Lenin had considered granting the Americans a 50-year lease on Kamchatka (part need for revenue, part to play the US and Japan against one another) and in 1921 the Far Eastern Republic had discussions with Sinclair oil about developing North Sakhalin (again, also wanting to play the US and Japan against each other).
Instead the US plans never went through and the Japanese got a 45-year agreement for Sakhalin in 1923.
What if the US was granted two 50 year leases in the early 20s on Kamchatka-Chukotka (let's say Siberie East of the 160th Meridian) and North Sakhalin?
The Soviets will have more $$$ here and the US and Japan will bump up more - now the Japanese have the Americans to the North, South, and East. How will this affect Japanese militarism and the Japanese military? Maybe IJN gets more money out necessity (imagine how a US naval base in North Sakhalin or Kamchatka goes over), but with a US land border the IJA might benefit as well.
And of course, what happens after the 50 years? The establishment of an independent and neutral confederation perhaps? The US agreeing to pay the Soviets a lot more to keep the place?
Instead the US plans never went through and the Japanese got a 45-year agreement for Sakhalin in 1923.
What if the US was granted two 50 year leases in the early 20s on Kamchatka-Chukotka (let's say Siberie East of the 160th Meridian) and North Sakhalin?
The Soviets will have more $$$ here and the US and Japan will bump up more - now the Japanese have the Americans to the North, South, and East. How will this affect Japanese militarism and the Japanese military? Maybe IJN gets more money out necessity (imagine how a US naval base in North Sakhalin or Kamchatka goes over), but with a US land border the IJA might benefit as well.
And of course, what happens after the 50 years? The establishment of an independent and neutral confederation perhaps? The US agreeing to pay the Soviets a lot more to keep the place?