Jonesy

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I'll post tomorrow. Been hella busy.

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Yeah, I wouldn't mind a set timeline. Right now we're just setting up alliances and enemies and that sort, nothing that requires too much consideration of the time. It just seems kind of crushed up when the Cuban revolution and the American blockade happened in the course of a few days.

Which reminds me, I'm pretty much fucked if El Americanos decide to attack me. :(

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AegonVI said
WOAH. JONESY YOU JUMPED TO FEBRUARY!!!!!EDIT: I'll assume that's. Result of the late night posting, haha, but I think that's too much forward movement. I thought we said Jannah was gonna move us into the new month. Besides, everyone else is still in the first two weeks if January

Damnit! Changed.

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January 10th, 1950.
El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba

The message came across Fidel Castro's desk exactly four days after it was send, stamped with the unopened seal of the German Democratic Republic. At first, it was puzzling why a nation so far away with go to the effort of sending such secretive messages. Afterwards, a strange feeling of self admiration came over him. News of his exploits in Cuba had made their way across the Atlantic, undoubtedly stirring up thoughts of revolution throughout other countries oppressed by the Imperialist's greed. Lightly running his finger under the flap of the envelope, he removed the message almost timidly. Castro's eyes scanned the message multiple times, still trying to grasp the far reaching aspects of his success. Gunfire still rattled in the distance, a sound that had ceased to startle Fidel. Despite being the presiding government, cells of loyalists remained who fought to return the government back. He shouted through the closed door to his office, verbally demanding a refill of his coffee from one of his copious amounts of secretary staff.

Picking up his pen, he began to write a letter in return to Williem Pieck. The aide rushed in with the coffee in hand, soon retreating out after her job was finished. Once the oak door slammed, he got to business. A lawyer by trade, Castro worked to ensure that his competence was displayed in all of his works of writing.

From: Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba.
To: Wilhelm Pieck

It brings me great pleasure to receive this correspondence from nations of a similar idealism, especially this early into our rise to power. The decision to bring the fight to the Imperialists and bring about socialists ideas to our Republic is the result of my people's will to fight. When it comes to our American neighbors, I fear that the vicious disease of greed, bred from the bowels of the capitalist agenda, has corrupted them to a point past returning. As we speak, Batista's loyalists sail in the hundreds to America, some of whom are war criminals and will be brought to justice in the end. We fear that this will generate American support against our cause, inevitably leading to a breakdown of our non-aggressive state with the Americas.

The dismantling of the capitalist way of life in Cuba is a tedious process, though my people are more motivated than ever to see it through to the end. If you wish to continue correspondence at an expedited pace, I encourage us to send diplomatic parties to eachother's nations, serving our mutually favorable interests. I anticipate further correspondence on this matter, and anything else that you wish be discussed.

With respect,
Fidel Castro

Placing his personal seal on the letter, Fidel Castro placed it on the corner of his desk. That would be delivered back to East Berlin as soon as possible. Sipping on his coffee, he felt the satisfaction melt away. If he had so many friends appearing from nowhere, certainly Cuba must be building up a large base of enemies as well?
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January 15th, 1950.
El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba

The Capital was abuzz, with pro-revolutionary moods at an all time high. Despite a desperate food shortage, a crippled economy, and frequent armed clashes going on in the streets throughout Cuban cities; moral was high. However, everyone secretly knew that this was only a temporary high, and reality would set in eventually. Inside of Fidel Castro's office sat the four most powerful men in the Cuban cabinet. Prime Minister Fidel Castro, Commandante José Ramón Fernández (head of the Cuban Revolutionary Army), Director Manuel Pineiro (head of Dirección General de Inteligencia), and Minister of Industries Che Guevara (head of the National Institute of Agrarian Reform) sat at the conference table, executing a vicious debate.

Castro: You speak as if the Imperialists will not be striking back on their lands, undoubtedly with ranks built from Cubans who had fled with Batista. Preparation is the only way we will succeed, we must rebuild the numbers that the military had lost in the war and learn from our predecessor's mistakes.

Pinerio: We lack both the man power and the skill set to train intelligence agents, in the same way that the American CIA or the Soviet KGB would. The best we can do is to send agents to America with the rest of the "outcasts" and gather information for us.

Castro: That's the easy part. Even if we know of an impending invasion, how are we supposed to support ourselves? A head on assault by American troops would cripple us, their numbers and technology levels are ten times more advanced. As much as it pains me to say, we would not survive a head-on attack.

Guevara: Fidel, I highly doubt that the Americans are threatened enough by us to attack. The situation in Europe is much more dire for them, with Socialist states building alliances akin to America's "NATO". Besides, we are seventy percent through the reclamation of foreign owner's land, and the refund money is locked up in bonds for the next quarter of a decade. We're in a healthy situation as it lies, My militia now ranges in the tune of forty thousand volunteers, bound together by the relentless push to purge Capitalist bullshit from our land. Soon these men will be joining the military, their skillset proving extremely valuable.

Fernandez: Fourty thousand men armed with weapons that have been salvaged from museums or have seen a few decades of war. The Americans have a fully fledged navy, we have nothing but a few gunboats. They can't even defeat meager blockade runners in open combat. Personally, I feel that we are struggling the furthest in our military, we're no further ahead than we were a month ago.

Castro: Either way, we do not have the time or the effort to bicker with this. We've been going on for hours. Manuel, I want DI agents infiltrating both local rebel groups and the groups that are fleeing to America. They are to report directly to you if they hear of attacks or rebel cell locations, and we will wipe them out accordingly. And for you two, I'll find a soother and appeal to our European friends to see if they could send weapons and training for our forces. We could do without losing dozens of men to rebel attacks every week, but at that point... that's just wishful thinking. You all are dismissed.

The cabinet members all dispersed from the room, heading to their respective offices. Each man would curse the others, knowing full well that they were nothing much than advisers to Fidel Castro. Still, Fidel had led them through the mess, and continued to do so once the shitstorm intensified when they took control. Let's just hope that he could protect them from the incoming danger, inevitably headed their way.

[Summary]
* Correspondence was sent back to Germany.
* Agents are being sent to America with fleeing parties, reporting back to the Intelligence Directorate.
* Land Claims belonging to the Agrarian Reform Act have been sorted at 70%, with all foreign corporations being removed.
* The Cuban army is in desperate need of training and firearms, the majority of its soldiers utilizing old rifles and revolvers.
* I wrote this at 3 AM and I'm really tired, so just let me know if there's some stupid errors.

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Jannah said
Yea, so who has nukes at this point is pretty irrelevant. We can just assume it's currently only USA and USSR who have them. Also, Cuba player, you need to post soon. I can't really do much until you do since East Germans are kind of obsessed with Cuba right now.

My apologies. This weekend has been hell for me. Eat, sleep, rave, repeat.

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Yeah, it was late when I asked that. Wasn't exactly thinking, lol. But it worried me as everyone was RP'ing the day by day so far.

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Jannah said
Not really actually. We're not even really using stats or anything. Some posts are just really long.

I forgot to ask. How is the advancement of time going to go? 1 day = 1 day in the RP?

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Radio Rebelde Broadcast: Agrarian Reform Laws
January, 1950.
[English Translation]

Good evening to the citizens of Cuba and those listening in foreign lands. We interrupt your scheduled broadcasting to bring you up to date information from The Capital in Cuba. As we speak, the newly appointed Minister of Industries, Ernesto Guevara has began his scheduled speech on what they are calling revolutionary land reform laws. In addition, the National Institute of Agrarian Reform will be unveiled as the government's arm to carry out the new laws. In what is presumed to be one of the first steps to reforming the broken Imperialist system into something that every man and woman can reap benefits from, the people are excited to hear what lies in store. We now turn to the life conference in Havana.

Che Guevera and Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria said
For too long our people have been oppressed by the evil's of wealthy capitalists taking advantage of our foreign agricultural capabilities, providing few jobs in the interest of mechanization. As a result, our populace suffered from unemployment and a disproportional location of our nation's wealth. In the early days of our glorious revolution, our camps were located in the more isolated regions of Cuba, where agricultural living had an entirely different meaning. In regions undisturbed by capitalist evils, social distinctions were minute, people living together as a single commune. These people held a fearless stance on the protection of their land, and made up our first ranks of revolutionists. They proved to us that their goals in life were modest, yet proud. They worked to retain their parcels of land for themselves and their families, working for the good of themselves in the state. Through their efforts, they maintained a positive standard of living while feeding our grateful soldiers of the revolution. The newly instituted United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution seeks for every Cuban to have this opportunity, being able to benefit themselves and their fellow man through hard work. As the newly appointed Minister of Industries, I can confirm that the National Institute of Agrarian Reform will hereby be seizing agricultural land held by foreign investors, in addition to plots of land larger than three thousand-three hundred acres. Through this, any citizen of Cuba will be offered land in seventy acre parcels, providing that they have the ability to sew and cultivate crops from this land. Each repossessed parcel of land will be re-appraised by my taxation adjusters, and twenty year bonds will be given in a trade off to the repossessed land. Remember, only through your hard work can we bring ourselves out of this crisis; and the Republic of Cuba will be great in the near future!

To those who have been listening, this ends our broadcast. Now back to our regular programming.

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[Summary]
In what was regarded as the most pro-socialist movement to date, the United Party of the Cuban Socialist revolution simply nullified any land claims by foreign powers, including investors of the United States. Under the leadership of Che Guevera, the National Institute of Agrarian Reform began to build up a steady militia to forcefully take back land that had fit the description of "excessive land ownership". Although bonds would be placed in the names of the compensated land owners, the values were severely underfunded, with American land owners granted only 10% of their actual value. The same was done in claims on large corporations in the city, with assets held by foreign corporations set to be divided up into smaller businesses.

Internal Memo, Classification level 4.
January 3rd, 1950
To: Prime Minister Fidel Castro
From: José Ramón Machado Ventura
[Translated to English]

Prime Minister Castro,

It brings me great satisfaction to be the one to announce the cessation of the fighting in the city of Havana, our revolutionaries driving out the final imperialists. In this letter, I with to state that we now claim absolute power over the Cuban government, the remaining army strongholds pledging allegiance to our cause. At this time, we are processing and releasing captured prisoners of the revolution; exchanging their spots in prison camps with Batista's generals and soldiers who have been accused of war crimes. Additionally, a tribunal is being elected to ensure that each of the Capitalist dogs are brought to justice by the people. As per your decision, the punishment by collaborating with enemies of the state is execution, an act being put in motion currently. Elections of a people's appointed senate are expected to run in mid-February or early march of this year, until then the cabinet of the United Party of the Cuban Socialist revolution will retain control of the country's domestic and international affairs. I bid you farewell, and wait for your address in the coming days along with the rest of your people.

Sincerely,
José Machado Ventura

[Summary]
*The city of Havana has been won over, a portion of Cuba's army surrendering itself over.
*A tribunal is being set up to try the members of the previous government and enemy soldiers / police for war crimes and crimes against the state.
*Elections are set to run in a month's time, electing a group of politicians to govern the country. Until then, a council of 31 ministers under Fidel Castro will control the country's affairs.

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Classy arguments over here. xD

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I'm still here, if that means anything! xD