Land Of Confusion: The Wild Ride of the 2012 IRNA Presidential Election

[Chipperback]

the Conservative Fellah is reading this, too?

One of my fav authors is reading this!!!

Okay Conservative, here's North America TTL 2012

Atlantic Maritime States
Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Capital: Halifax
Head of Staterime Minister Peter MacKay

Maine Independent Republic
Former U.S. State of Maine. Close trade relations with the AMS, Vermont, New Hampshire, Republique du Quebec and Cree United Territory.
Capital: Augusta
Head of State: President Olympia Snowe

First Republic of North America
Extreme Northern Quebec/James Bay Cree people's land and the province of Nunavut Recognized by most North American nations, pushing for UN recognition. In conflict with Quebec over boundaries
Capital: Iqaluit
Head of State: Chief-Executive Magistrate Daniel Coon Come

Republique du Quebec
Independent Quebec, declared after the break up of the Canadian Confederation in 1975
Capital: Quebec City
Head of State: Premier Jean Charest up for election in 2012
UPDATE: Justin Trudeau ELECTED as Quebec Premier in September 27 general election.

New Hampshire
Former U.S. State of New Hampshire
Capital: Concord
Head of State: President Judd Gregg

The Republic of Vermont
Former U.S. State of Vermont
Capital: Montpilier
Head of State: President Bernie Sanders

United Commonwealth of New England
The former U.S. States of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Capital: Boston
Head of State: Prime Minister Lincoln Chafee

Republic of Ontario
Former Canadian Province of Ontario
Capital: Ottawa
Head of State: Prime Minister Jack Layton

Combined Prairie Provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Former Canadian Provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Subject to October 6, 2012 plebiscite over future status

Industrial Republic of North America
Former Mid-Atlantic and Industrial Midwestern U.S. States
District of Columbia.. New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Head of State: President Rudolph Giuliani UP FOR ELECTION IN 2012

Confederate States of America
The former U.S. States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Florida
Capital: Atlanta
Head of State: President Newton Gingrich

Lone Star Republic of Texas
The former U.S. States of Texas and Louisiana
Capital: Austin
Head of State: President Condoleeza Rice-Hill

Great Plains United Republic
The former U.S. States of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma
Capital: Omaha
Head of State: President Julius Caesar Watts UP FOR ELECTION IN 2012

Rocky Mountain Republic
The former U.S. States of Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and the Northwest and Yukon Territories
Capital: Denver
Head of State: Prime Minister Ken Salazar UP FOR ELECTION IN 2012

Southwest Confederation
The former U.S. States of New Mexico and Arizona
Capital: Phoenix
Head of State: President Rynaldi Becenti

Mormon Republic of Utah
Former U.S. State of Utah
Capital: Salt Lake City
Head of State: President John Huntsman

Nevada Free State
Former U.S. State of Nevada
Capital: Carson City
Head of State: First Executive Steve Wynn

Republic of Greater California
The former U.S. States of California, Washington, Oregon and the former Canadian Province of British Columbia
Capital: Sacremento
Head of State: President Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Alaska
The former U.S. possession of Alaska
Capital: Juneau
Head of State: President Lisa Murkowski

The Hawaiian Pacific Commonwealth
The former U.S. possession of Hawaii
Capital: Honolulu
Head of State: Prime Minister Neil Abercrombie

The story of the breakup and the world situation 2012
Start here and read around the world of TTL 2012

 

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North of the Border -- A dispatch from Quebec. 09/23/2012

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TRUDEAU: CHAREST "IRRESPONSIBLE" IN SUPPORT OF GIULIANI.

MONTREAL(AP) -- In the Quebec campaign more attacks on Quebec Conservative Prime Minister Jean Charest on the heels of a Monday-night nationally televised debate, tight polls, and the vote just four days away. In a campaign speech in Montreal, Quebec Labor-Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau called Charest "Irresponsible" in regards to his support of the IRNA's naval actions in Atlantic Maritimes last week and criticized the IRNA's call for a quarantine of the Atlantic in the wake of Soviet humanitarian assistance to the Confederate States.

"Rudolph Giuliani is trying to play tough New York City cop in a situation that requires a measured international response. For Jean Charest to nuzzled up to over-aggression as he did last week in the episode with the Atlantic Maritimes is grossly irresponsible to the people of Quebec."

In the most recent RDQ-Le Figaro/Montréal polls. Charest's Quebec Conservatives leads at 22%, with Trudeau's Labor-Liberals at 19%, the Parti Quebecois, led by former Conservative premier Lucien Bouchard is third at 18%, , the Quebec Social Unity Alliance, led by Michaelle Jean is fourth at 16%, and Action Democratique, led by Mario Dumont fifth at 12%, but 13% of those polled are still undecided. A highly significant amount with the elections set for Thursday September 27th.

AP INTERNATIONAL -- 1632 EDT -- 09/23/2012

 

[edvardas]

What happrned to New Brunswick? Was is split between Quebec, Maine and the Maritimes? Does the Cree Nation also include the area around The Pas? It is one area where the native language is still strong.

 

[SiddFinch1]

Subscribed. Interesting although this level of breakup may be pushing it a bit. If the breakup was in the 30s how did ww2 go and how did hitlerand Stalin die earlier than otl


Plus ucne? Did they join the Uk? How did that happen?

 

[Chipperback]

What happrned to New Brunswick? Was is split between Quebec, Maine and the Maritimes?

I knew I forgot somebody. New Brunswick is a part of the Atlantic Maritime States.

Does the Cree Nation also include the area around The Pas?

The Pas is a part of Manitoba, and the area is largely Pro-GPUR in the coming plebiscite, mainly because of the policies of the GPUR toward Indigenous peoples. Cultural autonomy and respect in the framework of a stable, industrialized nation. In many ways, it's the best of both worlds.

Plus ucne? Did they join the Uk? How did that happen?

The United Commonwealth of New England is an independent nation. They did not join UK, but in the period after the breakup and the forced attempt by the IRNA to keep them in the union, Britain assisted the UCNE and the two have had close, solid relations since, even to the point the the British Crown considered the UCNE a "prodigal son" member of the Commonwealth of Nations

Those relations have been strained in some ways by the heavy Irish influence that has also accented the nation's political history.

If the breakup was in the 30s how did ww2 go and how did hitlerand Stalin die earlier than otl

Hitler died in prison in 1944. Mainly the country's reindustrialization efforts got stymied by a mix of the economic difficulties, the Nazis didn't have the traction they did in the OTL, plus many in the citizenry seeing that the Nazis also were stymied by the economy seriously questioned the policies and didn't necessarily buy into "It's the Jews fault", especially within the business community, which relied in that technocracy that was largely...Jewish. When Hitler wanted a peace with Britiain, the coalition government of Churchill and Chamberlain said..."No, chap." several times, and ITTL the continent went with him...Al the way to the point that in 1940, A German war machine that was formidable, but not as committed and was divided along political fault lines attempted an invasion of Poland...only to run into a Poland that was ready plus Her Majesty's forces, along with a "coalition of the willing" that including small but effective forces from the emerging North American nations who felt that a tyranny with a lot of power would threaten the fragile states that had strained to develop in the aftermath of the USA breakup. By 1942, Germany had dissolved into chaos as many factions vied for power even as all agreed "Herr Hitler is going to get us in a mess we can't allow." Germany threw in the sponge as more fracture and demoralized forces were being pushed back in Germany. A Franco-British occupation ensued until 1943...When a caretaker German government, which included some former Nazi Party members fell into a 3-year civil war which led to a peace settlement by the rest of the European community and agreed to by what would become three separate German nations. And that's they way it's stayed...Today, no one's interested in a reunited German state because all those states are running pretty well, and each has developed its own particular political, social and cultural conscience.

Now the "Anglo/Nazi War" as the above is known by historians was a "World War" in a sense. It was fought mainly in Europe and North Africa.

The Asian Theatre? There was none, mainly because the Axis fell apart as quickly as it was put together. Hitler was fighting to maintain power. Mussolini? Fell pray to the curse of the Italian Government..If you don't like who runs Rome, wait one day...It'll change. Fascism cracked under popular protest in Italy, and different faction in Germany.

Imperial Japan built a military and engaged in expansionism in the 1920s, but the economic contagion that struck a lot of world struck them too. The price of occupation got high,..and then came 1937, and a play to take China in the midst of discord between the Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy. The head of the Navy Isoroku Yamamoto saw the writing on the wall. The Axis was crumbling, Japan's people were divided over war, just as their military was. Waiting to see how the cards fell around the world would be a better move, especially given that Britain was steadfast, even through their economic woes.

Instead Japan went in and a lot of Japanese didn't come out. By 1940 Japan had to cut losses and leave, and Hirohito took a hit with Japanese citizenry. The emphasis in Japan throughout the 1940s changed from attempting to take resources militarily to working to win them through trade and diplomacy. An emerging technocracy, born of the major industries set a new course. It also became a matter of national pride as rival Korea, aided by the burgeoning British and California business and industrial cadres, was beginning to build their industrial strength.

Now Uncle Joe in Moscow? Had the same problem as Adolf did in Berlin. Joseph Stalin's purges led to a lot of dissension, in part because the argument with Trotsky, and many other factions of the Communist Party never went away because the Cult of Personality never fully developed in a land that was struggling to industrialize and was more committed in getting socialism off the ground. The intellectual arguments led to a series of civil conflicts within the Soviet state between 1936-1942, which weakened Stalin's power and finally forced him from power, and got him drug out on some Moscow Prospekt and shot.

The factions agreed on a caretaker in Vyacheslav Molotov, but the choice led to one group splitting and taking Siberia out of the Union. Other parts of what would have been the Soviet Union also bailed out. The Baltic States, Central Asia, Georgia..All fled. Molotov, facing a military and political establishment that tenous and divided decided, lets just build Socialism in the Russia we have.

A quick note about war. Just because their wasn't massive World Wars, doesn't mean there wasn't war or technological development. Its just that instead of the massive destructive conflict of 1939-1945..There were a number of smaller but still high intensity conflicts around the globe between 1942-1966.

The German Civil War. The Chinese Civil War which sparked major actions of The Trade War (1963-1966). The initial civil unrest in the former United States in 1935-1936. Then the First Border War between the Confederate States of America, Texas and the GPUR in 1946, and the brutal purges of Blacks in the CSA 1946-1957..(over 1.5 million blacks were killed....millions more either fled the country or took up arms in a bloody struggle that still continues in pockets to this day.) Then there's serious of border conflicts between the GPUR, Texas, CSA and IRNA that have occured in every decade since the breakup of the USA.

Europe had a number of skirmishes over the trade and boundaries. The Scandinavian Union earned its sovereignty along with three additions who wanted to join after smacking Soviet Russia in war in the mid-1950s

And there was the "third Big War" 1963-1966 "Trade War" which ended up having fighting in every continent on Earth, and was the first application of nuclear weapons by both sides. Thankfully it also led to the first worldwide treaty on nuclear weapons. By the signing of the Cairns Conventions in 1968, Britain, France, Communist China, Industrial Republic of North America, Soviet Russia, the Scandinavian Union, the Confederate States of America and California had nuclear weapons. Within a year of that signing, Japan and Texas joined the nuclear club. Today, you can add the Great Plains United Republic, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Iran, Cuba, Argentina, India, Pakistan, Malayan Union, and Saudi Arabia to that list. However all nations except the CSA have signed the Cairns Conventions and half that list has agreed to even more stringent requirements to be phased in over next 5 years.

A longshot? Maybe, but history turns on long shots, and in this ITTL we look at how a group of long shot lead to an interesting question...Who becomes a superpower in a world where all the potential candidates, for one reason or another couldn't get out of their own way or decided to do it in a different way

If you had to rank a top dog, It would most likely be Britain. They have a military that can project power in a lot of places in the world and have a good relations with a lot of the world. Japan's military is formidable, and they have a strong working relationship with California and the Australia-New Zealand Federation who have a number strong allies in Asia. Texas is building a host of client states in Latin America and can curry a lot of favor in the growing Middle East. French involvement in Africa, the Carribean and Quebec gives them a global presence. The IRNA's manufacturing capacity feeds a military that can rival Britains. Soviet Russia has the technical and manufacturing prowess, but tend to be politically unstable in the years after Gorbachev..Much like the security state of the CSA.

Yeah, it's a crazy world. Somebody's gotta live in it.

 

[Chipperback]

APPENDIX -- North America's Elections 2012

North American Elections 2012

July 10, 2012 -- Southwest Confederation General Election
Rynaldi Becenti elected as the first non-white president in SWC history. Her Unity Party of the Southwest also won a majority in both houses of the Southwest Legislature. Her party defeated the former ruling Southwest Republican Party of retiring President John McCain. Becenti defeated SRP candidate Jan Brewer, the state governor of Arizona.

September 27, 2012 -- Quebec General Election
October 6, 2012 -- Saskatchewan and Manitoba Plebiscites on future status.
October 13, 2012 -- Rocky Mountain Republic General Election
November 6, 2012 -- General Elections in the Great Plains United Republic and the Industrial Republic of North America

 

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Worker's Union Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich continued his campaign swing through Illinois in Chicago today, at a union-sponsored rally with over 200,000 in attendance. Earlier today Kucinich was visiting with IRNA border troops and standing in support of striking factory workers at the Catepillar Heavy Industries plant in Carbondale.

"IRNA Navy Commanders say they will keep this vigil until the Soviet Russians comply with UN mandate to show their cargo. The crews of the ships are nervous, they know the duty, yet hope the calmer heads prevail in the end...Jala Anderson, CBS News...Annapolis, Maryland.

The UN General Embassy opened plenary session today with an address by UN General Secretary Mary Robinson who said that a key word for the major contentious issues, from the oil riots in Nigeria, to civil unrest in the Confederate States to the tense naval standoff between the IRNA and the USSR, is "restraint".

 

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USSR General Secretary Vladimir Putin had harsh words for the IRNA quarantine on Soviet shipping in the Atlantic.
"The reckless aggression of Ill Duce Giuliani is nothing more than the American President trying to save his dying militarist regime from its fall. We in the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia hope the Americans select responsible, humane leadership for it's future and end the mafia rule of Giuliani."

The party leaders in Quebec had their final televised debate Monday night, in advance of Thursday's vote. Prime Minister Jean Charest took the hardest blows, especially from Lucien Bouchard of the Bloq Quebecois who accused Charest of selling out Quebec to the IRNA. Labor-Liberal candidate Justin Trudeau took shots at them both as did Mario Dumont. Meachelle Jean was highly impressive in just her second debate of the campaign

 

[Chipperback]

Thursday September 27, 2012 -- ELECTION NIGHT IN QUEBEC

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Bienvenue, I'm Celine Galipeau RDQ News...It is 8:35pm Eastern time and early on, we can call a couple of riding both gains for the Parti Quebecois and the Social Unity Alliance...Heading into the evening, the Conservatives led by Jean Charest had 94 seats in the National Assembly...Four seats more than what is needed for majority...But if our exit polling is correct, the Conservative could end the night for at best a minority government.

The Parti Quebecois is looking to have a big night, even with questions about party leader/former Conservative PM Lucien Bouchard...

There are hope for a Labor-Liberal surge led by Justin Trudeau, the son of the last Prime Minister of Canada. Though some say that is why he can't get elected.

The Action Democratique and their leader Mario Dumont have long been a spoiler from the right.

The big surprise is the strong poll performance of the Alliance for Social Unity and their candidate, former RDQ News reporter Michaelle Jean. If she wins, she would be Quebec first woman and first immigrant Prime Minister. Ms. Jean's and her family immigrated from Haiti.

 

[Orville_third]

Is Marc Garneau running for anything?

 

[Chipperback]

September 27, 2012 -- 930pm Eastern Time..OBC Newsworld Coverage

Welcome back to OBC Newsworld Coverage of Quebec Election 2012...I'm Peter Mansbridge.

So far we have 28 results in, many of them from the rural northern and southern Quebec...But this race could come down to the city vote in Quebec and Montreal.

Our current OBC estimate say the best Jean Charest and the Conservatives can hope for is an minority government...The Conservative popular vote total has them lying 2nd right now in a dual with the Labor-Liberals....The Parti Quebecois currently lead in the popular vote and in seats won.

However a development worth noting, just 1 point behind in the popular vote fight for second in the Social Unity Alliance. And they currently have the 2nd highest amounts of seats...and have added two more gains to their totals.

To update the seats...30 RESULTS IN.

PQ -- 10
ASUQ -- 8
Lab-Lib 6
CONS 5
OTHER 1

 

[Chipperback]

September 27, 2012 1015pm Eastern Time -- The City Vote Cometh..

This is Radio Quebec Anglo...The RDQ's English Language Service...At 1015 an Election 2012 Bulletin.

The suburban and urban vote is starting to come in...and according to exit polls data, and RDQ Estimates, the chances of a Conservative Majority are completely gone.

This will be a difficult night for Jean Charest.

But for his biggest rivals it could also be a difficult night. The Labor Liberal Party, according to estimates will gain a great numbers of seats, but we can cannot confirm if they could win a majority. For Justin Trudeau history hangs in the balance. He is the son of Pierre Trudeau the last Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada before the dominion devolved in 1975.

Lucien Bouchard said early tonight that he is confident that he will be able to build a government, but the PQ Margins in their strongholds around Quebec City are as deep as the party projects. PQ are in a number pitched battle in Quebec City and suburban Montreal.

Within Montreal City, Lab-Lib and the surprise of the night, the Social Unity Alliance are fighting seat to seat. For AUSQ Leader Mechaelle Jean, this is the culmination of three years of work to build the party from a mere 2 seats to the current 15 seats including seats they have now won.

The actual seat tallies at this moment with 80 of the 178 declared...Remember 90 seats builds a majority

Currently/80 seats declared -- 90 needed for majority.

LIB-LAB 22
PQ 19
CONS 19
AUSQ 15
ACTION 3
OTHERS 2

 

[Chipperback]

September 27, 2012 -- Quebec General Election Projection

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Montreal Gazette -- Friday Morning September 28, 2012

PLT WINS MINORITY GOVERNMENT
PQ, CONS TAKE MAJOR HIT. MICHEALLE JEAN, AUSQ WIN BIG

It turned out to be a night where winning meant being prepared to cut a deal, and losing cut deep.

Thursday general election was a referendum on the direction Quebec will take after years of the key political players born in the 1980s and 1990s taking turns on the stage.
The result was a new guard prime minister with a familiar old name leading a nation which turned left from the Conservatives and moved away from both pro-Americanism and staunch nationalism to perhaps a changed Quebec identity.

The Labor-Liberals won the most seats, but they are a winner in terms of plurality. For Justin Trudeau, the youngest Prime Minister in the history of any of the former Canadian Provinces, the challenge will be to build consensus as a minority-majority. One thing he has going for him is that he has the charm of a his now legendary-or-infamous-depending-on-point-of-view father Pierre. But, premiership will test whether he also gained his father's political acumen.

Michealle Jean, the leader of the Social Unity Alliance of Quebec, took a strong third place, yet has a pelt potentially larger than Trudeau's. One of the high profile defectors from the Conservatives amid a heated disagreement with Jean Charest, whom she chided as "Jean Manning" for policies she termed "More fitting in Alberta than Quebec", Jean left for the fledging multiethnic AUSQ three years ago and was elected leader two years ago. With shrewdness, intelligence and her personal charisma, she won over a lot of quebecois whom some pundits said wouldn't vote for a non-white candidate. Jean Pariseau's epic stance on her campaign from the summer, "Michealle Jean and her party are trying to spoil the election through money and ethnic votes." only sharpened the Alliance's resolve. Ironic given that RDQ and OBC exit polls confirmed that the Alliance polled more white votes that Pariseau's Parti Quebecois did.

She has big plans for the next Quebec National Assembly, and immediately staked her position in her speech to supporters, "Justin Trudeau may have won the election, but to get an agenda through, he must come through us. He must listen to us. Mr. Trudeau, we look forward to partnership."

Trudeau said to reporters that Jean's comments were, "Premature and provacative." However, in the eyes of voters and analysts, Jean's word may ring quite true in the Assembly ahead.

For the PQ and the Conservatives. It was a hard fall. Jean Charest saw his party lose 54 seats, and Charest himself came within a whisper of losing his own. Charest announced Thursday, he would step down as Conservative leader next year.

The depth of the defeat was largely due to voter mistrust of Charest's close ties with the IRNA and their President, Rudolph Giuliani. The Industrial American President's penchant for bluster and rashness turns a much of North America cold, and Quebec voters gave Charest the cold shoulder because of it.

For Lucien Bouchard, it was another rough landing in a recent past full of them. Ran out of the PQ on a rail in 2004, only to be courted by Charest and the PC only to be turned out by them in 2009 and welcomed back to the PQ. Bouchard hoped for 1992 all over again, and a final swan song. Instead, one of the great political stories in North America ends not with a bang, but with a whimper.

 

[Chipperback]

Polls in Chicago, having a good time. They're all watching...CHANNEL NINE!

We interrupt "The Bozo Show" for the latest Presidential Poll from WGN News-Chicago

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[Chipperback]

Oh by the way, what does the House and Senate look like?

IRNA House of Representatives

Industrial Republicans 62
Constitutional Democratic 62
Workers Union 14
Galtist League 9

IRNA Senate

Constitutional Democratic 13
Industrial Republicans 9
Galtist League 1
Workers Union 1

 

[Chipperback]

NBC's Meet The Press -- September 30, 2012

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ERIC CANTOR: "The Confederate States of America has the right to pursue relations with whom we choose, to receive aid from whom we choose and to adjudicate our internal affairs as we choose. We needed aid because of the drought and the hurricanes, and Soviet Russia stepped up to the plate. Who are the western savages of Texas, the Great Plains warmongers or the godless Californians to tell us how to handle our affairs?

TIM RUSSERT: "Ambassador, to be fair..isn't the Confederate States doing the same thing by massing troops in Mississippi, Arkansas and Kentucky?"

ERIC CANTOR: "Those troop movements are prearranged exercises nothing more."

TIM RUSSERT: "Pre-arranged to shoot at students at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock?

ERIC CANTOR: "Those troops were brought in at the request of Governor Huckabee. They are doing what Confederate Forces do. They go in and establish order. Those student were in violation of OUR national law Mr. Russert. But lets talk about international law. Lets talk about first the IRNA than Cuba interfering with our God-given right to establish trade relations with those who trade with us. The Confederate States is a sovereign nation with the right to act in our national interest, and our national interest is being illegally blockaded. I will not stand for it, President Gingrich will not stand for it. No nation who does business with us will stand for it...and more importantly the Confederate people wont' and they demand action"

TIM RUSSERT: "And what will that action entail?"

ERIC CANTOR: "It will not involve a strong note to the United Nations, I can tell you that now. President Gingrich will not sit back and allow the CSA to be strangled by false propaganda of North American nations who stood back to see us get drenched and starved. Any nation who pushes us will get pushed back. I can't make our case any more plain."

 

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September 30, 2012 -- The Game's Afoot

Washington, DC Noon Eastern Standard Time...September 30, 2012

TO: PRESIDENT GIULIANI, SECDEF LEHMAN
FR: Adm. John C. Harvey USFLTFORCOM
RE: Recon Data RECOMMENDATION

SIRS,

AERIAL AND SONAR RECONNAISSANCE OF AREAS PRIOR TO ESTABLISHed QUARANTINE LINE SUGGESTS THE INFUSION OF CONFEDERATE NAVAL POWER IN THE FORM OF ATTACK SUBMARINES. BRITISH ROYAL NAVY IS TRACKING SOVIET RUSSIAN SUBMARINE AND NAVAL ATTACK ELEMENTS ON A COURSE TAKING THEM SOUTH INTO THE WIDER ATLANTIC COURSE HEADING SUGGESTS PORT OF SAVANNAH AS DESTINATION.

RECOMMENDATION. INFUSION OF THE 'AGNEW' CARRIER GROUP INTO THE REGION ALONG WITH ATTACK SUBS.

THE CONFEDERATES AND THE RUSSIAN SEEM TO WANT TO UP THE ANTE IN THE GAME.

WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDERING FLASHING NATIONS IN AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL NAVAL ASSETS MAY BE ESSENTIAL.

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RACHEL MADDOW (Host of "FaneuilWatch" on New England Channel 2.): Prime Minister, UCNE Naval Forces have stepped up operation is New England looking at formally joining the Atlantic quarantine against the CSA and Soviet Russia?

UCNE PM LINCOLN CHAFEE: Rachel, we are weighing all options. Right now, our posture is 100% toward defending the United Commonwealth working in concert with our allies in New Hampshire, Maine and the Atlantic Maritimes. We are staying neutral, but watchful. To be sure, the possibility of a formal Soviet Russian-Confederate alliance taking a military posture is something we are studying, but for the time being we are not taking any action to quarantine. However we do call on the Atlanta Government as a sign of good faith to end the crackdown in their country, pull troops back from the borders with the Great Plains and Texas and let's discuss any difference we have instead of fighting because of them.

TO: Lincoln Chafee, Prime Minister UCNE
FR: Angelo B. Giamatti, Foreign Minister, UCNE
RE: CAMBRIDGE INTELLIGENCE REPORT.

- LINC,

COPELY SQUARE agrees on a covert action to learn more of what the CSA's intentions are. We have been in contact with UK/MI-6 and the TISA. TISA confirms CSS assets are directly assisting cells in their country and in the GPUR. We may have assets looking at targets or interest in UCNE. COPELY SQUARE suggests use of CT-4 to ferret them out. NEI-5 and NEI-6 are alerted.

--BART

COPELY SQUARE: Headquarters of the New England Intelligence Services.

CT-4: Counter Terrorism, Section 4. An elite arm of the New England Intelligence Services and the New England Ministry of Defense designed to identify and neutralize terrorist activity. This department encompasses intelligence and military functions and their troops are trained on both ends of that spectrum. The unit is commanded by Colonel Douglas Richard Flutie, one of the most decorated soldiers in UCNE history, who later became the one of the nation's greatest intelligence officers.

NEI-5/NEI-6: New England Intelligence Service Section 5 (Internal Security) and Section 6 (Foreign Intelligence)

TISA: Texas International Security Agency. The foreign intelligence service of the Lone Star Republic of Texas. The domestic security is vested in the Texas Department of Investigations (TDI).

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Here's a different version of the electoral map which you could use.

 

[Chipperback]

Thanks, that map seems to work better...

 

[MrHuman]

OH MY GOD CHIPPERBACK YOU ARE THE AWESOMEST POSTER ON THIS ENTIRE BOARD AND SERIOUSLY HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS THREAD UNTIL NOW!

Yeah, looks good. Have you thought of doing one set in the UCNE?