Crisis in the Kremlin: An Extended Cold War TL

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An Oklahoman

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Kaiser Chris said:
Dammit Konrad you just had to prevent a Bob Dole presidency, and you made poor Bush Sr. suffer too! In all seriousness though this was a pretty great timeline and I look forward to what happens in the sequel, hopefully there will be no 9/11 this time around. By the way if I have the time I'll try and browse the domains of TVtropes to try and fill up enough room to make the Crisis in the Kremlin page a 30 minute read full of tropes.
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Cool! Thanks for the hard work on the TV Tropes Page. It's very detailed and impressive
 
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An Oklahoman

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MatthewFirth said:
6 months? We can't wait that long. I appreciate a break, but maybe cut it to about 3?
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O'Alexis 89 said:
I don't know how fast he writes but judging from this TL contenent, I think it would already take about 1-2 months to have a first sketch of the TL.
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It took me 5 months of obsessive writing. That's nearly all I did all day for half a year over my summer break and during my blowoff classes. I'm very busy right now with colledge and am going through several personal problems (mental health). We'll be lucky if I type it up in 6 months. I already have an outline vaguely drawn up.
 
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Konrad Sartorius said:
It took me 5 months of obsessive writing. That's nearly all I did all day for half a year over my summer break and during my blowoff classes. I'm very busy right now with colledge and am going through several personal problems (mental health). We'll be lucky if I type it up in 6 months. I already have an outline vaguely drawn up.
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Of course, man. We will be patiently waiting, no rush
 

O'Alexis 89

undeadpixel said:
A nuclear bomb goes off in Washington D.C.
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I was more thinking about an Indo-Pakistani nuclear war in 2001, but hey... Guess that "works" too.

Konrad Sartorius said:
It took me 5 months of obsessive writing.
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I am reassured to see I am not the only one who takes so much time writing a TL.
That's... wow.

One lil' question: Do you write the whole scenario in one piece? Or - you know - you write a first draft, then another up until you arrive to the final version (that's what I am doing right now)?
 
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O'Alexis 89

DracoLazarus said:
Or Paris gets an exceptional mushroom harvest that year.
None of them nuclear, of course.
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HONHONHONHON!

BREAKING NEWS! Massive Mushroom Harvest in Paris!
French Population Reacts:
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(I am French)
 

An Oklahoman

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O'Alexis 89 said:
I was more thinking about an Indo-Pakistani nuclear war in 2001, but hey... Guess that "works" too.


I am reassured to see I am not the only one who takes so much time writing a TL.
That's... wow.

One lil' question: Do you write the whole scenario in one piece? Or - you know - you write a first draft, then another up until you arrive to the final version (that's what I am doing right now)?
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No, I wrote a detailed outline of the story before beginning writing.

EDIT: Here is the outline. It consumes 15 pages of paper, single spaced


  1. Introduction

    1. November 9, 1989: Berlin Wall has come down

      1. Erich Ludendorff= DDR border guard
    2. KGB chief fuming (Vladimir Kryuchkov)

    3. Interview in Havana with fictitious hardline replacement for Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze for 60 Minutes

      1. Takes place in the early 2000s

        1. Use as a foreshadowing tool, hinting at alternate past

          1. Alexander Ivanov is character’s name

            1. Make him similar to Dr. Strangelove
    4. Flashback to November 2, 1989

      1. Night in Rumania

        1. Attempted murder of Lazlo Tokes by Securitate succeeds
  2. One Week Later

    1. Protests begin in Prague

    2. Plotters move closer to coup

      1. Have Kryuchkov recruit allies in a “General Ripper” style monologue.
  3. Coup Occurs In Moscow

    1. Gorbachev arrested

      1. Given “choice” to “cede power” a la August Coup 1991.
    2. Yelstein killed attempting to flee imminent capture by Alpha Group Spetsnaz

    3. Tanks roll through streets

      1. Violent clashes

      2. Coup prevail due to better planning
    4. Hard-Line Triumvirate (Committee for State Security) announced:

      1. KGB Chief: Kryuchkov

      2. Ligachev, nominal head

      3. Dmitry Yazov, Minister of Defence
    5. Gorbachev “resigns due to ill health”

    6. Reaction in West:

      1. Thatcher and Bush denounce coup

      2. Kohl denounces coup

        1. Asks new Soviet government to respect the “will and rights of Eastern Europeans, including those of East Germany”
  4. Panic in Eastern Europe

    1. More protesters rush to join protests in Czechoslovakia

    2. Soviet bases are surrounded by protesters in E. Germany, Poland, etc.

      1. Reverse of early 1980s anti-US protests in Western Europe
    3. Millions flee to opened Berlin Wall, hoping to get out before the new USSR government seals off the border

      1. West Berlin government is overwhelmed by East German refugees.

      2. Erich Ludendorf chapter
    4. Walesa calls all Poles to take to the streets to resist imminent counter-coup by Pole Hardliners or Soviet invasion

    5. Bush tries to cut deal with Soviet govt.

      1. They get to keep us recognition + expanded trade

        1. If they don’t interfere with the events in E. Europe

        2. Don’t recommit to expansionist foreign policy of past.
      2. Soviets distrust West

        1. Turn down offer

        2. Ligachev is shocked by Ivanov’s proposal to cleanse E. Europe with “atomic fire.”
  5. Forces of Reaction Gather

    1. Emergency meeting of Warsaw Pact leaders in Moscow

      1. Soviet government “encourages” nations to “defend Socialist Europe” and pledges “fraternal assistance”

      2. Behind closed doors, plans are drawn up for Soviet forces to intervene all across E. Europe

      3. Ergon Krenz+ Jaruzelski are arrested by KGB, replaced by more loyal members in their home nations.

        1. DDR- Honecker is restored in DDR

        2. Polish Hardline replacement (find out later) is put in place of Jaruzelski

          1. Wladyslaw Ciaston is replacement

          2. Jaruzelski commits suicide
        3. Hungary-

        4. Bulgarian government- Once again under the control of Todor Zhivkov
    2. Include parts of interview with alternate Sov. Foreign Minister IVanov

      1. “The Americans wanted to play Cowboys and Indians with us. We were not going to play at Indians (sic).”
  6. Storm Breaks Out in Europe

    1. Introduce hard-line replacements.

      1. DDR- Honecker

      2. Poland- Wladyslaw Ciaston, former head of the Security Service (1981-1986)
    2. NVA and Polish armies are deployed to suppress opposition + “restore order”

      1. Soviet troops flood into country

        1. Reservists are mobilized to fill manpower
      2. Mass resistance

        1. Local forces, especially Polish army refuse to open fire regularly

          1. Often join locals in fighting Red Army
        2. Poles take up arms

          1. New AFghanistan

          2. Walesa evades capture

            1. Leads partisan movement

              1. Evasion galvanized opposition +annoys Communists
        3. No organized violent resistance in DDR (yet)
      3. Mass bloodshed

      4. Czech government doesn’t launch immediate crackdown

        1. Expects opposition to be cowed by events in neighboring countries.

        2. More people take to the street, presenting a dilemma for future crackdown
  7. Massacre at the Wall

    1. Over previous five days (time since Moscow Coup) 4 million Germans have permanently crossed into West Berlin

    2. Rumours are flowing about an imminent attempt to close border by DDR + USSR forces

    3. Tanks and other forces gather in mass

    4. Panic ensues as lethal force is used to try to stop people from continuing crossing,

    5. Stampedes ensue

      1. Hundreds, possibly thousands are killed by gunfire, stampede

        1. Frantic rush to get out
  8. Reaction to Massacre at the Wall

    1. Shocking images play out in West

      1. Mass backlash against the USSR

        1. Violent Anti-Sov. Backlash in W. Germany

          1. Diplomatic relations cut by Sovs.
    2. Bonn govt. Announces plans to settle millions of DDR refugees in W. Berlin across the country

    3. Have Soviets imply that access to W. Berlin is contingent upon non-interference in E. Germany.

      1. Soviet meeting with US ambassador
  9. World Reaction

      1. West condemns events in E. Europe

      2. Worse reaction than that to Invasion of Afghanistan

        1. NATO +US beef up defences
      3. Mass UN condemnation of Soviet actions

        1. US compares “fraternal assistance” to that “Cain provided Abel”

        2. Soviets defend themselves

          1. “Internal political issue”

          2. “Defensive” measures to defend E. Europe from “aggression”
    2. Erick Ludendorff interview

      1. Took advantage of chaos at Wall to escape
    3. Violent rioting outside of Soviet Embassy to West Berlin.

  1. Slaughter in Prague

    1. Protester refuse to end sit-in

      1. Authorities expect bloodbath to clear city centre/Wenceslas Square

        1. Protesters stay in place

          1. Confrontation imminent
      2. Soviet troops lead the charge/Czechs are deemed “untrustworthy” after failure of Poles + Germans to open fire.

        1. Massacre ensues

          1. Thousands killed

            1. Images make it so outside world

              1. Global condemnation
            2. Include testimonial of Soviet soldier who defected to west later
        2. Violence breaks out en mass as citizens resort to rioting/armed resistance

          1. Soviets are unprepared for “submissive” Czechs to fight back
        3. Czechoslovak nation falls into civil war

          1. “Public NOT- Against Violence” in Slovakia

            1. Use pun as a parody of real life organization “Public Against Violence”
    2. Soviets withdraw embassy to West Germany
  2. Shift to US side

    1. Cover decision making in the Bush White House

      1. Reaction by US +Allies

        1. US +NATO impose total embargo on USSR +WARPAC

        2. US decides to step up anti-Communist support

          1. Increases support for Afghan Mujahideen
        3. Stepping up intelligence gathering against the USSR

        4. Sends more reinforcements to Europe

          1. Commences Operation REFOGER

            1. Careful not to have a repeat of the 1983 war scare

              1. Bush Secretly informs the Soviet ambassador of moves

                1. Soviet embassy security is stepped up to avoid harm amidst violent protests

                  1. Led by Polish, Czech emigres in USA.
  3. Update from E. Europe (Break into two/three chapters)

    1. Cover Polish resistance

      1. Depict an ambush from Soviet perspective

        1. Poles show no mercy
    2. Cover Gorbachev’s viewpoint

      1. How has be been treated while imprisoned
    3. Cover the perspective from KGB chief

      1. Unrest/Resistance ongoing across nation

        1. Cover the interrogation of imprisoned ex. Foreign Minister Shevardnadze

          1. (Falsely) Accused of Pro-American espionage +treason

            1. Executed via firing squad after secret trial in kangaroo court

                1. Alternatively have him shoot after being led down winding corridors.
              2. Dramatize scene

                1. Leave reader crying
      2. Kill off Putin

        1. Shot by East German informant who has turned against Communism

          1. Consider killing him with poison

            1. Poetic justice
  4. Rumanian Novella

    1. Lazlo Tokes death butterflies away the protests in Timisoara

      1. Rally that drove Ceausescu from power goes on without a hitch
    2. Interview from present reveals that Rumanian state broadcast unedited footage from SOviet crackdown at the Berlin Wall and Prague (Implies post-Ceausescu era)

      1. Despite supporting Soviet actions on international arena

        1. Used to show the relative goodness of Ceausescu

          1. Serve as cautionary tale to Romanians
  5. Hungarian Novella

    1. Soviet “intervention” simultaneously to intervention in other E. Europe countries

      1. Grosz is put in power by hardliners

        1. Have failed assassination attempt

          1. Either shot while reviewing the troops

          2. Targetted by bombing
        2. Nemeth is arrested +executed (already covered)

          1. Come up with good last words

            1. Examples:

              1. “You may kill a human, but you can never kill the human spirit.”
      2. Hungarian troops refuse to open fire

        1. Fight back against the Soviets

        2. Civil War breaks out
      3. Rush for the border with Austria

        1. Hundreds of Thousands escape across Austro-Hungarian border

          1. Posnagy quote, “A Hungarian soldier order to shoot his own people will shoot his commanding officer or go home to his mother.”
  6. Bulgarian Novella

    1. January 1990

      1. Zhirkov was restored to power two months prior

        1. Launched violent crackdown

          1. Significant fatalities

            1. Ultimately succeeds in suppressing protests due to

              1. Smaller demonstrations compared to other countries

              2. Fear of losing the few liberties that Bulgarians enjoyed prior to revolution.

              3. Democratization hadn’t fully began under Mladenov
  7. Build up along border

    1. NATO + Warsaw Pact troops build up

      1. General fear of total war
    2. Cover viewpoint from Soviet sub

      1. Given authority to unilaterally launch

        1. Only if they believe that the Soviet Union has been destroyed by a preemptive strike
    3. Panic buying takes into effect

    4. Protect and Survive infomercials start playing

      1. Air raids are tested

        1. Cause mayhem due to Tu-95 probing British airspace

          1. Have first person perspective to events in Point d.
    5. Break into two parts here

      1. Leave reader in suspense
    6. Attack revealed to be false alarm

    7. Bomb shelter business is booming

      1. Gun + ammo purchases are skyrocketing in United States

        1. Panicked shoppers
  8. Afghanistan Update

    1. Mujahadeen receive boost in funds + arms from allies

      1. Leads to escalation in conflict
    2. Soviets continue their withdrawal on schedule

      1. Viciously attacked on their way out
    3. Both sides escalate support to their faction

      1. Leave viewer with dreary feeling

      2. War will drag on for a prolonged time period
  9. Stepping up of leftist terror campaigns

    1. Novella on Red Brigade action against W. Germans/Americans

    2. Also Cover from the Stasi perspective

      1. Mention their support for leftist terror

        1. In response to what they believe is a Western attempt to funnel arms to the anti-communist rebels in Eastern Europe

        2. Allude to future assassination attempt against an unnamed high ranking West German government official.
    3. Possible schism in Communist movement

      1. Explore Western European elections in early 1990s

        1. Potentially devote separate chapters
  10. Third World Update (February Update)

    1. Break into numerous parts

    2. Part 1

      1. Cover Latin America

        1. Heating up of Central American crisis

          1. Cubans are preparing for a possible intervention in Nicaragua
    3. Part 2

      1. Africa

        1. Cover situation in Southern Africa

          1. Angolan Civil War escalates as UNITA launches offensive

            1. Both sides are receiving increased international support.
        2. Ethiopia, Mozambique, etc.

          1. Civil Wars escalate even further
    4. Part 3

      1. Southeast Asia

        1. Cambodian Conflict escalates
  11. China’s perspective

    1. Communist Government is secretly pleased that Eastern European Revolutions were suppressed

      1. Still Concerned by aggressive Soviet policy though
    2. Despite American condemnation for Tiananmen Square crack down

      1. USA + China increase trade and geopolitical ties

        1. USA starts shipping weapons

          1. Potentially have US station bombers in Com. China
      2. Above segment is portrayed via a meeting of PRC ambassador and Pres. Bush
  12. Thatcher is removed like OTL

    1. New PM, John Major vows to step up support for NATO allies
  13. Bloodshed in Bonn

    1. Bring back Stephanie Wolfe from Chapter 18

      1. Have assassination attempt by Red Army Faction against Chancellor Kohl

        1. If killed or incapacitated Hans Genscher would succeed.
  14. Persian Gulf War

    1. Invasion like OTL

      1. Soviets block UN Security Council Resolution

          1. Ivanov denounces “war for oil”
        2. George Bush builds up coalition

            1. Syrian government is pressured to stay out of coalition by USSR
          2. War goes more or less like OTL

            1. Soviets seized war for propaganda purposes

              1. Largely unsuccessful
            2. After the War the USSR increases the number of advisors in Iraq
          3. Both sides observe conflict in order to see how their equipment would perform
  15. Erich Ludendorff is kidnapped back across the border

    1. Punished for speaking out against the government of East
  16. December 20, 1990 West German Election

    1. Chancellor Kohl is elected. His party performs slightly better than previous election

      1. Propelled by firm anti-Soviet stand

        1. FDP gains, remains in coalition
      2. Greens benefit from anti-US protests

        1. Weakens SPD due to left division
    2. Mention the increase in left wing and right wing violence
  17. Ethiopian Communists get toppled in 1991

    1. Despite attempts by Soviets Cubans to increase supplies+Support,

      1. Regime topples
  18. Late 1990

    1. Update from Eastern Europe

      1. Be Grimdark

        1. Cover destruction in Polish countryside

          1. Polish partisans march through razed village

            1. Used to display the brutality of the Soviet army

              1. Bring back character Alexsky
    2. Update from W. Europe

      1. While many were still concerned by the return of the Cold War

        1. Most are accepting a return to the “old normalcy” of the pre-Gorbachev era

          1. Most of the public have moved on

            1. They lament the events going on in Eastern Europe

              1. But feel incapable of helping
  19. Crisis in South Africa

    1. Late 1991

      1. Soviet KGB agents poised as South African secret agents kill Nelson Mandela, provokes a civil war (Alternatively have the Afrikaner Resistance Movement pull off the assassination)

        1. False flag event
  20. Crisis in South Africa, Part 2

      1. Race war erupts

        1. De Klerk is deposed by hardliners who distrust him

          1. Chris Hani is killed

            1. As is Joe Slovo the then head of the SACP
    2. US & USSR support different sides in Civil War

      1. Tensions rise

      2. US Congress blocks Bush from supporting South African government

        1. Bush is displeased

            1. Funnels arms to Israel/Taiwan who will in turn pass them on to South Africa

                1. Similar to scene with “Deepthroat” from All the President’s Men
              2. Potentially have scandal break down the road

                1. Could be bigger than Iran-Contra
              3. Could have “scandal” break just before the 1996 Presidential Elections
          2. Rwandan like conflict
    3. South Africans finally demonstrate their nuclear weapons capability.

      1. Designed to deter foreign invasion
  21. Beginning of Balkan Breakup in 1991-1992

    1. Much like OTL

      1. fear of Soviet meddling
    2. Conflict degenerates into proxy conflict between USSR +USA

      1. US backs Croats + Bosnians

        1. Begin arming them much earlier

        2. No NATO intervention

          1. Fearful of provoking Soviet intervention
      2. Soviets back the Yugoslavians

        1. Soviets want to station troops in Yugoslavia

          1. Serbs reject it

            1. At least for now
          2. Serbs to accept Soviet arms shipments
  22. Come back to Erich Ludendorff

    1. Sitting in East German prison

      1. Brutalized

      2. Lacks will to live

        1. Possibly confessed + provided names of his associates in the West

          1. In Room 401
      3. Discuss Plan X
    2. Dies

      1. Decide how and under what circumstances

        1. Have heartwarming scene where he’s accepted into Heaven

          1. Warm+Loving sensation as he enjoys Heaven’s bliss

            1. Possibly have God forgive him for committing suicide

              1. Only include such portion if he dies in this fashion

              2. Have him experience purgatory
  23. 1992 Olympics

    1. Potentially have Soviets boycott

        1. USA dominates Olympics should the USSR boycotts

        2. Rumania still shows up

          1. Goal to curry favor

            1. A la 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles
      2. If not then have an anti-Soviet terror attack
  24. 1992 US Elections

    1. George Bush performs better, barely wins election

      1. Barely edges out Clinton, Perot

        1. National Security is top issue

          1. People don’t trust other candidates on defense issues
  25. Mid 1992

    1. Cover prison break from East German POW camp

      1. Either:

        1. Succeed

        2. Fail

        3. Or leave reader in suspense

          1. Unsure how it ends

            1. Potentially include moral dilemma

              1. Escapee is forced to decide whether or not to risk it for wounded comrade or to leave him behind

                1. Potentially leave on this note.
      2. *Note this update has been utterly reworked in the actual story*
  26. North Korea Nuclear Crisis in 1993

    1. Reaches level of Cuban Missile Crisis

    2. Soviets nominally support the DPRK

      1. Threaten to use military force to defend North from US + ROK intervention
    3. Secretly pressure the North to disarm

        1. Have Ivanov meet with Kim Il Sung

          1. Mention giant cyst on back of neck

            1. Have him conceal it in official photo with Ivanov
      2. Offers:

        1. Soviets Increased economic and military assistance

        2. US pledge not to militarily depose Pyongyang govt.
      3. Alternatively have it escalate into a war

        1. After shooting on border+ US+ROK buildup on border

          1. Norks decide to start launching guerrilla attacks in the South

            1. Successful attack on the Blue House results in South ratcheting up demands

            2. US bombs North Korean nuclear facility

                1. Potentially have anti-American protests
              2. North Korea decides to retaliate with (limited) shelling on border

                  1. Potentially target loudspeakers set up on border

                  2. Similar to the 1966-1968 DMZ border clashes
                2. US/ROK retaliates

                  1. Escalates into larger war
                3. Go with the alternative ending

                  1. Use “Local 58 surrender footage”

                  2. Norks probably not that suicidal

                  3. Probably have localized incidents (a la East Prussia before Soviet Invasion.)
  27. Back in the USSR

    1. Violent Food riot erupts

      1. Soviet soldiers are able to restore order

        1. Perhaps have scene take place in Ukraine
    2. Have Soviet leadership worry about the collapsing economic

      1. Portray the decline in living standard

        1. Shortages in hospitals
    3. Portray internal political dynamic amongst the Soviet Triumvirate

      1. Detail Ivanov’s manipulation

        1. Envisions himself as future leader of country

            1. Hopes to weave his way into power
          2. Has social-darwinist viewpoint of his country

            1. Esp. of ethnic minorities
  28. Rwandan Genocide is a relative side issue

    1. Same inaction as OTL

      1. Soviets denounce West for not intervening

        1. Justify their own inaction by claiming that they are unable to intervene due to their continued defensive actions in Eastern Europe.

          1. Alternately have then fund groups condemning US

            1. This update is Left out of the story

              1. Irrelevant
  29. Getting over the wall

    1. Represent an East German escape attempt over the Berlin Wall.

      1. Have character zip-line over border

        1. Lookup real life equivalent
  30. Fall of the apartheid regime

    1. Black rebels are advancing across South Africa

      1. Engaging in extreme brutality as they fight their way across country

        1. Similar to the Soviets in Prussia
    2. Extremely zealous pro-apartheid individuals stage coup

      1. Decide to blow up nuclear weapons in major cities as act of national suicide rather than accept black rule

        1. Have nuclear bomber going to Angola get shot down
      2. Last message

        1. Parody this (Challen 58 “Contingency”)

          1. Don’t

            1. Already used in Korean War update
  31. 1994- Nicolae Ceausescu dies

    1. Elena + Nicu (his son) take over country

      1. Nicu had Elena killed off

            1. Son manipulated by Secret Police Head into thinking she was planning to kill him
          2. Claims conspiracy killed her

            1. Blamed upon Hungarians, CIA, Mossad, and/or KGB
        2. Initiates purge of party + army

          1. Securitate becomes more powerful/influential
      2. Nation further suffers as Nicu pursues hedonistic lifestyle

        1. Neglects the people

          1. Causes growing unrest
      3. Consider touching upon the transition of power from one generation of Communists to another in other nations (i.e. Does Husak die? If so who succeeds him.)

        1. Honecker dies in 1994

          1. Succeeded by wife, Margot Honecker

            1. Egon krenz, Willie Stoph, Erich Milke all moved to depose him in 1989

              1. Thus disqualified
  32. War in Yugoslavia escalates (late 1994-1995)

    1. Death toll rises into the hundreds of thousands

    2. Croats have more or less triumphed in their war with Serbia

    3. Bosnia is a bigger mess

      1. Increased atrocities

        1. Serebenecia massacre doesn’t occur

          1. No UN intervention =NO UN safe zones
      2. Washington Agreement is concluded much like OTL

        1. Ends Croat-Bosnian fighting.
      3. War between Bosniaks and Serbs continues past end of story
    4. Yugoslavia takes a bolder stance with Kosovars

      1. Begins deportations earlier

        1. No NATO intervention

          1. Therefore ethnic cleansing is (largely) successful

            1. Refugees are hidden in Albania’s bunkers
    5. Attempts at Peace negotiations fail

      1. Brokered by USSR-USA

        1. Both parties have no incentives to come to the table

          1. Locals are stalemated

            1. Just like most proxy conflicts

              1. Continuous flow of money+ foreign support from abroad
        2. Superpowers distrust the others objectives/designs in Yugoslavia
  33. Potentially include part about Resistance fighters in Eastern Europe

        1. Title “Come and See” after 1985 Soviet film
      2. Include Walesa

        1. Also include a Polish female partisan sniping collaborator in streets of Warsaw
      3. Soviet soldier perspective

        1. Participates in a village massacre

          1. Only one Reluctant

            1. Proceeds to commit suicide out of guilt later that evening

              1. Driven mad by nightmares condemning him

                1. Parody dinner scene from modern rendition of Macbeth
    2. Alternatively have part about espionage
  34. Have the Fall of Communists in Soviet Union occur in a fashion like that of Romania's OTL

    1. Started over bread riots just days before the 1995 May Day Parade

        1. Located near Moscow in small city (look up suitable location)
      2. Economic isolation results in massive economic decline + food shortages

          1. Revolution like 1917 imminent
        2. Violent reaction of riots mirrors Timisoara massacre

          1. Word spread as a result of VOA
      3. While Ligachev is giving speech on May Day

        1. Interrupted by demonstrators

          1. Rest of crowd joins in
        2. KGB moves to forcibly clear revolutionaries

          1. Majority of Soviet troops mutiny

            1. Supports the masses
      4. Brief civil war breaks out

        1. Soviet Triumvirate flees to underground bunker

          1. Contemplate using nuclear weapons

            1. Either on tactical or strategic level

              1. Ligachev decides against it despite pressure from Ivanov and Kryuchkov


                2. Have Ivanov threatening leave bunker
          2. Get overrun and captured after next chapter

            1. Except for Ivanov who escapes to Communist Cuba
          3. Western powers go on nuclear alert

            1. Have part about W. German government fleeing to “Government Bunker”

              1. Link 1

              2. Link 2
      5. Soviet junta is forced to allow SSRs right to succeed

        1. US threatens to maintain crippling embargo if USSR violently suppresses independence movements

          1. Soviet junta reluctantly allows independence referendums.
      6. King Priam’s treasure is looted.

        1. Soviets lose it

          1. It is a mystery

            1. Potentially include an Indiana Jones like spin off.

              1. Similar in style to “Operation Prospero” in Protect & Survive

                1. Have it last for a few years past the rest of story

                  1. Potentially hint at events of possible sequel
  35. Towards the end have a Dr. Strangelove like sequence

    1. Proposal to put ardent Communists underground so that Communism will arise again in Russia by General Ivanov

    2. Also have a rogue sub-commander try to pull a “General Ripper”

        1. Name= Vladimir Bolshakov
      2. Deputy attempts to swallow launch key

        1. In order to halt or delay launch
      3. Sub destroyed at last minute by nuclear torpedo/tac nuke

        1. Americans were informed by Soviets of submarines last location

          1. Attempts to locate it are similar to Hunt for Red October.
  36. Soviet Union is taken over by Junta temporarily (a la Rumania 1989-1990)

    1. Transition to democracy after a few months

      1. Find alternative liberal to get elected

        1. Yeltsin already dead

          1. Kill Gorbachev off in last days of old regime

            1. Presumed

              1. His ultimate destiny unknown

                1. Several “sightings.”

                  1. All unconfirmed
      2. Members of old regime are prosecuted

        1. Ligachev, Kryuchkov, Yazov are all executed for atrocities
    2. Soviets announce withdrawal from Eastern Europe

      1. Ceasefire with local rebels
  37. The Finale of Communism in Eastern Europe

    1. Without Soviet troops

      1. Communist regimes collapsed in matter of days/weeks

        1. Except Rumania who degenerates into several month long civil war between

          1. Securitate backed Communist Regime

            1. Nicu is secretly killed off by the head of Securitate

              1. Latter had been maneuvering for power for a prolonged time period
          2. Pro-Democracy Rumanians

          3. Hungarian separatists

            1. Hungary invades Rumania in order to assist Hungarian kin.
        2. Poland sees Walesa march into Warsaw in a parade similar to Charles de Gaulle in Paris in 1944
      2. Cover fate of Communist leaders/governments

        1. Sadly reflect upon their victims

          1. Give a general body count of wars in Eastern Europe
        2. Bulgarian Church collaboration exposed

          1. More violent reprisals against collaborationist priests

            1. Much larger schism in Church
  38. Gaidar’s visit to US/Unveiling of Baker Plan

  39. Fight for Baker Plan

    1. *Continue drafting from this point onwards.*

      1. Estimated $150 billion for Russia

      2. ~$550 billion for Eastern Europe

        1. Request financial imput from US allies

          1. Namely Western Europe + Japan
  40. German Reunification

    1. Germany reunified forcibly by pan-Germanic rebels

      1. 4+2 negotiations result in German unity.

        1. Have a happy ending

          1. Optimism that Europe can rebuild after the devastation of the war.
  41. Dissolution of Union of Sovereign Republics.

    1. Probably partial

      1. Potentially have the Central Asian SSRs remain.

        1. Gaidar would let Chechnya succeed
      2. Throughout 1995-1996 European SSRs succeed.

        1. Balts go first
    2. Provokes an ultra-nationalist backlash

      1. Zhirinovsky becomes popular politican

        1. Ivanov endorses him as “guardian of Russian race”
    3. Potentially have communists get banned or have them splinter

    4. Cover “shock thearpy”

      1. Same as OTL
  42. Transition to Democracy

    1. Warsaw Pact is dissolved in emergency meeting in late June

    2. Non-Communists win in landslides at elections.

    3. Slovaks succeed in October 1995 Referendum

      1. Independence granted on Jan. 1, 1996

        1. Put off until point 53
    4. German reunification is formalized
  43. Go back to “dissolution of USR”

    1. Was swapped with Eastern European Transition to Democacy
  44. Slovak referendum

    1. Already covered
  45. Cover impact of collapse of USSR upon Third world conflicts

    1. Angola +Mozamibque see major step forward for anti-communists

    2. South African civil war

      1. Communists vs ANC

        1. Possibly butterfly away
    3. Collapse of local communists

      1. See Benin

        1. Probably already rebelled in 1989
    4. Mention situation in SE Asia

    5. Mongolia has peaceful revolution
  46. Intervention in the Balkans

    1. US+NATO started bombing Yugoslavia much like OTL

        1. Prompted by a Sreencia style massacre

          1. At UN “Safe zones”

            1. Potentially in Gorazde Safezone
      2. Forces the Serbs to the table
    2. Russians don’t throw such a big fit
  47. Review of Bush second term domestic policy (Don’t forget)

    1. Recession is overcome by 1994

    2. Look up potential Supreme Court appointments in Second Term

      1. Might impact future Supreme Court rulings

        1. Esp. Social issues
    3. No 1994 Republican Revolution

      1. Bush Jr. doesn’t become governor of Texas
    4. Bush would largely be a foreign policy president
  48. Cover the discovery of Gorbachev’s fate

    1. Have him get executed in final days of regime

      1. Have interview with former prison camp guard in prison

        1. Have him express remorse for actions against prisoners

          1. Have him deny murdering Gorbachev
      2. Have his file get discovered as it is pieced back together

        1. Similar to Stasi files
    2. Have corpse get found after intensive search of area around rail lines in Siberia by army

      1. Take picture from the National Geographic Article on forensics
  49. End with the inauguration of next president 1996

    1. Probably a democrat

        1. Would be a several man race like GOP in 2016

          1. Total chaos
      2. List of potential Democratic candidates

        1. Richardson

        2. Clinton

          1. Likely would have fall in support
        3. Gore

          1. Would benefit from focus on international affairs
        4. Cuomo

          1. Would benefit from emphasis on social issues

            1. Would try to tack to the left
        5. Bob Kerrey

          1. Same as Gore
        6. Jesse Jackson

        7. Jerry Brown

        8. Bill Bradley

        9. Dick Gephardt

          1. Cancel
      3. List of Republicans candidates

          1. Would be 2-3 man race like Dems in 2016
        2. Dole

          1. Favorite

          2. Benefits from Baker waiting until 2000
        3. John McCain

        4. Dan Quayle

          1. Laughed off as moron
        5. Buchanan

          1. Benefits from Social conservative base
        6. Jack Kemp

          1. Do more research

            1. Likely deemed “too liberal”
    2. Tilting towards Gore/Lieberman vs. Dole/Kemp matchup

      1. Have Clashes at the convention after inconclusive primary

        1. Have Gore narrowly win on second ballot over Jackson

          1. Have him prevail with the support of Superdelegates who prefer him because

            1. Jackson’s anti-semetic remarks in 1980s

            2. Disproportionately white superdelegates

            3. Gore won plurality of Democratic primary vote

            4. Gore has better chance in most polls

              1. Dole is in deadheat with Jackson

              2. Gore tops him because of:

                1. Same strong national security stance

                2. Appeal to centrists and leftists alike

                3. Greater appeal amongst southern whites
      2. GOP has advantage initially after Cold War victory and dynamic economy.

      3. Lead is squandered by

        1. Voter fatigue

        2. Exposure of the rogue weapons sales to Israel and South Africa

            1. Known as “South Africagate/Apartheidgate” or “Arms for South Africa

              1. Broken by CIA agent from the first South Africa update who sells photos of daming evidence to Washington Post/New York times

                1. Plays them off of each other for more money

                2. Demands annonmity

                  1. Have updates about congressional investigation intersect with those about the general election
          2. Bush denies knowledge.

            1. Public doesn’t believe him

              1. Approval rating slips by 20%
            2. Potentially have Bush hauled in for questioning in front of select commitee
          3. Polls swing decisively in favor of Gore
      4. Final result

        1. Decisive Gore victory

          1. Similar to OBama in 2008
    3. Have heartfelt moment of Bush the leaving the Oval Office office for final time

      1. End here

        1. Have inauguration occur in the next TL
  50. Upload what has been written at this point

    1. Prepare for a sequel outlining everything that happens hereafter, preferably all the way to the present.

    2. Also consider publishing an alternative ending where nukes fly

        1. Is unoffical
      2. Either Ligachev launches before rebel victory

      3. Rouge sub launches
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