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(posting here because I am assuming a pre-1900 POD).

New York, April, 1973.

Five leaders of the Alliance were sitting uneasily in the room. Newly-elected President Louise Kennedy of the United States of America, the Soviet Prime Minister Nikolaj Andropov, the Secretary of Chinese Popular Front of Socialists Lin Biao, the Foreign Minister of the Empire of Japan, Nobosuke Tagomi, and the Minister of War of the New Inkan Socialist Empire, Ernesto Kutik Gevara.
Three Socialist powers, all bitterly opposed to each other by deep ideological rifts, had been forced to ally with the even more despised strongholds of Capitalism and Feudal-Fascist reaction.
The menace incumbent on them all and on human civilization at large was just too horrible now to let petty squabbles about the destiny of humany, was thinking Gevara. If they win this time, he knew, there was no human future to quarrel over anymore.

"We need more military coordination, Comrade Lin Biao." China was the only great power that wasn't outright hostile about the Inkan Socialism. Even facing an existential threat of terrible proportions, all the others were still overcome by suspicion and hatred.

"Comrade Gevara, you can't blame the brave Chinese Red Army if the Andean forces cannot coordinate properly. Or do you mean that you expedionary force in Indochina is to be put under Chinese command? This is surely a doable way to improve coordination."

"Comrade, I reiterate my proposal of a joint integrated command in Indochina. I hope this idea might be considered more seriously in the near future."

Lin Biao stayed silent for a while. Relief came from a unexpected side Kennedy spoke.
"Gentlemen, and comrades, I absolutely endorse the concern, expressed many times by Minister Gevara, for a better coordination of our forces. We have a lot of differences, and I am the first here to loathe everything the Inkan Empire stands for. But we are allies. Indochina is an especially vital front for our struggle. I strongly recommend that not only the Andean and Chinese forces there, but also the Japanese ones, are put under a joint command. I understand how difficult this is idea is for your officers to accept, Minister Tagomi, but we are in an emergency."

"She finally realized" though Gevara. "I like this woman."

"I am forced to concur" added Andropov. "As an act of distension, I am offering to discuss the creation of a joint command in Persia as well".
Astute. Basically only Soviet or satellite forces acted there. There was the Party of God of Ayatollah Montazeri as well, but it was not a power in the Alliance. So he was saying that some officers, or maybe a Chinese regiment, might be employed in that exclusively Soviet playground?
Detente. Detente is good. Unless the Imperialist were doing it to go, united, after the Inkas later on. You have to think of it. Are we being too generous?

"This raises another point." Said Tagomi. "The Asian powers are taking the burden of the fight, but we are still denied the European occupation zones. What are you Americans exactly up to there?"

Kennedy smiled.
"We are freeing your troops for combat these ways. Your homes are currently under a much closer threat than ours. Yet, you cannot say we aren't fighting, can you?"

The meeting went on for hours. It was tense, and difficult. Victory would come eventually. Winning the subsequent peace would be more difficult.

This, way, the Alliance was entering its fourth year of the pitiless war against the Pure Realm of Aryan Suryajaya, better known to the outside world as Nazi India.

Edit: not sure it should be moved to the ASB forum.
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