Westernisation and implementing Libya as a free-trade hub. Petroluem Continues to to be the largest export, revenue profitted by this goes into Government funding into major cities and Goverment projects. The Government to potray King Idris as a Libyan Nationalist in order to curb Arab-Nationalist tendencies especially in urban areas. King Idris orders the expulsion of all Arab-Nationalist leaders in the country. The protection of Libyan Jewish Communities is continued by King Idris, as tensions continue to rise.The Military ask for training exercises by British and American Generals, Cadet Training programs in military acedmies in the U.K, USA and Italy and a weapons sale in exchange for free access into Libya's Oil Revenue. (MOD RESPONSE). The Libyan National Petroleum Company continues its drilling in Zilten under government supervision and subsidation, contributing to a large proportion of jobs in the nation. Prime Minister Maziq proposes a massive infrastructure and industralision deal with the UK, France, USA and Italy, for free acess into Libya's oil material. (MOD RESPONSE). We propose diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union.
 * United States of America ("Straight Outta the Heartland"): The United States accents to the student exchange proposals (For both civilian and military schools), weapons sales, and investments into infrastructure in ordet to aid the development of the Kingdom. With regards to the proposed training exercises, we also agree and request such training missions be held in 1967 in a joint action by all three nations. Further on this point, the US requests to establish a joint base with Libya inside the nation, where future training missions can occur and Libyan personnel can be trained. With regards to the oil resources of the Kingdom, the US proposes US Oil companies be allowed to enter the nation and help in developing that, and that an agreed to profit sharing occur in that 40% of all proceeds garnered will be pumped back into the nation in order to further enhance development funds.
 * Kingdom of Libya Dip: The Kingdom fully agrees to these terms.
 * USSR dip: We do not wish to establish diplomatic ties with Libya due to it's close ties to capitalist nations.
 * Mod response: Britain agrees to student exchanges.
 * Mod response: The UK, France and Italy all agree to help provide infrastructure and industrialise in exchange for oil.

1967.0
''' In Vietnam the aggressive US actions lead to a resrugence in US power, The Ho Chi Minh trail suffers immensely although communist forces strike out at US forces as they become more involved in Laos and Cambodian Civil War. While the established Soviet built air defences fight the US airforce and there are some shootdowns the US airforce prove the victors and proceed to elimnate a large part of infrastrucutre and effectively North Vietnam is in a near state of siege as air and sea become blocked by the US while the rest of the country is hit. In South Vietnam without the Ho Chin Minh trail their supplies dwindle but their numbers still remain high and their power in the countryside. '''

''' In the US the 1966 Congressional elections leads to Republican gains but serious problems occur after mass refusal of blacks to be allowed to register in the southern states as voters leads to a race riot in Atlanta and Jackson where the National Guard have to be called in to suppress violence. While Dr. King and other civil rights leaders criticise the government for not intervening and protest peacefully. Opposition to the Vietnam war grows as conscription is higher, losses grow and the scale of war and suffering increases while there is no conclusive evidence of victory leads to higher rates of draft dodging. '''

''' In Libya, a violent pogrom breaks out against the tiny 7,000 Jewish population in Libya starts with street clashes between lynchers and soliders assigned to defend them. Many are unhappy with the massive western influences, expulsion of Arab leaders and the level of corruption and belief that oil money is being stolen from them. Rioting to force the King to changes his policies sparked by the urging of Radio Cairo in many of the major Libyan cities is suppressed by troops but this leads to anger by the people who return unhappy with the situation. '''

''' Tensions escalate between the USSR and China. '''

''' The first North Sea gas is obtained. '''

''' Warfare continues in South Africa and its borderlands, where its large military presence is increasingly the only law and order. '''

''' Muhammed Ali refuses to fight. '''

''' Tensions rise dangerously between Israel and the UAR as anti- Israeli sentiment grows to fanatical points in the UAR with many questioning why Nasser has not attacked. '''

''' Arab police in the Federation of South Arabia mutiny, killing a number of British troops. '''

''' Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia become associated states of the United Kingdom. '''
 * Spain: We continue with our program of repoblación in our colonies. In Spanish Morocco, in Layonne 15000 Spaniards within the city and in Dakhla Spaniards total around 5000. Cape Bojador now has 3000 Spaniards while El Aargurb, La Guerre and Guerguerat Spaniards total at 85% of these towns. In Equatorial Guinea, Baka and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea now each has a total Spanish population of 14,500. For each colony there are 2500 colonists in Luba, Rebola and Cogo. We also have 700 colonists per colony in Palea, Mbini, Machinda, Corisco and Baney. We send 500 colonists per colony in Bitica, Rio Campo and Riaba. We finally begin new colonies by sending 400 colonists to Tica, Yengue, Mbonda, Utonde, Balondo, Bibaco, Etembue, Punta Yeke, Akalayong and Nsogoboi. As we are confined to the cities on the coastland, we fund the Delim and the Tekna with weapons and armaments to fight the rebels(Mod Response Needed) . As the Delim are on our side their subsidiary tribe of Tirarin will follow. We frame this war as a ploy by the Reguibats to seize power. We promise Mauritania the interior of Western Sahara if they help us.(Mod Response Needed)  We continue to build infrastructure in the mainland and build fortifications around our colonies to protect them.
 * Mauritania declines to help.
 * Kuwait: With USA basing in the country the integrity of it's independence is assured. The idea of a confedration for cooperation with Saudi Arabia is accepted and joins the United Arab Emirates. Keeping most of it's soverignity it begins build-up in it's infrastructure, oil business and such. Liberalization programs begin with granting woman the right to education, and banning of slavery.
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Whabbi and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman, and Sudan and Somalia by sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Sudan,Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to collages and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan, and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria, these group are asked to protest for war with Israel in the UAR. Imams are sent to Moroccan rebels along with some arms, as Imams work on creating a united rebel faction. Imam Hassan goes to Yemen and Jordan and train with Rebel faction uniting them under a group named "Ikhwan". We begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use looking for the means of making Urimunim or Platoium looking into the black market. Islamist Leaders in Libya ride the wave of revolt in Libya taking in place of the now gone Arab leaders seats holding Anti-Israeli/Western Protest demanding any hostile action to Israel and the rise of green flags in supported areas, while a group of 2,000 Ikhwan go to angry areas of major cities giving out food,money, and spreading Whabbi ideas aiming for young men and military officers as they tell people to learn about there deen (religion) before going into war. the group Ikhwan is sent to Libya and Sudan to bomb Raido sations promoting Arab ideas. The Saudi begin to work on a missile program testing our missile ideas. The Saudis send 5,000 riot troops to Libya in case anything happen. Protest is held in Riyadh chanting Anti-Israeli songs as the Kingdom begin to amass troops by Jordan and as Jets begin to train in the Northern border by doing bombing run, we don't pass into UAR lines (This is a War Game). Radio Al Hawk is made and is spread into the Arab World spreading Whabbi ideas. We ask the US and the USSR for arms that we will buy. The Grand Mosuqe is worked on with the oil money to expand the Grand Mosque, We send Oman and the Protectorate and Fedration of South Arabia to join the U.A.E Pact (MOD RESPONCE)
 * Mod: Oman and South Arabia decline.
 * South Africa: We form the Nasionale Polisie vir Wit Veiigheid (National Police for White Safety), this police will help. A law passes for forced conscription into the Army. The war in Namibia drags on. We continue to experience sabotage attacks. However in a "meeting" for a possible end of Apartheid with top black leaders. However we had convinced them that we were serious. When we started talking and after a few minutes, the NPWV showed up and assassinated them. Our troops in Rhodesia and the Portuguese colonies continue to experience success in the field but the constant retaking of villages over and over again in 5 regions is taking a toll on our boys morale. A propaganda campaign begins to raise new recruits and bring up the morale of the soldiers. (Mod Response): We ask for any veterans of British veterans of Malaya to come and advise our tactics in the Bush Wars. (Secret) We also start to push through the Strategic Hamlet program and begin to relocate population to armed camps which will be supplied with government food in order to starve out the rebels, this tactic will be employed in the Portuguese Colonies, Rhodesia, and Nambia. 
 * UK dip: Veternas of Malaya are sent to advise the South Africans.
 * Cuba: A propaganda campaign in spread by Free Zimbabthat the Europeans might try a genocide. 100 more advisors are sent to Rhodesia, and we train the insurgents how to use anti aircraft weapons, effectively rendering SA air raids useless. The number of insurgents are recruited to 40,000, due to the propaganda campaign. Key cities a
 * Kingdom of Libya: A state of emergency is immediately declared by the government. Under immense pressure of the aggravated public, Prime Minister Huessin Maziq resigns and is replaced by Abdul Hamid Al Bakoush. Following the pogrom King Idris urges the jewish community to temporarily leave the country. All Radio Cairo stations broadcasting in the nation are shut down and links completely severed. The Government issues a crackdown on the leaders of the riots. However to appease the disgruntled population, an amendendent is implaced on the Libyan Petroluem Law, which increases he shares the public gets in the amount of revenue created and places more of the profit into government spending on education and healthcare. Despite many calls to abdicate, King Idris refuse to but in turn transfers more power into parliamentary control. The Libyan National Petroluemn Company is ordered to stop drilling in Zilten on a five month hiatus. The Five Year plan is continued. Promoting tourism, free trade, luxury and petroluemn sectors of the economy in a Dubai Style Westernisation. The Massive Infrastructure and Industralistion project proposed begins, funded by the U.K, France and Italy. We offer an alliance request to the USA and the U.K
 * Saudi Dip: We send the King a request to st up schools to help calm down the pop and to keep the Battist ideas out of Libya


 * Yugoslavia: Veterans of the Partisan war of World War two are send to South Africa and North Vietnam to help the guerrilla forces there. Tito pushes the government to make a singular race on the next census which would be 'Yugoslav' in order to unify the nation more. More roads are built around the nation especially in rural and mountainous areas. We ask the USSR if we may domestically produce the T-64, Mig-19, and AKM.
 * USSR: We not wish to give out the latest in Soviet technology but we are willing to sell all this equipment at good prices.
 * Ethiopia: Emperor Haile Selassie, seeing the growing tensions between the UAR and Israel, asks for the madness to stop and think of peace. Our economy is developed with US help. The Organization for African Unity is further strengthened. We ask Saudi Arabia to support peace in Africa.
 * USSR: We finish development of our new MANPAD but it still in testing phases in the USSR before it can be deployed while we start designing and making the planned MiG-23 and hope for it to be operational in 1970 with tests in 1967. The Su-17 makes it's first flight but is still not ready for mass production while a new design for a long range bomber is started. As there are obvious problems with the T-64 a new design is started to improve upon it. As the forces are now smaller in size tougher requirements are made to become an officer in both tougher mental and physical tests to receive a combat commission. This is hoped to increased the quality of officers and to discourage corruption and make the job more appealing the payment for middle ranking officers which also means their families have more to spend on consumer goods. Support for North Vietnam decreases as tensions raise with China and air and sea become difficult to access North Vietnam and so passage is restricted small amounts of overland supplies. As North Vietnam becomes difficult to operate in, in the pursuit of advancing communism weapons and a few dozen advisors are sent to groups fighting the South Africans and the Spanish in Africa. With the USSR attempting to be a leader in decolonisation and freedom. Billions of dollars worth of weapons are shipped into Africa mainly in the form of small arms where they are smuggled into the country for a variety of methods such as by sea or through neutral/ supporting countries such as Tanzania and Morocco. In an attempt to allow an increase in the amount of supplies being moved the USSR creates a series of front companies to ship items to Africa with many of these shipments containing weapons and advisers and the secret cargo being offloaded at neutral nations and then being smuggled in. Tanzania, Afghanistan and Morocco are all offered $250 million in loans (MOD response). Work on establishing factories for production of consumers goods is started in accordance with the five year plan. In agriculture more work on improving the existing productivity of farms is made as production of pesticides and chemical fertilisers is stepped up to allow more farmers to have access to them. There is an increase in the number of university students studying maths and science with the government now moving focus to getting people in rural regions better educations by establishing boarding schools for students from the age of 14 to 18 which last 6 months a year but are very intense in working 6 days a week and 8 hour days for 6 months with no break for those students who unable to access high quality education in rural areas. We continue to provide military hardware to the UAR. As the US ramps up it's nuclear program we start designing a new class of ballistic missile submarines.
 * United Arab Republic:  Political and economic influence of the UAR continues to grow internationally. Peaceful agreements are kept with the governments of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya, and Sudan. Growing media eminating from Cairo continues to spread nationalist propaganda to these places as well. Raw resources of oil and gas are exported abroad to Western Europe and the Americas. Massive exercises take place to prepare military hardware in Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, implementing the hardware newly-added to the army and airforce and training soldiers in their operation.  SECRET: A surprise attack is being prepared against Israel for October 14 using these exercises as a cover. No one outside of the miltiary high command is made aware of this.  The navy is also prepared, mainly in the Red Sea. Nasser creates a ministry of education to reform the school system and exchange students with universities in Europe.


 * South Korea: The National Economic board and President Park Chung-hee pushes the "Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive", the second-seven year economic plan. The plan prioritizes several key heavy industries, as Korea moves away from textiles and apparel; steel, petrochemicals, automobiles, machine tools, shipbuilding, and electronics. Two steel plants undergo construction, one in Pohang, and another in Seoul. These steel plants are to be finished in two years. Meanwhile, a shipbuilding factory is constructed in Busan, though with steel being imported from Japan. Oil refineries are built in Ulsan to process imported oils. Protectionist measures are tightened, to further cement the control of chaebol over the economy. These conglomerates also receive interest-free credit and loans, to facilitate growth. As a result of the constitutional change that changed term length to six years, a few minor student revolts occur, but these revolts are crushed with dissidents being slammed as communists. National railway is nationalized, and railway connecting South Korean major cities are built, along with other communications.

1967.5
''' The Arab offensive starts off well with the Arabs taking the Israelis more or less by surprise although due to the large excercises the Israelis were more ready and a 3 pronged attack stretches Israel's forces as the attack is on Yom Kippur mobilisation takes longer. An early airstrike fails to defeat the Israeli air force but this establishes that both sides can fight in the air. '''

''' In the Sinai and Gaza Strip the Egyptian forces fail to break through while Syrian and Iraqi forces drive Israeli forces back and start bombarding Northern Israel while in the West Bank and Jordan border, Jordan's forces strike to link up with Gaza while they start bombarding the Israeli coastal cities. Israel respons rapidly seeing the Jordan's attempt to cut their forces as the largest threat and so halts Jordan's push to the med and drives into the West Bank to keep the shelling away but as Syrian and Egyptian offensives heighten they are forced to split their forces and the advance into the West Bank slows down although by November it is in their hands. '''

''' Israel has trouble maintaining itself at this point due to it's high amount of called up reserves and an Arab swing through Lebanon and the Israeli forces have to fall back to maintain a line while the difficulty of holding the whole of the Negev desert leads Israel to retreat out of it as well. Contuined Arab offensives are stonewalled due to the shortened line and Israeli air force begining to win. Israel is now in a box with the coast to it's west and the dead sea, sea of Galilee and the Jordan river to it's east while Arab forces hold the Negev desert and northern Israel. Israel requests US help while the other Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Libya have their people wanting war. '''

''' In Vietnam, American forces continue to make progress as they block the Ho Chi Minh trail to some extent and halt most Warsaw Pact supplies entering although China still continues to support. While the flow of weapons and the response of the Americans is good the amount of people joining the Viet Cong and NVA continues to increase. '''

''' In America itself another race riot in Baltimore this time occurs showing the level of anger amongst blacks and the civil rights movement strengthens. As casualties continue to remain high and conscription is unpopular, there is growing opposition to the Vietnam war with more draft dodging and protests. '''

''' In the Spanish colonies there continues to be violence although to some degree it calms down but fighting between collaborators with the Spanish regieme and resistance remains high with many being against the Delim for their decisions while the Tekna confederation is invaded by Morocco. '''

''' The battle of the crater occurs in South Yemen and increased violence leads to a British withdrawl and South Yemen becoming indepdent. '''

''' In Southern Africa the guerrillas have support of the USSR and Cuba which helps their struggle and seeing a lot of the people taken into camps which become like ghettos very quickly leading to violence within them although in the countryside the removal of people allows easier operations but against a better equipped force. '''

''' Che Guerra is captured and executed. '''

''' There is a truce in the DRC conflict. '''

''' The Federation of South Arabia and the Protectorate of South Arabia declare independence from the UK and unite as the People's Republic of Southern Yemen. '''

''' The next turn will be up once people resolve this Israeli discussions. Should be done shortly. ''' In Europe, NATO is on edge as it appears the Soviets could trip the wire at any moment and invade along the Inter-German Border (IGB). As per existing doctrine among NATO member states, should such an invasion materialize and gain ground, the Anglo-Americans will launch an immediate strategic nuclear assault upon the Warsaw Pact with the intention of thoroughly degrading its military and governmental abilities. Whereas the Warsaw Pact maintains an edge in conventional force size and quality, NATO’s superior nuclear size and capabilities is its trump card In Vietnam, given the ongoing tensions, the US launches Operation Swinging Fist, which focuses on further destroying infrastructure along the Sino-Vietnamese border while an exclusion zone is declared off the North Vietnamese coast to deter any further Eastern Bloc aid to the NVA. The coup de grace, however, comes in the form of mass aerial bombardment of the Red River Valley Dams. In a matter of weeks, North Vietnam’s system of dams and dikes is thoroughly destroyed, causing massive flooding and electricity shortages that impede production and transportation efforts throughout the North as well as inflict 200,000 casualties upon them. Most critically, however, is the flooding destroys much of the rice crop of Vietnam and with Haiphong mined (thereby preventing food imports), mass starvation sets in among the North Vietnamese. Given the large scale shortages, it is expected to massively reduce the effectiveness of the NVA as well as curtail their support to the Viet Cong.
 * United Arab Republic: A full-scale invasion of Israel commences on every front. In Cairo, the Ministry of State draws up a pretense for the invasion, based on the grievences of Israel's actions against the Arabs of Palestine, and their imperalist colonization of the Palestinian region. In the north, the unexpected sweeping victories of the 7th, 9th and 5th Syrian divisions puts them ahead of schedule, and the regional command in Damascus changes strategy to fortify their position of northern Israel as the 1st and 3rd Syrian divisions reinforces them. The airplanes and Russian medium-range artillary are sent to bombard fortifications in preparation of taking Haifa. In Gaza, Surface-to-Air missle systems are deployed heavily to take out the Israeli planes at low altitude, to prevent them from attaining air superiority. As soon as the sky is cleared with artillary, the 2nd and 3rd Egyptian armies to swing west up Beersheba and begin storming Israeli fortifications using the Sa'iqa (lighting) troops to lead. The main targets of thes bombardments are the fortifications protecting the path from the West Bank to Tel Aviv. At the same time, the Jordanian army of mainly tank and infantry divisions expand in a fan maneuver to cut off Tel Aviv. The Mediterranean fleets mostly pull back to defend the coast in case of Israeli counter-attack, while the Red Sea navy pushes in to capture Aqaba to further drain Israeli defenses. Economy improves.
 * United States of America ("Back to back World War Champs"): The United States is aghast at the treachery of this unprovoked Arab assault upon the democratic state of Israel. Given this, the United States hereby demands the immediate withdrawal of Arab forces from Israel soil otherwise the United States will be forced to consider an appropriate force response in order to contain this Arab aggression the likes of which the world has not seen since the 1940s. To this end, the US Navy will be deploying two Carrier Battle Groups into the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as readying the 101st and 82nd Airborne for combat deployment in support of the Israeli Defense Force. In the meantime, we begin immediate shipments of critical war supplies into Israel to support the IDF, as well as providing intelligence intercepts.
 * United Arab Republic: The Ministry of State reports that the Republic will not agree to ceasefire until the military objectives are achieved. Moreover, we repremand any threat on our sovereign territory as an act of imperialism against the lives of the liberated Arab people.
 * United Arab Republic (to the USSR): The Arab ambassador in Moscow secretly asks the Premier to delay proposed resolutions by the US in the United Nations until the miltary objectives are achieved.
 * OOC: You control Aqaba and Ber' Sheva.
 * USSR: We veto any motions relating to the conflict in the security council while we ready our own units to support the UAR if US forces intervene stating this is an internal conflict. We suggest neutral discussions be conducted to establish a peace at the Zurich conference (Rise of the Arabs)
 * United States of America ("You're about to get Freedom"): The United States rejects any peace discussions without an immediate ceasefire, as it is clear such is a farce designed to delay American action long enough for the UAR to achieve results on the battlefield. Given the implicated Soviet threat contained within, we hereby place our nuclear forces on alert status. Further, until a general withdrawal to Pre-War borders is achieved, we declare a state of active conflict exists with the United Arab Republic. To this effect, we hereby annouce that immediate airstrikes by US Navy aircraft bassed off the coast of Israel will begin on all UAR poisitions within the Pre-War boundaries of the State of Israel, and further we are now bringing forth the 101st and 82nd Airborne to support the IDF's defensive lines holding back the thrust around the Golan Heights area.
 * USSR: We propose a temporary ceasefire while conducting negotiations in Zurich.
 * United Arab Republic: We agree to a cease-fire for the duration of the conference, but hold our current occupied territory.
 * South Africa: Violence in the camps is stopped with the training of trusted blacks as guards. Curfews are announced in area's as Rhodesia and Mozambique. (Secret mod response) We wish for the non-communist rebel groups of UNITA and the FNLA to come forward with the SAPR Coalition and fight with us. Our reasoning will be granting a UNITA/FNLA government once Angola gains total independence. We ould like Portugals input on this. Springbok Radio sets up in different regions to provide our soldiers with entertainment. A mixture of Afrikaner Folk with Anglo Rock is played provided the men with entertainment. We also suspect that rebel training camps are being made outside the war torn area's. We begin cross border raids into Tanganyika and Zambia (I didn't mention Malawi because Malawi apparently supported Portugal in the Portuguese Colonial War). We find several heavily armed camps which claim the lives of many men, vehicles, and equipment. Using the Rhodesian tactic of "Fireforce" we send in several helicopter born regiments into the north bank of the Zambezi. We attack these armed camps experiencing a few casualties but overall success. We burn these camps and lay mines around them to prevent further setup. We also begin to recruit small numbers of black regiment. We find eager recruits from the warrior tribe of the former Zulu's in Natal. Many of these regiments will be deployed in Southwest Africa. We would like to purchase 300 Walker Bulldog light tanks and the Blueprints to them from the USA.
 * Mod UNITA and FNLA dip: The groups decline to side with the occupiers because this is a war for independence and not a political struggle. As South Africa does not have the power to make Angola independent and so the UNITA and FNLA would be siding with the occupiers.
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Whabbi and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman, and Sudan and Somalia by sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Sudan,Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to collages and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan, and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria, these group are asked to protest for war with Israel in the UAR. Imams are sent to Moroccan rebels along with some arms, as Imams work on creating a united rebel faction. Imam Hassan goes to Yemen and Jordan and train with Rebel faction uniting them under a group named "Ikhwan". We begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use looking for the means of making Urimunim or Platoium looking into the black market. Islamist Leaders in Libya ride the wave of revolt in Libya taking in place of the now gone Arab leaders seats holding Anti-Israeli/Western Protest demanding any hostile action to Israel and the rise of green flags in supported areas, while a group of 2,000 Ikhwan go to angry areas of major cities giving out food, money and spreading Whabbi ideas aiming for young men and military officers as they tell people to learn about there deen (religion) before going into war. the group Ikhwan is sent to Libya and Sudan to bomb Raido sations promoting Arab ideas. The Saudi begin to work on a missile program testing our missile ideas. The Saudis send 5,000 riot troops to Libya in case anything happen.  Radio Al Hawk is made and is spread into the Arab World spreading Whabbi ideas.  The Grand Mosuqe is worked on with the oil money to expand the Grand Mosque.The Saudi Airforce is sent to attack into Israeli military targets as 5,000 troops are put on ready asking the UAR to let them in. The state spread proganda that the UAR will use anything to bring down Saudi state so we tell people to keep a clear head and be ready this info is also sent around the Arab World 
 * ​United States of America ("Team America"): In light of Saudi Arabia's support for the UAR's actions, we hereby withdrawal any and all support to the House of Saud
 * Kingdom of Libya Dip: Due to the tensing political stage and Saudi Arabia and Libya being the two most oil productive states in the Middle East respectively, the Government invites Saudi Arabia to the formation of the Organisation of Arab Exporting Contries (OAPEC). To separate the production of oil and the political stage of the world.
 * DR Congo: The first five year plan is announced. Staunch anti communism is adopted as the state ideology. Industries are utilized to their fullest extent. Industrialization has begun. We request that diplomatic relations with SA begin as we are both staunch anti communist (player response). AK47 rifles are locally produced as the Zaire Rifle. Joseph Mobutu intends to finish off ZANU, and wants to fund UNITA to an extent. Meanwhile, westernization begins. Modern skyscrapers are built in Leopoldville, and the army stands at about 50,000 standing soldiers and 100,000 reserves. The housing project begins. 5000 houses will be built beginning this year, and as our industrial capacity grows, the number will double each year. Basic services and healthcare are beginning to be provided.
 * South African Dip: We begin reluctantly begin diplomatic relations with Congo.
 * Kingdom of Libya: Due to amounting pressure, the government agrees to provide UAR troops with Oil aid. Despite this King Idris declares neutrality, in all but minimal support, in the conflict. The Libyan National Petroluemn Company ends its five-month haitius and resumes drilling in Zilten under government subsidizing and supervising. Due to the tense situation of the world and its possible effects on the Petroleum Market, Prime Minister Al Bakoush invites Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the formation of the Organization of Arab Petrolueum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), in order to separate the production of Oil to the tense state of the World. (MOD RESPONSE) The Five Year Plan is continued. Promoting luxury, oil, free trade and the tourism sectors of the economy in a Dubai-Style Westernisation. The Massive Infrastructure and Industralition project continues, funded by the UK, France and Italy. Petroluemn continues to be the largest export. Revenue provided by this goes into Government funding such as healthcare, education and into major cities, especially in urban regiono with disgruntled populations. Crown Prince Hassan visits the USA, requesting a diplomatic meeting with the President. We request an alliance with the U.K. And USA (MOD RESPONSE).
 * ​United States of America ("You don't even know it (Freedom)"): The United States agrees to an alliance with the Kingdom of Libya.
 * USSR: As the war in the Middle East accelerates and the US intervenes, the USSR fears for the integrity of their ally and US refusals to negotiate means the USSR decides to commit their own forces and requests right of passage through Iran to move troops. These forces would consist of 3 motor rifles divisions and 2 tank divisions supported by 120 MiG-21's, 80 MiG- 19's and a 100 SU-7B's to be deployed to the fighting in Israel. As the Soviets prepare for a fight in the middle east, reserves are called up and moved to assembly points ready for deployment while active troops are moved to the Polish- East German border, along the Austrian border and Czech- East Germany border. In the event of a NATO attack, Warsaw pact troops will move forward and from their deep marshalling points and engage NATO forces in strength while not conducting any offensives of their own. Nuclear weapons are on raised alert with missiles readied and aircrews readied while more submarines are sent to sea but this remains a retaliatory strike plan. As the focus remains on being ready for a military conflict citizens are advised to check their nuclear war plans while drills are conducted for moving to emergency shelters and taking cover. In the economy more focus is placed on consumer goods and increasing agricultural growth. Small amounts of support to North Vietnam are maintained while support for those fighting the South Africans is increased with the introduction of the new 92K- Streaker which is a MANPAD and being issued to resistance forces while some SAM units are given for them to arm their camps.
 * Iran: We give military access to USSR.
 * Iran: We continue developing of Iran atomic project. With Soviet help in Tehran was built research reactor. We ask USSR for help in constructing hot cells and new centres of Uran enriching. Also construction of the heavy water facility in Arak is started.  To compensate  the high cost of Iran modernization and development of Iran's nuclear technology of Majlis passed a law on the nationalization of the oil industry
 * United States of America: In the Middle East, the rapid introduction of two elite divisions combined with air strikes brings about a Soviet enforced ceasefire and negotiations. The United States, as does much of the world, holds it breathe as the Zurich Conference is convened in last desperate measure for peace as news arrives of Soviet mobilizations and deployment of an entire corps into the Middle East through Iran. The US openly calls up is reserves and mobilizes for the coming conflict, with Strategic Air Command forward deploying its forces in case the launch order is given. For the first time since 1962, nuclear armed American and Soviet planes face off in such areas as the Bering and North Pole. Plans are also drawn up to deploy the 2nd Marine Division as well as the 3rd Armored into Israel, in order to help offset the coming Soviet forces, but for now the US holds from escalating the situation further.
 * Yugoslavia: We accept the offer of arms from the Soviets. We begin to hand off our outdated equipment from pre-1955 to Africa and North Vietnam. Tito continues to promote the state as a single union not multiple states in one. He also begins to turn the territorial defense forces into a single reserve that will merge with the JNA reserves. Work continues to improve roads and bridges, factories are also commencing to be built.

A spiraling situation in the Middle East and continued fighting in Vietnam intermixed with ongoing domestic issues proves to make 1967 a traumatising year for the United States as a whole. Increasingly absorbed in dealing with major geopolitical events and frustrated by the inabilities of various protesters to understand what he terms “The grander picture”, President Johnson in tandem with State Governors begins a major crackdown on domestic dissenters. With Congressional approval, deferments for college are ended and will henceforth be honored solely on “good conduct” merit. Tens of thousands of young men, unable to accept this, are subsequently conscripted in the Armed Forces. With regards to the Civil Rights issues, President Johnson is able to negotiate a deal between several Southern Governors and Black leaders such Dr. King to maintain peaceful marches free of violence, but more radical groups such as the Black Panther party soon come under intense government attacks with leaders and organizers arrested and numerous affiliates broken up.As the “Israeli Crisis” continues to become increasingly tension filled, the previous work to increase nuclear defense measures proves a fruitful investment. All public buildings and most businesses as well as private homes now contain nuclear shelters, which increases the chance of survival for a larger percentage of the American population. State and Federal authorities work around the clock in emergency conditions in order to ensure these shelters are well stocked and prepared, should the worst happen. Meanwhile, the USAF formally transfers large numbers of fighters into the Air Defense Command, working to rapidly revitalize this branch of the SAC in order to counter the threat of Soviet bombers. Emergency funds are pumped into the expanding NIKE ABM system, in order to face Soviet ICBMs and Bombers. Quietly, conscription is expanded once again, mainly among the National Guard and Air Force, in order to help the US abilities to carry out and recover from a nuclear conflict.

1968.0
''' Sorry about the whole day's delay but blame GBUSA and Nate. '''

''' Alexander Dubeck is made leader of the communist party of Czechslovakia and the Polish political crisis occurs. '''

''' Peace is made between the parties involved in the Yom Kippur war although many Israelis feel revanchism and threatened by the UAR and USSR and so commit to higher spending and finding new allies in which it looks to other enemies of communists such as Europe and South Africa. The UAR feels vindicated by their victory and some Arabs support their partial victory with some in Libya and arguing it was their governments refusal to aid which caused the lack of total victory. '''

''' A civil war develops in South Yemen between one side wishing for union with North Yemen and the UAR and comprised of socialists and communists and the other party wishing to work to remain independent and comprised of more western oriented and capitalists. '''

''' In Vietnam an attempted large scale coordinated offensive during the Vietnam new year's nicknamed the Tet offensive is a failure as it fails to spark an uprising or take any territory while there are US casualties they are light. '''

''' Some Americans feel that even with the large amount of troops deployed and the violent measures taken the war is still continuing and draft dodging grows massively especially with the ending of college deferments who feel to Canada and go into hiding. With mass arrests of groups such as the Black Panther more sporadic racially motivated violence occurs in large cities while peaceful groups step up determined for all blacks to be able to vote in the 1968 election. '''

''' A new communist insurgency breaks out in Malaysia. '''

''' Nauru declares independence from UN Trusteeship. '''

''' Mauritius declares independence from the United Kingdom. '''

''' Nationalism grows in Equatorial Guinea. As the state already has internal autonomy, the people are prepared for a declaration of independence later this year. '''
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Ba'athist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Whabbi and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman, and Sudan and Somalia by sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Sudan, Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to collages and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan, and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria, these group are asked to protest for war with Israel in the UAR. Imams are sent to Moroccan rebels along with some arms, as Imams work on creating a united rebel faction. Imam Hassan goes to Yemen and Jordan and train with Rebel faction uniting them under a group named "Ikhwan". We begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use looking for the means of making Urimunim or Platoium looking into the black market. Islamist Leaders in Libya ride the wave of revolt in Libya taking in place of the now gone Arab leaders seats holding Anti-Israeli/Western Protest demanding any hostile action to Israel and the rise of green flags in supported areas, while a group of 2,000 Ikhwan go to angry areas of major cities giving out food,money, and spreading Whabbi ideas aiming for young men and military officers as they tell people to learn about there deen (religion) before going into war. the group Ikhwan is sent to Libya and Sudan to bomb Raido sations promoting Arab ideas. The Saudi begin to work on a missile program testing our missile ideas. The Saudis send 5,000 riot troops to Libya in case anything happen.  Radio Al Hawk is made and is spread into the Arab World spreading Whabbi ideas.  The Grand Mosuqe is worked on with the oil money to expand the Grand Mosque.Communist Factions in Arabia are stomped out via declearing them herotics having the Ikhwan kill them or sending them out of Arabia, this tactic is used mostly on leaders. The Saudi Airforce is sent to attack into S. Yemen bombing Pro Communist Factions,while 30,000 are sent in to counter any communist move in and push out Unionist factions out of Yemen,while the Ikhwan is sent to unite Anti Unionist faction. The state spread proganda telling people troops were stopped by UAR guards during the Israeli War, but Saudi Warplanes helped push back the Israeli. We ask France for SS.10 rockets (MOD)
 * United Arab Republic:  The victory over Israel creates mixed feelings among the people in the Arab Republic. Officially, the Arab Socialist Union proclaims this as a great success, finally securing the homeland of the Palestinian people. However, many private sources in the Republic see the United States as thwarting the ultimate goal of crushing the Jewish people, and Anti-American sentiment grows. The new state of Palestine is incorporated as the latest constituant state in the Republic. Nationalist movements in Arabia and Libya are secretly funded, while publically spreading propaganda by public radio. The industrial military supplied by Russia is reverse-engineered to fully modernize the military on top of that which defeated Israel.  The new modern military is sent to intervene in the Yemen Civil War, sending the first army to the support of Abdullah Saleh, while the Red Sea Navy blockades the port of Aden. General Ahmed Ismail Ali is sent to lead this campaign.  A major trade center is established in Beyrut for encouraging investments from the Eastern Mediteranean, especially from Turkey, Cyprus, and Yugoslavia.
 * USSR: The new MANPAD developed in the USSR is provided to the communist factions in South Yemen allowing them to shoot down Saudi warplanes while other small arms and cash as well as some operatives are sent into support the rebels. Support is given to rebels in Southern Africa who fight the apartheid government. In the USSR a continued focus on educating students in maths and science as well as a growth of consumer goods production with the military being stood down after the resolution of the Israeli crisis. The new Czechoslovak leader is looked upon with caution but some see his new ideals as the way forward or the only choice in a country deeply unhappy.
 * Saudi Dip: With the russians sending MANPAD to the UAR, we air our air planes with Chaff to counter MANPAD, as the Ikhwan begin to do hit and run attacks.
 * South Africa: The war continues in the South of the Continent. More blacks and a few whites are rounded up and trialed for sabatoge against the state. Our factories are working at full power producing weapons for our soldiers. We continue to experience success in the war despite casualties. We begin capturing weapons from insurgents and giving them to trusted blacks in the Relocation camps.
 * The Congo: A man known as Patrice Mabale writes a book, Dirigism, "A Thesis on Humanities Future." Although much of the populace is illiterate, many people in the country who know how to read find the concept very appealing. Literacy is spreading though, thanks to new public education forming. Public healthcare continues to expand. This year, 10,000 houses have been built. In the elite in the Congo, Dirigism is also showing it's appeal. Joseph Mobutu begins to read the book. He is very appealed by the ideology, and is considering making it the state party, ending the apolitical era. He hopes to fully industrialize the Congo by 1975. **We request 5000 M16 rifles from South Africa, in exchange for allowing them to use some of the Uranium in the Katanga Province. Anti Communist Sentiment continues to grow.
 * United States of America:  With the end of the Israeli Crisis, the United States once again refocuses on Vietnam as the main international hotspot to be dealt with, and to that end a further 150,000 troops are surged into the Indochina region. After properly reinforcing the relatively secure Mekong Delta region and Saigon, the US launches Operation Harambe, which features simultaneous offenses in both Laos and Cambodia, as well as in South Vietnam.  In Laos and Cambodia, this part of the operation is codenamed Firecracker. Having received 100,000 of the new reinforcements, the United States forces along this front begin a coordinated attack along the entirety of the Ho Chi Minh trail (As much as possible with the 200,000 troops available). The strategic thinking here is that the flow of supplies will be stopped or delayed at the least (If under attack along almost the entire length, something will have to give eventually), while it also sucks up potential Viet Cong reinforcements into fighting along the trail, preventing them from being used in the main focus of Harambe.   In South Vietnam itself, having been provided 50,000 additional troops, the focus will be in connecting the Strategic Hamlet Initiative (Now renamed Joint Security Sectors) zones in the Mekong and Saigon by clearing the land in between the two areas. This to be done by 300,000 of the 650,000 in country, while another 200,000 are to conduct a large seek and destroy mission in the northern areas of the country, to further tie down VC forces as well as keep the pressure on them after their failed Tet Offensive.   With all that said, the operation begins on March 1st, with the air campaign against North Vietnam stepped up prior to and during the attack in order to prevent the North Vietnamese Army from doing anything in support. Given the destruction of the Red River dams and the mining of North Vietnam’s harbors, it is hoped their logistical difficulties will prevent anything major.   Domestically, the Presidential race for 1968 heats up after President Johnson, with low polling numbers following the “sellout of Israel” and the continued domestic instability, elects not to run for a second term. In his place, his Vice President Hubert Humphrey declares for the nomination and immediately gets into a heated contest with Robert F. Kennedy. On the Republican side, California Governor Ronald Reagan gains immense notice and gradually becomes a frontrunner in the race.   Attacking the Democrats are their domestic failures and failed foreign policy, Governor Reagan promises to address the racial divide left unhealed by the recent civil rights acts, to reform the expensive new medicare option, and finally to bring about a successful conclusion to Vietnam. To this end, he receives some support from Dr. Martin Luthor King, who has become disillusioned by the Democrats.   Domestically, the National Shelter Act (Which mandated construction of fallout shelters in public areas as well as private businesses in addition to providing funds to help homeowners and the aforementioned businesses build theirs) continues apace, aided by lingering nuclear fears from the Israeli Crisis. Also in this vain, Air Defense Command has successfully been rebuilt to its 1950s height in terms of numbers as well as approaching the same capabilities it once held. In tandem with this, the NIKE missile shield is all approaching the same levels it likewise once held.
 * The B-70 program along with the MBT-70 project are canceled, and funding is instead pumped into a new tank design codenamed XM815. Further funding is allocated into this project, in the hopes of speeding up development.


 * Indonesia: The conflict in Indonesia has been ended. Suharto is appointed as new president. Under Suharto reign (or "New Order"), we start to improve economy, by start industrialization, expanding land for agriculture, and develop program enterpreunership to people. We also continue build new infrastructure, roads in Java are upgraded, and we build new roads in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and New Guinea to facilitate the transportation there, and connect rural area to cities. Indonesia also starts to strengthen the military, 2,000 troops are recruited this year.
 * Kingdom of Libya: Prime Minister Al Bakoush continues to promote the creation of OAPEC, inviting both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to join. The Ministry of Petroluemn Affairs approves the exploration of new possible oil sources across the Kingdom, allowing the Libyan National Petroluemn Company to set up drills in these zones. The Government starts to purchase military equipment and vechiles from NATO in order to strengthen the military. Meanwhile an Arms Deal is proposed to NATO (MOD RESPONSE). Petroluemn continues to be the largest export with the Libyan National Petroluemn Company sets up new drills in Zaltan and Sirte in order to produce more revenue. The Five Year Plan is continued. Promoting the petroluemn, free trade, luxury and tourism sectors of the economy in a Dubai-Style Westernisation process. The Government endorses Free Trade, promoting Libya as a Free-trading hub, removing tarrifs and restrictions on merchants and goods. In order to raise economic standards, the government raises oil prices. Spending is increased on education and basic public services, especially in impoverished areas disgruntled by government actions. State-Funded Schools and Education Programs are established across the Country, hoping to increase the literacy rate. A New Campus is opened for the University of Tripoli by Royal Order. The Massive Industralistion and Infrastructure project continues, funded by the France, Italy and the U.K. Under order of Crown-Prince Hassan, the tourism industry is promoted, inviting major hotels and resorts to set up across the country. (MOD RESPONSE). The Kingdom of Libya Airlines requests the purchase of new aircraft from the U.K. to increase its fleet capacity. (MOD RESPONSE). 
 * UK mod dip: We agree to sell new aircraft and military equipment.

1968.5
''' Swaziland declares independence from the United Kingdom. '''

''' Equatorial Guinea declares independence from Spain. '''

''' Maldives declares itself a republic. '''

''' France makes it first H bomb. '''

''' Violence in South Yemen rapidly grows as Saudi Arabia, USSR and the UAR intervene with communist forces siezing much of the countryside while the capitalist forces seize many of the towns although there is still fighting in all areas. Soviet provided weapons achieve a high number of kills on Saudi aircraft although chaff helps to reduce the number of losses while Arab and Saudi forces clash as they both move in leaving dozens dead in both sides during skirmishes. '''

''' There is heavy pro- Arab agitation in Libya and Sudan. '''

''' In Vietnam, the failure of the Tet offensive affects North Vietnam heavily and the US push while leads to US success in reducing the number of Viet Cong and severing the Ho Chi Minh trail leads to a lot of indiscriminate deaths and poverty with hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese dead and the Strategic hamlet initiative continuing to isolate those if affects due to it's poor implementation and US search and destroy missions lead to US casualties due to the heavy booby trapping and a poor amount of dead although the VC struggle to fight. '''

''' In the US, the domestic situation and unhappiness reaches higher levels with racial tensions boiling with the upcoming presidential elections. With Dr King having failed to wing the vote many blacks become un- satisfied with his methods leading to hard line black groups such as a resurgent black panther group with the mass arrests by FBI helping them. Serious violence occurs when an officer killed in a shooting by a black panther member leads to a series of raids and which result in counter violence and new race riots in several black cities. The national guard are called into Detroit, Jackson, Birmingham, Baltimore and Memphis. '''

''' Opposition to the Vietnam war as civilian deaths rise with church leaders denouncing it as a genocide with draft dodging and violence at a US air base between protesters and the air force leaves a protester dead and so protesting with sit ins at military installations and draft dodging rises. '''

''' The troubles begins. '''

''' Israel continues to increase it's arming. '''

''' Dubeck continues liberal reforms. '''
 * USSR: Support continues to be provided for the communists in South Yemen in the form of arms especially the successful MANPADs while money is made available for bribes to any in Sudan and Libya who wish to launch a coup. As the US increases it's nuclear program the USSR also increases construction of nuclear weapons to counter them with a plan to construct a new class of cruise missile submarines weighing 9,500 tons submerged with a plan to build up to 40 of the Ural class and construction on the warheads for them. As the nation ramps up nuclear production focus continues the number of students studying physics is increased. Production of consumer goods continues but falls with the nuclear program's rise. Agricultural production if pushed up with new techniques. Reforms by Dubeck concern's the Soviets and so orders a Warsaw pact invasion with Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland supporting. The initial strike starts off with a surprise landing at Prague airport which should be seized and then have airborne troops lifted into Prague while other armies swarm in from all directions to take over the country. This is to halt Czechoslovakia falling out of the Warsaw pact.
 * PRC Diplomacy: Mao Zhedong officially requests to obtain key assets of the Soviet Space Program such as the planned Soyuz program, along with some basic satellite assets.
 * USSR dip: We agree to give many of the important assets as we no longer have a use for them.
 * Kingdom of Libya Dip: We demand the Soviet Union retracts this bribery.
 * PRC Diplomacy: It is not bribery if the Soviets have little, if any use for these assets. I believe the PRC can find better uses for them.
 * OOC USSR: He means me bribing Libyan generals.
 * USSR dip: We reserve the right to make legitimate payments and argue these are not bribes but payments for business we are conducting with these people.
 * Kingdom of Libya: The country severs all diplomatic ties with the Soviets.
 * PRC Diplomacy: Very well, then. If that is the case, then the PRC recommends the strengthening of ties with the People's Republic of China as an alternative.
 * People's Republic of China:  We begin military buildup and economic expansion. As the situation in Vietnam continues to become problematic, the fear of American forces near our border prompts Mao Zhedong to deploy troops to North Vietnam in order to deter a possible invasion by the Americans. The troops deployed there are estimated to be around 100,000 in terms of active ground personnel, along with 100 Type 59 and Type 63 tanks, 7 Type 63 APCs, and 30 Type 59-1 artillery guns. At least 70 J-2 fighters are also to be stationed in North Vietnam, 20 Mi-171C helicopters and 40 H-5 bombers are also deployed, both intended as a way to deter additional American intervention in the region. In other news, Mao Zhedong's Cultural Revolution continues across the country, as he begins purging disloyal officials from the government, and forces many to work in labour camps. Millions continue to be displaced and forced to work in labour camps, while the situation only grows worse. Within the PLA, unknown to Mao, a conspiracy begins to take root, as many officers plot to remove him and replace Mao with someone who they believe will "preserve the safety and stability of the People's Republic of China", and as a result, they begin their planning. Outside of this, Mao decides to extend trade relations with the Soviet Union, in order to bring a halt to the current rivalry and set aside their differences in order to stand against "the real enemy: NATO and their capitalist lackeys". In secret, Mao Zhedong begins to issue orders for the MSS to sabotage Ronald Reagan's campaign for the American presidency out of fear of further American interference in Vietnam and if necessary, terminate him. At the same time, we begin the process of creating sleeper cells in the States with the intention to shift public opinion to ideals more hostile to capitalism and instigate unrest in the country. Part of it means supporting and providing funding to the "Black Power" militias. At the same time, we also send additional funding to Maoist rebels in Eastern India in order to ensure instability in the region.


 * Addendum #1: Following North Vietnam's request, 170 additional J-2 fighters and 100 Type 63 AA guns are sent to North Vietnam to deal with American pilots.
 * Addendum #2: As the Americans continue to exarbate the crisis, we begin mobilisation of the PLA Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin, with Mao ordering the ships to await for further orders. Until then, they are to intimidate American ships in the region.
 * Addendum #3: Prior to the escalation of the crisis and upon the electoral victory of Ronald Reagan, a sleeper cell is activated with orders to assasinate him on the 20th of January of 1969; the same day of his inauguration. As a result, preparations are set up and a sniper is placed into position. Now, the cell must wait.......


 * ​Feel free to cross out anything implausible, Person and/or other mods. - Ace009. 


 * Kingdom of Libya: Prime Minister Al Bakoush sreps down as Prime Minister to join a Cabinet Position. Wannis Al Gaddafi, a Libyan Aristrocrat, is appointed Prime Minister by King Idris. In order to end the Pro-Arab Agitation, Arab Nationalist and Socialist societies and propaganda are shut down and removed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding the end of exportation of Arab-Nationalist concepts via the UAR in an official letter to President Nasser.  The Libyan National Petroluemn Company (LNPC) opens drills across the country and continuing drilling projects in already established oil sites. The Ministry of Petroluemn Affairs continues to explore areas of the Nation. Railway and Tram lines are re-opened across the Country. The Government increases spending on Education, healthcare and other basic public services, especially in impoverished areas of the country hit by poverty.  Gaddafis Government re-starts projects on portraying King Idris as a Libyan Nationalist, attempting to create a sense of Libyan Nationalism under a Monarchy, especially to younger generations. This project is implaced in the education system. The Five Year Plan is continued and increased.  Promoting Industralistion, luxury, free trade, Petroluemn and Tourism sectors of the economy in a Dubai-Style Westernisation. Foreign Companies and Workers are encourage to move and set up business and work in Libya. Restrictions on Foreign Oil Workers are removed. Despite this however, Libyan Nationals are granted high pay rises and are given incentive to join the indusries.  The Massive Infrastructure and Industralistion Project, funded by the U.K, France and Italy, is continued. Roads and Oil Pipes are built across the country. In order to increase economic revenue, many failing businesses are nationalised. The Government continues to purchase military equipment and vehicles from other nations.  Purchasing Guns, Tanks, War Boats and military aeroplanes in order to strengthen the Air Force, Navy and Ground Forces respectively, along with Anti-Aircraft equipment.  Under New Government Policy, Special Tarrifs are implaced on Oil sales to specific countries. Crown-Prinice Hassan visits the UK.
 * South Africa: Work continues of project Shaka Zulu. Production of weapons and the sale of arms continues to Israel. Many more saboteurs are captured and executed on the spot. The war in the north continues. We would like for Rhodesia to transfer Robert Mugabe and other top ZANU officials to Robben Island where they can converse with fellow black "nationalist". There is public outrage over SWAPO as a mine has blown up a school bus of children. We begin to take precautions every time we use the roads in area's where guerilla's are active.
 * DR Congo:  Dirigism is adopted as the State Ideology by Joseph Mobutu. The economy is heavily industrializes, and Mobutu has dreams for an African Superpower. North and South Kivu are given more rights, to prevent a rebellion. T55 tanks from the Lumumba era are reverse engineered, as Lumumba I tanks. Joseph Mobutu, despite having overthrown Patrice Lumumba, greatly regrets doing so, as has been trying to restore his image not as a Communist but as a Congolese patriot. Mobutu wishes he could have taught Lumumba about Dirigism rather than allow him to be executed. Many critics of the state call is a Quasi-Fascist Technocracy, however, it is having great economic growth, and will continue to develop very fast.
 * United States: Operation Harambe is continued, with operations in the north drawn down in favor of intensification along the Ho Chi Minh trail as well as surging further troops into the active combat zones between the security areas. In a joint assault, the USAF and USN triangulate onto rail infrastructure and military airfields throughout North Vietnam. This is designed to continued to prevent sufficient logistical aid from the Chinese to make up for the expected mass starvation and as well as continued denial of foreign imports of war materials (Haiphong remains mined, and unconstrained strategic strikes continue).
 * Domestically, the 1968 campaign season comes to a close with the election of California Governor Ronald Wilson Reagan on a platform of law and order, victory in Vietnam, reforming the welfare state and finishing the issue of civil rights. Until January however, Johnson remains in the White House and continues his policies. Giving the full green light to FBI director Hoover, a full blown effort is made to continue the crackdown on Black militant groups after evidence of foreign support is discovered in the waning months of the year. In tandem with National Guard troops, several groups are busted while others are compromised via COINTELPRO operatives. Elsewhere, funding continues for the XMBT-815 project, with a tentative design reached and a hoped for prototype expected by 1973. Air Defense Command continues on slowly regaining lost ground from the 1950s, redeveloping its capabilities while the NIKE ABM defense shield is likewise undergoing a rebirth with new systems being deployed. SAC meanwhile has begun to increase readiness, as well as update existing air frames in case of future conflict, while also expediting acquisition for newer ICBM designs.


 * PRC Diplomacy: The People's Republic of China requests that president-elect Ronald Reagan ceases the indiscriminate targeting of civilians in Vietnam or the blood of American pilots will be in his hands.
 * United States of America: The United State rebuffs this attempt at Chinese intimidation, and points to established international precedents from the Second World War that justify our targeting campaign. If the PRC were to withdraw its material support for the NVA and begin supporting a two state solution in a peace agreement, the US could be convinced to halt further bombing efforts.
 * PRC Diplomacy: China will be more than happy to broker a ceasefire, but American bombers MUST stop the indiscriminate targeting of civilians before a peace deal can be considered. Otherwise, the blood of American pilots will in your hands, Mr. President.
 * United States of America: As a precaution, we hereby place our nuclear forces on alert status. We also hereby refute the notion that we are targeting civilians, and instead point to the nature of our strikes as well as hereby notify China that any attacks will be considered an act of war with all that entails.


 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Wahabbi and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE, Oman and Sudan and Somalia by sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Sudan, Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to collages and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan,and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Whabbi faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria, these group are asked to protest for war with Israel in the UAR. Imams are sent to Moroccan rebels along with some arms, as Imams work on creating a united rebel faction. Imam Hassan goes to Yemen and Jordan and train with Rebel faction uniting them under a group named "Ikhwan". We begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use looking for the means of making Urimunim or Platoium looking into the black market. Islamist Leaders in Libya ride the wave of revolt in Libya taking in place of the now gone Arab leaders seats holding Anti-Israeli/Western Protest demanding any hostile action to Israel and the rise of green flags in supported areas, while a group of 2,000 Ikhwan go to angry areas of major cities giving out food,money, and spreading Whabbi ideas aiming for young men and military officers as they tell people to learn about there deen (religion) before going into war. the group Ikhwan is sent to Libya and Sudan to bomb Raido sations promoting Arab ideas. The Saudi begin to work on a missile program testing our missile ideas. The Saudis send 5,000 riot troops to Libya in case anything happen.  Radio Al Hawk is made and is spread into the Arab World spreading Whabbi ideas.  The Grand Mosuqe is worked on with the oil money to expand the Grand Mosque.Communist Factions in Arabia are stomped out via declearing them herotics having the Ikhwan kill them or sending them out of Arabia, this tactic is i used mostly on leaders. The Saudi Airforce is sent to attack into S. Yemen bombing Pro Communist Factions,while 30,000 are sent in to counter any communist move in and push out Unionist factions out of Yemen,while the Ikhwan is sent to unite Anti Unionist faction. The army is sent to do serach and destory missions on Unionist and UAR troops, Saudi planes use Chaff to counter MANPAD. We begin to call for forgein fighters using the Ikhwan to get people arcoss Arabia and N. Africa. (secret) We ask the US for Arms to counter Communist Factions . We ask France for SS.10 rockets (MOD)
 * United States of America: We resume relations with Saudi Arabia, and begin shipping arms once again to support the House of Saud. Particular focus is given to AT and AA weapon systems, in order to give the Saudis an edge against their Communist enemies.
 * North Vietnam responds to continued American aggression with a twofold propaganda offensive. First, in South Vietnam, Vietcong cadres emphasize the civilian casualties and mass deforestation inflicted by indiscriminate US bombing, particularly the My Lai massacre, which is used as the centrepiece of a new campaign to gain support. Meanwhile, the corruption and ineffectiveness of the South Vietnamese government, and particularly its discrimination against peasants and Buddhists in favour of a Catholic elite, is emphasized. The Viet Cong contrast their peasant origins and good treatment of the general population with their enemies' brutality. Meanwhile, internationally, North Vietnam reiterates that South Vietnam is illegitimate and that its leaders lack a democratic mandate, while similarly emphasizing the brutality of American actions. Letters are written to American newspapers and other public appeals are made asking why the lower classes of the US are being conscripted to defend a brutal regime in a foreign country by committing atrocities against innocent civilians. In response to the interdiction of the Ho Chi Minh trail, the Vietcong refocus on transporting supplies by individual infiltrators in civilian disguise, who can easily evade American and South Vietnamese troops. When such people are killed, the deaths are emphasized as further atrocities against civilians. Additionally, antiaircraft artillery is concentrated to respond to US bombings, and explicit efforts are made to capture as many American troops and pilots as possible, although they are treated well and this treatment publicized in contrast with South Vietnamese brutality against Northern prisoners. Logistics within the North remain stable as it has always relied on horse-drawn or water transport and its thus minimally harmed by infrastructure damage. North Vietnam asks China and the USSR to supply it with surface-to-air and antitank missiles. It also asks that China provide it with volunteer pilots and aircraft to aid its war effort, noting that if the US can intervene in Vietnam, so can other states.
 * PRC Diplomacy: We have already sent 100,000 troops, 45 Type 59 tanks, 55 Type 63 light tanks, 7 of our new Type 63 APCs, 30 Type 59-1 artillery guns, 70 J-2 fighters, 30 Mi-171C helicopters and 40 H-5 bombers earlier. We will begin delivery of at least 100 Type 63 AA guns and 170 additional J-2 fighters as soon as possible with their respective pilots and personnel.
 * United States of America: In light of this attempt to subvert the US domestic scene, the Federal Government is hereby instituting Press Censorship and controls to maintain clear information on the conduct of the war and to prevent Communist propaganda from being attempted on US citizens. Further, we urge North Vietnam to consider that with the recent destruction of the Red River dams, 20% of your national food production has been destroyed along with the closure of your ports to weapon imports.
 * PRC Diplomacy: We would also like to remind the United States that what they are causing is a severe humanitarian crisis on levels not seen since the Second World War. As a result, we demand that any bombings of North Vietnam cease before proceeding with peace negotiations.
 * North Vietnam is amused at American hypocrisy and uses this new development to emphasize the nonexistence of the freedoms that the United States supposedly stands for in propaganda both in North and South Vietnam and covertly in the United States. Though unconcerned by American bombings since it has long produced a rice surplus, it does warn that the United States that it will shoot an American prisoner for every North Vietnamese who starves as a result of American terror bombing.
 * PRC Diplomacy: The PRC requests that the United States ceases their bombing of civilians before proceeding to peace negotiations. However, the PRC would like to request that North Vietnam show restraint until a resolution to this crisis is found. If not, then North Vietnam is authorised to do whatever is necessary to achieve victory.
 * In response to the Chinese request, North Vietnam rescinds its order to execute prisoners and expresses its willingness to negotiate, but emphasizes that a precondition for negotiations is American withdrawal from Laos and South Vietnam.
 * PRC Diplomacy: China stands with these terms for the future of Vietnam, along with a gradual unification process.
 * United Arab Republic: Economic and military technology improves. Industrial production is strengthened to process natural resources throughout the Republic, increasing their value abroad. These processed goods are shipped to sell to nations in Western Europe and East Asia. The Arab Socialist Union is re-elected in all of its constituent states. The PLO is made the official government of Palestine, although as a party it is carefully merged into the ASU. Private organizations create community centers to help people in their poverty in major cities like Cairo, Aleppo and Bethlehem. Most of the centers are run by Islamic organizations, except one center in Alexandria that is organized by the Coptic Church. More economic support and weaponry are sent into Yemen. Ahmed Ali organizes the Yemeni infantry and tank units in a push to secure the Ziyadi region, while the Red Sea navy closes in to Aden. Russian fighters from the Yom Kippur War are brought in to secure air superiority over the Arab forces. Nasser arranges a meeting with representatives from South Yemen, working out the organization of their nation and military to better improve their livelihood. Marxist groups are outlawed from the nation, as Nasser himself remains with using moderately socialist economic policies. Support is also sent to the Arab nationalist movements in Sudan and Libya. The Republic works to keep good relations with the Saudi Government.
 * Saudi Dip: We demand the UAR to leave the red sea as we send our navy out into the red sea, while Saudi troops and rebels, along with the Ikwhan are sent to the Ziyadi region planting mines and using RPGs to counter the tank push, and AA weaporny is placed in Yemen to counter Russian jets.
 * Turkey: Wahhabist ideas are entering this regularly secularist country. Many Wahhabist recruitings are focusing on getting the top ranks of the Turkish military as Wahhabis. Meanwhile, there are small protests (due to the country mostly being secular) for Sharia law. **Player Response: The Turkish Wahhabis request more funding from Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the military continues to be strengthen.
 * Saudi dip: We sent the Ikhwan and Muslim Brotherhood faction to help set up base in Turkey

1969.0
''' During the Presidential inauguration ceremony of Ronald Reagan, Reagan is shot and killed by a sniper in the employ of China. The sniper's shot is heard by the occupants of the building where the sniper had made his nest and the sniper is captured alive. He admits his links to China to avoid the death penalty and his links to them are further substantiated. This leads to outrage amongst Americans with them calling for war while the Vice President is sworn in. '''

''' Prague falls to advancing Warsaw Pact forces swiftly and Dubeck is removed and a brief period of occupation ends when the situation has been resolved. '''

''' In North Vietnam the appearance of China's air force and AA defences helps to increase US air casualties tempoarily in the North of North Vietnam although the US continue with their aggressive air campaign leading to high civilian casualties due to starvation. In South Vietnam renewed North Vietnam efforts leads to a minor growth in insurgency but the US efforts keep up pressure. Fighting in South Vietnam continues. '''

''' Sudan has a coup led by Gaafar Nimeiry who is pro- UAR but does not join it while there is resistance by Whabbi supporters the Sudanesse troops crack down against them with the expulsion of all Whabbi influences although the Ikwhan fight back leading to an insurgency. '''

''' Revolutionary fevours contuines to run high in Libya. '''

''' In South Yemen there is shots exchanged between UAR and Saudi navies while a number of aircraft are shot down by both sides and while the UAR takes the Ziyadi region there is high casualties with the Ikhwan fighting an effective asymmetric war and having troops remaining behind fighting as insurgents. '''

''' Martial law is declared in Madrid as the government cracks down. '''

''' British troops are deployed to Northern Ireland to support local forces. '''

''' Several Rhodesian black resistance leaders who are being held captive are handed over the South Africans where they are moved to Robben island. '''

Turkey: The Wahhabist Radio continues to broadcast. However, the Government is ignoring the Wabbahist radio, as they hope for the Wahhabists to crush and ruin the image the moderate Islamists and Neo-Ottomans. However, little do they know, this is backfiring, as Wahhabism is continuing to gain popularity along a dissatisfied populace that sees the failure of the secularists, and who does not like the Arab nationalists. The Wahhabists create a secret armed wing that is about 25,000 strong and growing, mostly focused on converting the moderate muslims and neo ottomans, and while avoided clashes with Turkish Government. However, they assassinate Alparslan Türkeş, leader of the newly founded grey wolves, who blame it on the moderate muslims and the less nationalistic faction of the government, leading for many members of those groups to look to the Wahhabists for protection. The Grey Wolves are ruthlessly carrying out killings all over the country in retaliation, alienating the populace against nationalism, and pushing them more towards Islamism. Both sides begin to push to the extreme more. However, the killings done by the Grey Wolves are alienating the populace away from secular nationalism.

DDR:We lessen the amouth off border troops on the Bundesrepublik Deutschland we also will allow any DDR national over the age off 70 to leave our country for poland or West Germany We also will send even with our deep distrust off the USA we send the mayor off weimar and we hope that relation between me the USA and West-Germany will become better we also ask them to reconise oder neise line as border between me and poland

Sino-American War (American Perspective): 

The United States has repeatedly in its history, up to this point, been forced to replace a chief executive due to untimely demise. Less so, but still having done so before, is used to assassination. Never before, however, had clear links been established linking an assassin to a foreign state actor. With the murder of newly installed President Reagan by assailants of the Communist Chinese security services, the United States for the first time felt compelled to put the Eisenhower doctrine to use. In short, the concept of Massive Retaliation as laid out by that Administration defined that in such situations as these, the US must respond in kind.

To that end, President (Formerly Vice President) James Rhodes orders that US forces be placed on DEFCON 1 standing with all branches ordered to disperse and secure themselves in case of retaliatory strikes. With this, the US Air Force begins using secondary airfields, civilian airports, and even stretches of the Highway system. This is aided by a declaration of Martial Law, with key infrastructure being taken over by the military, civilians being advised to stay close to Fallout shelters, and FEMA being activated in case of the aforementioned air strikes. The US Navy meanwhile, scrambles all Naval units capable of doing so and sends its various fleets on erratic courses in order to lessen the risk to them.

On January 22, Strategic Air Command begins Operation Firestick or Operation Plan 1968C (OP68C). Hundreds of B-52s, having long since reached their jumping off point for the assault, begin heading east towards their targets. Most would arrive in several hours, although some reach their targets sooner than others. In Vietnam, hundreds of Navy and Air Force aircraft launch their attacks on Chinese positions throughout the North. The vast majority of the weapons are tactical in nature and used to devastate the large Chinese formations. Enhanced radioactivity weapons are also dropped along the Sino-Vietnamese border, in order to form what General Douglas MacArthur once called “A cordon of radioactivity” while Haiphong is destroyed by strategic weapons. This is done to cut off any access of retreat or resupply for the PLA formations in the nature, which are left reeling after mass tactical nuclear weapons are used against them.

Further North, the missile portions of the US nuclear arsenal come into play. Four US Navy submarines, each carrying a payload of US atomic munitions, surface in the South China Sea and east of Taiwan. Combined they are able to lob 64 missiles at the People’s Republic of China, with a megatonnage of 40 (17 Short of the Tsar Bomba test in 1961). Soon after, a further 60 ICBMs from the US homeland join them in wreaking destruction upon China. The targets of the 124 missiles is strategic Chinese command and control sites, air bases, military facilities, and suspected nuclear targets. This is the counterforce portion of the American two step nuclear attack, designed to destroy the Chinese ability to respond in any meaningful way and as such destroy China’s ability to continue to function as a government. The coming countervalue strike, or second phase of the assault, is to eliminate Chinese civilization as it is then known. As of now, Beijing is the only Chinese major city destroyed in full due to its considerable strategic value overall, although several smaller cities are destroyed due to their closeness to military/government targets in other places. Shanghai and Fuzhou, for example, are heavily damaged as a result of such.

Several hours laters, the BUFFs of Strategic Air Command reach their targets in China. Designed as a low level penetrator with the intention of breaking through the multi-layer Soviet defensive screen of literally hundreds of radar equipped SAMs and thousands of defensive fighters, the B-52s find China to be a comparatively much easier target to infiltrate with their cargoes of death than the one they have trained for since their service branch’s formation. China is militarily behind in such categories, and is in the throws of the Cultural Revolution which have seen Stalinist level purges of officers. To this end, these factors help the 320 American planes. Over the next several hours, the areas of Chinese population and industry are systematically targeted for nuclear destruction. The first to be gutted are the Coastal cities, vital ports for the Chinese people and also the most wealthy thanks to said ties to the world along with their nascent industry. US planners expects dozens of millions killed in these initial attacks alone, and as the B-52s pierce inwards, SAC targeting experts predict the death toll to reach into the hundreds of millions.

Within 36 hours, the main phase of OP68C is finished. By this point, SAC expects the lack of a functioning medical care system likely has killed many millions of wounded from the attacks. US aircraft carriers begin moving north, and any targets missed or needing additional attention along the coasts receive nuclear attacks by Navy pilots. The death toll, once again, is expected to rise.

2,650 total weapons have been used at this point. total warhead usage is closer to 2,80 while mega-tonnage is around 1,000.......

“For I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds…..”

'''Kingdom of Libya: Following the coup in Sudan, the Government begins a crackdown on all Revolutionary areas. Under Royal and Government Order, rebellious Libyan Generals or Commanders that have Arab-Nationalist tendencies or anti-Government sympathies are ever arrested or heavily monitored in order to scent out revolution. Prime Minister Gaddafi publicly condemns the coup in Sudan and sends aid to counter-revolutionary forces. '''The Libyan National Petroleum Company (LNPC) continues drilling projects across established petroleum zones across the nation, producing almost 56% of revenue in the Libyan Petroleum Market. Petroleum continues to be the largest export. However investment and promotion of the Natural Gas Market with the creation of the Libyan National Natural Gas Corporation (LNNGC). The Ministry of Petroleum Affairs to explore possible oil sources, throughout the nation, while authorising the LNC to set up new drills in already firmly established petroleum zones. '''The Government increases absolute funding on healthcare and public education, especially in disillusioned and impoverished areas of the country. The Five-Year Plan is continued. '''Promoting the Petroleum, Luxury and Tourism sectors of the economy. Industrialisation projects under the Five-Year Plan continue and have their spending increased in urban areas like Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Railway and train lines are opened across the country, and bus and taxi services begin throughout major cities. '''A Massive Industrialisation and Infrastructure project, joint-funded by the UK, France and Italy. '''Building roads, oil pipes, towns and houses across the nation. '''Prime Minister Gaddafi continues projects to create a sense of Libyan Nationalism under the Monarchy especially to the younger generations. This is most evident in the Education system. '''The Government continues to purchase military equipment and vehicles from foreign nations. Purchasing Navy, Air Force and Ground Force vehicles and equipment for the military. The Government increases military and defense spending. '''Prime Minister Gaddafi and his cabinet, King Idris and over government officials condemn the assassination of Ronald Reagan in an open letter to the public. Crown-Prince Hassan and others visit the USA to attend the funeral. '''

SAudi dip:we call for Libya to be ready for war with the UAR,in case we are invaded

People's Republic of China (Pre-Sino-American War):  Military buildup and economic expansion continue, while the Cultural Revolution also continues. Meanwhile, the order to assasinate Reagan is carried out, though later on, things go awry..... The Sino-American War (PRC Perspective):  As American strategic bombers and ICBMs are launched, word is sent to Mao of the ensuing American nuclear barrage, who orders the launch of all available SRBMs and MRBMs towards Seoul, Tokyo, Inchon, Pusan, Daegu, Daejeon, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Saporro. Multiple H-5A bombers are launched shortly after towarsd Tokyo, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka, Sendai, Kochi, Chiba, American military bases in Okinawa, Yokota AFB, Sasebo Naval Base, Misawa AFB, and Osan AFB. Immediately after they take off, the new H-6A bombers are sent towards Anchorage, Nome, Honololu, Fairbanks, Eielson AFB and Elmendorf AFB. As the American missiles reach their targets and Mao is evacuated towards the 816 Nuclear Military Plant, where he awaits for the firestorm to clear out. The targets are meant to be hit with extreme prejudice and impunity with a combination of airburst strikes and surface detonations to occur.  The warheads detonate in Seoul, Tokyo, Inchon, Pusan, Daegu, 3 km west of Daejeon, 3 warheads in Tokyo, Hiroshima, 5 warheads in Kyoto, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Yokohama, 19 km north of Saporro, Yokota AFB, 700 metres north of Sasebo Naval Base, Misawa AFB, 4 warheads Hololulu, 2 Fairbanks, Anchorage, Elmendorf AFB, 6 km west of Eielson AFB, and Kochi. The remainder of the warheads either fail to detonate or the bombers en route are shot down by American pilots. In the end, an estimated 14,430 kt to 55,500 kt worth of TNT are detonated by the time the ash clears and the radiation ensues. <p style="font-weight:normal;">Mod: Not your decision.


 * <p style="font-weight:normal;">United States of America (Sino-American War): With US allies in the Pacific as well as American States having been directly attacked by Chinese forces, the US activates its second strike capability. Using satellite and SIGINT to have identified surviving Chinese military facilities, the US launches Phase II of Operation Firestick. Another US SSBN surfaces in the Pacific, and unleashes its cargo of 16 SLBMs in addition to another 15 from the mainland against a mixture of remaining PLA Command and Control as well as their bases (In particular, their airfields) as well as against suspected WMD-related buildings. In the hours following, a return mission by 120 B-52s is made upon surviving civilian targets within the People's Republic of China. A further 350 megatons of Nuclear explosives are dropped within China, while the radiation cordon between it and North Vietnam is strengthened by the use of enhanced radioactivity weapons along the Viet-Sino border. <p style="font-weight:normal;">People's Republic of China (Post-Sino-American War): As the months pass, and the radiation settles, Mao Zhedong is found leading China from the 816 Nuclear Military Plant, and effectively orders China's surviving PLA troops to eliminate invaders and restore order to the country. However, many generals disobey direct orders, leaving the PLA to an estimated active personnel count of 600,000, not including the PLA forces stranded in Vietnam, which have now joined the NVA. With this, Mao begins to attempt to restore order to Beijing and the surrounding area.


 * <p style="font-weight:normal;">Addendum #1: As the Soviet traitors begin their crossing of our obliterated borders, we begin to order the defence of the Chinese homeland, and begin to use tactics similar to those in the Chinese Civil War with our People's Army principle. Our forces attempt to delay the Soviet advance and begin the process of preparing for a major counteroffensive as the Soviets take casualties, but so do our remaining forces and the various new warlords across the country.


 * USSR: As the Chinese counter- attack as we said we would do to the ideological traitors and capitalist spies. We prepare a series of strikes totalling 1,500mt of nuclear force. Our first strikes are tactical using smaller scale weapons delivered by aircraft and SBM against assembling Chinese formations as air burst weapons designed to maximise casualties for people in the open while strikes against roads and railways leading to Northern China are targeted. As tactical strikes continue while Chinese forces assemble. Then large scale strategic strikes begin. Dozens of cities and populated areas are targeted by strategic nuclear strikes onto cities. Bio weapons in the form of tularaemia, smallpox and anthrax are deployed into the south east of China.


 * North Vietnam is, of course, badly damaged by repeated American nuclear strikes within Vietnam, which kill several hundred thousand people, mainly in Haiphong. Luckily, sufficient numbers of American aircraft are shot down by SAMs and Chinese pilots to allow the surviving Chinese troops to move north to provide aid within China, and the Vietnamese military is largely undamaged, except for those troops killed incidentally as a result of being near targeted Chinese troops. The death of much of the Politburo in the American strikes leads Ho Chi Minh to appoint Vo Nguyen Giap, hero of the war of independence, to restore order as interior minister. The nationalist banner of the Viet Minh is revived to gain support in explicitly nationalist appeals. Mass labour is mobilized to cordon off the fairly limited irradiated zones and to reconstruct the Red River Dams along with reserve dams. Key infrastructure is surrounded by massive concentrations of antiaircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles, while efforts to conceal factories and move trains exclusively at night are systematically put in place. Ho Chi Minh reiterates Vietnam's commitment to war, noting that almost everyone in Vietnam has now lost a family member to American atrocities. He proclaims the war a personal crusade of vengeance, not just a war of national liberation. North Vietnam continues to treat American prisoners well, and contrasts this in propaganda with American brutality against civilians. In the South, the insurgency continues, with efforts to infiltrate the ARVN redoubled. Both class-based and religion-based appeals are made to gain support against the anti-Buddhist, anti-peasant South Vietnamese government. Additionally, Vietnam deploys a combination of surviving Chinese troops and its military northward into Yunnan, Tibet, Hainan and Guangxi to restore order and to defend the territorial integrity of its ally, occupying these areas and bringing the PLA under control. These troops move through Northern Laos and through the many areas along the Sino-Viet border which, due to its mountainous nature, were left unaffected by radioactivity. The Soviet Union is asked for support including SAMs, planes and pilots, and to deploy nuclear weapons to Vietnam (under Soviet control) as a precaution against further strikes.
 * United Arab Republic:  Industrial technologies are implemented in regions such as Iraq, Syria, and Egypt for extracting resources for private companies, to improve the industrial sector of the economy. The military continues to be upgraded by copying technology borrowed from the Soviet Union. This is especially used in tank units produced in Egypt and Jordan. The majority of the nation's income, due to the large socialist programs, are still foreign aid, exports, and tourism. President Nasser implements a plan to reduce exports of materials and utilize more domestic products inside the nation. In order to compensate for the decrease in income, Nasser expands the tourist industry, and starts a new campaign for TourEgypt.  Financial support is sent to the Nimeiry, with personal congradulations from Nasser himself. The military in Yemen pulls back to take a defensive line in central Yemen and put down the Wahhabi infiltration before proceeding in the campaign. Permission from the South Yemen government is asked to send boots on the ground to end the insurgency.  Support and propeganda is sent across north Africa. Nasser uses the red phone in Cairo to give his personal condolences to the US president. Russian planes are used to support the troops on the ground in Yemen, while bringing in the modernized Surface-To-Air missle systems to secure air superiority. The state department ask for an alliance with Turkey to secure nationalism in the Middle East. Maxists continue to be outlawed and purged from the nation, especially in light of the Marxists in the independence faction of South Yemen.
 * Saudi Arabia: king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Saud Petroleum Company (SPC) continues drilling projects across established petroleum zones across the nation, The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Islamist and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman, and Sudan and Somalia by sending 3,000 Imams across Arabia and 5,000 to Libya and Yemeni tribes loyal to the king and improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to colleges and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan,and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters, Money is sent to Islamist faction in S. Yemen and the Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt and Syria. We begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use looking for the means of making Urimunim or Platinum looking into the black market. the group Ikhwan is sent to Libya and Sudan to bomb Radio stations promoting Arab ideas. The Saudi begin to work on a missile program testing our missile ideas.  Radio Al Hawk is made and is spread into the Arab World spreading Islamist ideas.  The Grand Mosque is worked on with the oil money to expand the Grand Mosque.Communist Factions in Arabia are stomped out via declaring them heretics having the Ikhwan kill them or sending them out of Arabia, this tactic is used mostly on leaders. We send invites to Chines scientest to Arabia to flee from the nuclear war and get paid to help make weaponry, while we begin to spread the idea of an Islamic Republic in Ugyri areas in China sending Imam Hassan to help cause a rebllion.King Fasial sends a letter to give condolences.In Sudan the Ikhwan rises up in arm renaming them self the Ghurban Al-Sudan (as the Sudanese Wing), going to Darfur and out of Urban areas attacking Sudanese military targets. The Saudi Airforce is sent to attack into S. Yemen bombing Pro Communist Factions,while 30,000 are sent in to counter any communist move in and push out Unionist factions out of Yemen, while the Ikhwan is sent to unite Anti-Unionist faction. Saudi planes use Chaff to counter MANPAD. We begin to call for foreign fighters using the Ikhwan to get people across Arabia and N. Africa. As UAR troops and Unionist hold their ground to fight the Ikhwan we began "Operation Ramadan" as we begin a full-scale attack onto the Ziyadi having Saudi air cover and having troops target UAR heavy weaponry and pushing into the region, as the Ikhwan bomb roads and means to backup troops. The SAudiNavy is order to not fire unless fired upon.
 * **Turkish Response: We send in 35,000 troops into North Yemen to prevent Marxist South Yemen from taking over, and we are a member of Nato, so if Saudi attacks our troops, you attack Nato as well. Currently, we are only attacking South Yemeni troops, which we are air striking, not Saudi Arabia, however, if saudi arabia fires a single shot at us, NATO will intervene. We warn Saudi Arabia that we have the capability to wipe out their air force and defenses if they resist. We currently are attacking ONLY the South Yemenis and not the Saudis, however, if the Saudis make us do so, we will do so.
 * Saudi Dip: the king says "how can you not kill Saudi troops we are mixed with with Yemeni allie"  the Saudi army is told to keep fighting as before harder and stronger, the king sends 10,000 more troops to support the Ramadan attack, we call for protest in Turkey using the new Islamist to protest in Istanbul and Ankara as forgein fighters go to Yemen.
 * Turkish Dip: We have no choice but to begin a massive bombing campaign with Nato. We immdietly begin the mass bombing of Saudi Airbases to prevent their relation. 15,000 troops are sent into Yemen. Saudi Tank positions are bombed heavily. The final group we bomb is the Saudi Navy, which is expected to be wiped out in a month. **We request UAR help in the final push against Marxist South Yemen.
 * ' ​' UAR dip: The high command received the new strategy and pushes for a full scale push for South Yemen
 * Saudi with the news of the UAR and Turkey bombing of cities,we begin to sent jets to bomb turkish cites in the south via misslie strikes (as we had a misslie program). The saudi navy is armed with AA and begin to fire on UAR navy ships, as we begin to fight Turkish and UAR jets over the red sea and Yemen, as the Ikhwan in N. Yemen go into urban areas taking attack troops and begin to hold land.Saudi airbases are armed with AA (also war don't say nato is helping you nor say my navy will be wiped out in a month)
 * Turkey: First of all, we laugh at the claim that we are bombing cities, which is entirely false. Second, we are bombing your missile systems in reponse to your indiscriminate bombing of Turkish cities, and in a rare move, Turkish Islamists condem the strikes, and people join the military on a mass scale. We begin bombing Saudi Military positions and bases (about the same scale the US did to Iraq during the Gulf War). 15,000 more troops are sent into Yemen to help invade South Yemen, and we launch strikes at your AA guns. Also, we continue to strike your navy, and will do so, even if it won't be finished in a month.
 * Turkey(important): We halt airstrikes on Saudi Arabia, but we won't leave Yemen.
 * Turkey(update): We completely withdraw from helping UAR, and upon realization that we were accidentally helping communists, we begin air striking the Commuinst Forces in Yemen.
 * Saudi dip: with the update the Saudis ask for Turkey to pay for there attacks, while the Saudis send aid workers to Turkey to help fix the damage we have caused. The Ikhawan and Army begin to islamize rebel factions in Yemen to the idea of an Islamic Republic or unity with Arabia.


 * Kuwait: Leaks of an intended UAR attack on Kuwait reaches our ears while this may be falsified wahabist propaganda intended to gain support it none a less sends a panic into the nation. Anti pan-arabism spreads like a wildfire in the nation fearing for the loss of their right to self determination. The nation does not intend to take light of these rumours and begins to mobilize their army. Well we wait and see news of the Nuclear warfare between the USA and PRC gives more validity to these rumours. We ask the rest of NATO to protect us from the Egyptian menace.


 * USSR: With the rapid strike on China and subsequent breakdown in law and order the USSR is greatly concerned by the attack although it agrees that US was entitled to attack due to China's murder of the American president acting as a clear declaration of war. With China have effectively collapsed the Politburo makes a decision to move into Northern China to preserve law and order. It argues this new government is not legitimate and the Mao is really dead in the nuclear attack and that is an impostor in his place and so no should follow his orders. Mongolia are offered Inner Mongolia (Mod response) in exchange for allowing Soviet troops to use their country as a staging ground. The first Soviet attack is on the 1st February is an attack through Mongolia to Huludao cutting a slice through northern China with 150,000 men in the attack and nuclear weapons are readied for tactical use against Chinese formations they should be used as air burst to avoid much of the fireball hitting the ground. Once they have reached the coast more forces will have arrive by then leading to a multi sided attack on the pocket in north eastern China comprising total forces of 600,000. Once we have consolidated Manchuria we then launch our next offensive into Inner Mongolia which we don't hold with around 400,000 troops. We also start a drive down the Hotan river from Kyrgyzstan. We hope to be in control of Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and parts of Uyghuristan If large and easy Chinese troop concentrations engage Soviet forces they will be nuked along with strategic attacks on China's cities to force it to back down. As reserves are called up the army reaches 2.5 million men. Support for fighting Yemen is briefly held back while fighting in China and support to North Vietnam is forced to end.
 * Mod Mongolia: Mongolia agrees to allow the Soviets to use Mongolia as a staging ground in exchange for Inner Mongolia.


 * S.Vietnam:We start to pass legislations, giving the government more power. We also start to bump up military spending and finally we start to arm the S.vietnam-Cambodia Border with barbed wire and mines. We also start increasing our economic ties with the western world
 * South Africa: We continue to fight the rebels while the ANC sabotage attacks start to die down. We feel we are close to a nuclear bomb (we shall detonate our nuke in 1970.5) We continue to do cross border raids into Tanzania and Zambia. Right now most Jews have left our country for Israel with ships of arms. We send our condolences to those who have died in the nuclear strikes and to the death of Mr. Reagan.

1969.5
''' In China a war has broken out between 3 of the major world powers. Nuclear attacks leave China devastated militarily and in the civilian realm with casualties in civilians reaching 130 million mainly in cities where the bulk of industry is as well as in the South East of China where an outbreak of disease proves deadly. China's retaliatory strikes hit Anchorage and Honolulu killing 40,000 while also hitting South Korea and Japan killed a few million in each country. While damage is made to some bases in Alaska. Climatic changes affect China heavily with much of Asia also being affected with drops in temperature by several degrees. This leads to famine in China, Siberia and South East Asia. '''

 Invading Soviet forces move through China with Chinese forces  

''' not slowing them down sufficiently for Soviet forces to reach the coast. A planned large counter attack is broken up by a nuclear strike scattering the planned attack. Soviet forces suffer roughly 200,000 casualties during fighting while Chinese casualties reach around 800,000. Soviet forces control Manchuria, Inner Mongolia and the Hotan river. '''

''' In America and the USSR many are people surprised by the scale of violence against China even though the US was attacked and the USSR covers up the true extent of their attacks but in both countries there are minor protests. '''

''' In North Vietnam the nuclear cordon means communication wit China is limited although North Vietnam continues the fight alone with many people angry about the scale of US attacks in South Vietnam leading to a rise in support for the Viet Cong. '''

''' There is a coup by Colonel Gadaffi in Libya as the government tries to crack down on pro- Arabs. The King is killed but with Prince Hassan in the US he can flee to Saudi Arabia while Whabbi units and pro- capatlist resist the coup and fight back (Libyan player now has the choice of playing as government in exile or as the new regime) leading to an insurgency by the Ikhwan. '''

''' In Sudan the insurgency gains ground as an attack on the Dafur send the military into temporary confusion until it can regain control of the area. '''

''' In South Yemen the war contuines with a major Saudi assault which while retakes the area leads to the destruction of most of the Saudi air force involved. '''

DDR:There happend a pro reunification coup by some more moderate socialist member off goverment and they call for reunification with west germany (Mod Response)under their control they are let the NVA leave North-vietnam they also let all border troops except 1 000 go to the army to help the unrest if there is a reunification the leaders off the coup also say that they will hand over power to the DDR leaders if they will ad democratic elements into goverment
 * United Arab Republic: Towards the end of summer, Ahmed Ismail Ali executes a strategic withdraw from the region taken by the Saudi Government, recovering as much equipment as possible. After the high command is notified as to the depleted state of the Saudi military, a new invasion of more full assault is launched into the region to take back south Yemen for the nationalist supporters. The same equipment is brought from before, with the addition of greater reliance on bomber planes to take out tank divisions from the air. A small taskforce is sent with larger financial support to help secure Darfur for the Sudan nationalists. Nasser declares his support for Gadaffi, and sends hardware military equipment to help him put down the royalist faction. Support is asked again from the Nationalist Turkish government. The tourism industry continues to grow in Egypt, creating more tourists from southern Europe and Britain to view the Pyramids and other sites. This slowly compensates for the increased domestic consumption of the natural resources of the Middle East, which decreases commercial exports. Socialist policies continues to improve standard of living in the republic. The ministry of the interior works to install more trees on the Nile to stop desertification in Egypt. The minister of the interior is strongly concerned about the recent nuclear strikes in east Asia, and makes a public statement warning about the climactic issues this could face to the third world if it continues. 
 * Turkey: Realizing that we have been deceived by the UAR and have been accidentally helping communists, we switch sides and send in 100 troops to protect South Yemen.
 * Saudi dip:We ask Turkey to send in more troops
 * Saudi Arabia:
 * (In nation)king Fasil OTL begins to modernize the nation, with banning Slavery and working on improving cities and allowing Women into the school system. The new Whabbi Imam Hassan Ali Talib is known as the moving Imam as he is known for moving and giving out speeches across Arabia. Along with opening relationship with the UAR. The Saud Petroleum Company (SPC) continues drilling projects across established petroleum zones across the nation. We begin to work on a nuclear program for peaceful use looking for the means of making Urianium or Platinum looking into the black market, we begin to work on a space program as scientist work to get a rocket in L.O.E. The King fear the aftermath of the war in China and says he heart is out for the people.
 * (our "cold war")The Whabbi ideas are spread across Arabia, along with exporting it to Libya with the idea of an Arab Islamic Unity. We send the US the idea of Oil trading as we become an Oil powerhouse. Anti-Baathist ideas are spread across Saudi Arabia giving the idea of Islamist and the idea of Islamic Unity these ideas are sent to the UAE,Oman,the group works to improve the relationship with people by opening mosques and working on improving Poor areas and the slowly work on winning hearts and mind, most of the young followers are sent to colleges and university to rival other factions in the university. We send arms to Anti-Republic factions in N. Yemen and Jordan,and send 500 Saudi advisors under the cover of foreign fighters. Radio Al Hawk is made and is spread into the Arab World spreading Islamist ideas.  The Grand Mosque is worked on with the oil money to expand the Grand Mosque.Communist Factions in Arabia are stomped out via declaring them heretics having the Ikhwan kill them or sending them out of Arabia, this tactic is used mostly on leaders. We send invitations to Chinese scientist to Arabia to flee from the nuclear war and get paid to help make weaponry. the Ghurban Al Sudan sets up at there own min state begin called the Emirate of Darfur and begin to dig in as the leader "Musa Hussein" is seen hold speeches trying to win the hearts and minds. In Libya Ikhwan goes underground bombing military targets in cities and have non fighters members protest in the streets. as fighters flee into the desert rounding up with Dafurian fighters 


 * (South Yemen War )30,000 are sent in to counter any communist move in and push out Unionist factions out of Yemen,while the Ikhwan is sent to unite Anti-Unionist faction. Saudi planes use Chaff to counter MANPAD. As UAR troops and Unionist hold their ground to fight the Ikhwan we began "Operation Ramadan" as we begin a full-scale attack onto the Ziyadi having Saudi air cover and having troops target UAR heavy weaponry and pushing into the region, as the Ikhwan bomb roads and means to backup troops. The Saudi Navy is order to not fire unless fired upon. The Army begin to dig in as out air force is left out to do huge scale bombing run, but we use the Turkish airforce to bomb Unionist and UAR troops as all type of weaponry is used to hold land. Missiles are sent to bomb Port Aden to hold troops from coming (but that won't last forever) 
 * South Africa: We continue to wage war. Most saboteurs have been captured. It is announced that the build up of many Bantustans will stop. We begin to forcefully teach English and Afrikaans to blacks. We also begin to sensor the English newspapers in our country seeing them as communist. Many are tried and sentenced for treason. We begin to rewrite these papers calling for white unity in the country.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Domestically, the threat of nuclear war has been made very real by the destruction of China.
 * S.Vietnam:We continue to arm our border with cambodia, we even start to position some troops there, we also start development on our military making it more high tech and making it bigger. We also wish to improve relations with our northern counterparts as we wish to remain our autonomy as our government has given up on the unification of our country. And finally we pass "mandatory military service" legislation in our country so any male who is over the age of 21 must serve in the military for 4 years
 * USSR: As casualties are taken from Chinese defensive fighting the Soviets continue their offensive. With one force striking west and south to take all of Inner Mongolia from the Chinese while tactical nuclear strikes are continued against Chinese forces due to their high success. Meanwhile another force in Xianjiang move to take Urumqi by striking east from Kazakhstan keeping near water sources while another smaller force moves to take Bayingol. We hope to control all of Inner Mongolia and parts of Xiajiang by the end of year. As we have used up many of our nuclear arms this year we start a plan to rebuild up our new stocks of weapons and starts the process of weaponize stocks of radioactive material to place in thermonuclear warheads to rebuild Soviet nuclear arsenal to greater size than ever while submarines are constructed. We send KGB agents into Mexico with training camps for Mexican guerrillas being established in Cuba while quantities of weapons, explosives, radios, boots, posters and other items are smuggled into Mexico to be made available to guerrilla forces while also KGB agents encourage smuggling of drugs into America. As famines strike Siberia people from Siberia are moved west while food is also supplied to the region as crop failures cripple the region and generally it is a bad year for Soviet harvests due to the colder weather but it is endured by raising of prices leading to less being bought.
 * Libyan Arab Republic: Following the Coup by the Free Officers Movement, the RCC takes seat in Government in Tripoli, with Gaddafi as it's chair. Gaddafi is appointed by the RCC as Prime Minister of the Libyan Arab Republic, ending the Reign of the late King Idris. The RCC abolishes the Monarchy and all of its aspects, exiling or arresting members of the Sennsui Royal Family.  In a public statement Gaddafi declares Libya "liberated" from the dark ages of the Whabbis, Turks, Italians and Monarchists.  All Whabbi Sheiks are expelled from the country. The Ikwahn is publicly condemend as a terrorist group. Military Forces occupy areas of the nation to prevent the group from gaining ground. Gaddafi publicly thanks Nasser for the aid and equipment.  Both the Libyan National Petroluemn Company and Libyan National Natural Gas Coporation are placed on a 5-month Haitus.  The Five-Year Plan and Infrastructure and Industralistion program is ended by the implaced ruling Libyan Socialist Party, declaring it to have only fuelled corruption. Massive Trials start on Former Government Officials at the "People's High Court" All American and British Bases in the Country are ordered to leave immediately. Public Action on the Unpopular Ikwhan is called upon. Gadaffi begins to call on Nasser to begin war preparations against Israel. An Arrest warrant is declared against Prince Hassan. A Public Referndum on joing the UAR, concludes with 97.63% of the population declaring Yes. Gaddafi requests Libya's admission into the UAR.
 * North Vietnam faces severe challenges due to its ally China's abrupt destruction. Vietnamese troops continue to move through northern Laos and unaffected areas of the Sino-Viet border into China, where they occupy Tibet, Sichuan, Hainan and Guangdong; massive areas of territory along the Guangdong-Fujian border are forcibly cleared to provide a firebreak against biological weapons and mines and fencing are used. From southern China, industrial machinery, military materiel, and even some nuclear, biological and chemical weapons materials are evacuated south to Vietnam, along with key Chinese personnel like doctors, officers and engineers. Newly acquired technologies are parlayed into manufacturing of chemical, biological and radiological weapons, plus surface-to-air missiles, all in carefully concealed factories. Many Chinese refugees are resettled in Tibet or Hainan under Vietnamese protection and allied Chinese units garrison these areas. In the South, infiltration of the ARVN begins to bear fruit as morale falls, only worsened by a systematic Viet Cong campaign of assassination against ARVN officers. Viet Cong try to avoid confronting fellow Vietnamese and minimize civilian casualties, focusing on attacking American troops. Additionally, efforts to expand the Ho Chi Minh trail’s capacity continue, with antiaircraft artillery deployed en masse and efforts made to conceal the roads. Similar efforts are made within the North, including the expansion of radar stations to detect bombers. Chinese pilots and aircraft are also deployed en masse, having been acquired from the remnants of China, while efforts to construct simple V1-style rockets continue. Meanwhile, residual PLA forces, and Chinese refugees mobilized as militia, are mobilized and utilized en masse, with 400,000 of them, combined with 400,000 NVA regulars, deployed into Laos, and another 250,000 Chinese troops mobilized to hold Hainan.
 * United States of America: The destruction of the People's Republic of China and the end of Soviet aid to North Vietnam seems to have wrought clear, decisive change into the conflict by ending the foreign suppliers of the NVA and Viet Cong. With this in mind, Operation Harambe is resumed full force, but this time an additional 80,000 troops are surged into Laos and Cambodia from South Vietnam, in order to help shut down the efforts of North Vietnam to expand into the declining PRC. Further, the US Navy establishes a blockade around Hainan Island and proceeds to land a force of 20,000 Marines pulled from duty in South Vietnam. In preparation for the landing, an extensive one week bombing campaign is done upon the island in order to help clear it of NVA resistance. The ongoing bombing campaign against the North is stepped up, with this phase of the ongoing offensive code named Shangri La and is aided by the transfer of SAC of several B-52 squadrons to aid in the attacks.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> As FEMA and the military take control of the situation in the States of Alaska and Hawaii, US planners come to the realization that the old model of relying solely on Nuclear deterrence to protect the citizens of the nation is no longer a viable defensive model with the “genie out of the bottle”, so to speak. Having already begun moving toward a firm Civil Defense policy with the recent requirements concerning fallout shelters, President Rhodes and Congress begin to adopt the “Attritional” strategy employed by the Soviet Union. Within it, Nuclear War is considered a survival event for a nation if preparations are undertaken beforehand to achieve such, with the ultimate goal being to outlast one’s enemy in the post war environment by having enough population and industry left intact to win what comes to be termed in strategic circles as “The Long Game”.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> To this end, the previous Shelter requirements are strengthened by emergency Congressional action in the National Defense Survival Act of 1969, which mandates larger and more intensive nuclear bunker building within the civilian realm. Subsidies are created to offset the cost of this among businesses and average civilians, with the end goal being to have large portions of the population able to remain in well built, well stocked shelters from four to six weeks in the event of an attack in order to ensure a higher survival rate.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Further, NBC training for the Armed Forces is massively increased and nuclear bunker building as well as hardened, extensive communications networks become a facet of this new focus. The idea within such strategies is to ensure that, just as they are seeking to preserve as much of the population (In particular, the skilled portions of it), the US Military is expected to preserve as much of its own assets as possible in the event of nuclear conflict with a clear Command & Control network remaining in place to allow them to continue strategic operations after the bombs fall. The US Air Force has already demonstrated, during the recent crisis, that it was capable of utilizing strategies to enable continued operations after a strike, as did the US Navy to an extent, so the primary focus is on the Army and Marine Corps. All services, however, increase the safe storage of logistics stockpiles in order to ensure they can continue to function with surviving forces.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Besides this, other movements are made on the domestic front. In particular, President Rhodes sees to it that the unresolved issues of the 1965 Voting Rights Act are resolved by an act of the same name, but this time called the 1969 Voting Rights Act (Very original, if I may say so). Federal poll monitors are deployed to the South, and with local elections upcoming, it is the hope of the President that Black Southerners may get to experience the first free vote since Reconstruction. Quietly, however, orders are given to bust the remaining Black radical sects. This good news is however, somewhat paled in comparison to what comes in November. On Thanksgiving Day, 1969, mankind slips the surly bonds of Earth by landing on the surface of the Moon in a mission that spellbinds the people of the planet. For three days, NASA Astronauts explore the first non-Earth body ever reached by Humans. Apollo forever becomes etched into the American consciousness as a time of perceived limitless opportunity, unity and patriotism combined with the existing joy of the start of the holiday season.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> The development of a new main battle tank continues apace, with the envisioned 105mm gun on it replaced with a newly designed 120mm main cannon by Rheinmetall along with some armor upgrades to include experimental DU armor. These pushback the expected prototype completion to 1974, with the production start goal expect sometime around the bicentennial in 1976. Boeing is meanwhile contracted to restart the B-52 bomber line in order to replace the casualties of the last year, as well as to increase the size of Strategic Air Command and phase out older models still in service. Production of ICBMs is also expedited, due to their proven effectiveness in taking out Chinese counterforce targets. Further, the US Navy makes a deal with Litton Industries to expand their shipbuilding capabilities to include larger navy vessels, including the oncoming production run of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. This is done in order to encourage competition with Newport News, and thus lower costs over the life of the emerging Nimitz Program.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> A feasibility study is launched into the merits of Ammonia powered vehicles. This is done due to the benefits of a such a project, and in response to localized fuel shortages during the Sino-American War. Power generation, abilities of American car manufacturers to switch to the new method, and overall project costs are to be extensively looked at. Research into Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) is also undertaken, due to the needs of power generation of the new bunkers and to power new carriers.


 * Recognizing the relative national power at play here, North Vietnam offers to open peace negotiations. As a preliminary to these negotiations, it proposes that Viet Cong activity in South Vietnam will cease and the US will withdraw from Hainan; North Vietnam is willing to withdraw entirely from Cambodia while US troops remain there and proposes that both sides withdraw from and demilitarize Central Laos.
 * Yugoslavia: Tito is astounded by the carnage that has just been inflicted on china. He encourages the international community to help in this humanitarian. he road system is expanded to more isolated regions. Opening of factories helps lower the unemployment in the nation. The domestic arms produced account for 45% of the arms in the military now.